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News Release from: BSI British Standards | Subject: A Guide to Emergency Lighting
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 12 July 2006
New BSI book - A Guide to Emergency
Lighting
To help all those involved in designing, installing and manufacturing emergency lighting systems meet new fire safety legislation, BSI has just released A Guide to Emergency Lighting.
To help all those involved in designing, installing and manufacturing emergency lighting systems meet new fire safety legislation the British Standards Institution (BSI) has just released A Guide to Emergency Lighting Planned new legislation will place considerable responsibility on anyone working with fire safety risk assessments
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 3 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Users of emergency lighting systems and their supporting engineers will need appropriate knowledge of the legislation, relevant standards and product practices to ensure that their legal obligations are correctly implemented.
They will also have to complete documentation to be able to demonstrate their systems comply with the new requirements.
BSI's new book 'A Guide to Emergency Lighting' is designed to help designers, installation and maintenance engineers, purchasers and end-users provide appropriate emergency lighting systems that comply with this new legislation and thereby assist occupants leave premises safely in case of an incident.
Contents: Introduction; Emergency lighting standards: an overview; BS 5266-1:2005 Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises; Emergency lighting (BS 5266-7/BS EN 1838); Application standard (BS EN 50172/BS 5266-8); Emergency lighting luminaires (BS EN 60598-2-22); Centrally powered supply systems (battery systems) (BS EN 50171); Automatic test systems for emergency lighting (IEC 62034 and other standards); Other relevant standards; Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order; The Building Regulations; System Design; System selection; Photometry for emergency lighting; Design considerations for major applications; Installation, maintenance and testing of emergency lighting; Annexes.
Who should read this? This new book will be of wide ranging appeal to all those involved in this subject including: Facilities Managers; Installation Engineers; Suppliers; System Designers; System Users; Electrical Contractors; Engineers involved in maintenance of emergency lighting systems; Installers; Building Control Inspectors; Fire Protection Companies; Architects; Local Authorities; Fire Authorities; Specifiers; Consultants.
ISBN 0 580 47755 X.
Pages 230 (approx).
BSI order ref BIP 2081.
Price £45.
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