Collingwood Lighting publishes specifiers’ guide to emergency lighting

Collingwood Lighting has produced a specifiers’ and installers’ guide to emergency lighting to help ensure compliance and safe evacuation of a building.

Anthony Martindale, product manager for Collingwood Lighting, said: “Emergency lighting can save lives. The responsible person for a building is legally responsible for fire safety and if a building needs evacuating then emergency lighting will minimise panic and help get people to a place of safety, especially if there is a power outage.

Our guide will help specifiers and installers advise the building owner on the best design and system for their building based on a risk analysis and their budget.”

The guide explores factors that can influence the specification such as who is likely to be in the building, their age, awareness, and familiarity with the layout, what tasks they may be doing and the type of building.

It goes onto to explore the different technologies and products available and what to select for different applications. The final section deals with designing a compliant system to ensure that it is fit for purpose and helps people get to a place of safety.

Anthony added: “Designing a compliant emergency lighting scheme is not a one stop solution. It is based on a full risk analysis and involves working closely with the building owner or person who is responsible for the occupants’ safety. Quite rightly there is legislation and a number of standards that you need to be aware of.

We all hope that a real emergency never happens in a building that we are responsible for, but if it does the responsible person has a legal duty for the occupants’ safety. A specifier and installer of emergency lighting plays a critical role in helping them achieve this.”

Download a free copy of the guide here.