The rest of this document will explain options for energy efficient lighting in parking structures using femp designated luminaires and features accounting for both lighting quality and energy efficiency.
Parking garage emergency lighting requirements.
This section specifies the requirements for how bright emergency lighting must be and how long it must be provided in the event of failure of normal lighting.
However if there is parking on the top of a garage emergency lighting is now required.
The lighting of a multi storey car park is dealt with in the standards bs 5489.
In covered parking garages including the top level with an occupant load of 100 or more.
Different municipalities have their own minimum requirements for parking lot lighting.
Businesses located in residential neighborhoods must make sure their.
All parking structures should be lit well enough for visitors to find their vehicles.
Selecting energy efficient equipment such as femp designated equipment is the first step in energy efficient parking structure lighting.
The covered decks are treated as though they are normal interior spaces requiring emergency illumination and appropriate signage along escape routes which should also be clearly marked in other ways such as having pedestrian routes painted in a different colour.
In the first 1 5 hours after a failure emergency lighting must provide an average of one foot candle and no less than 0 1 foot candle at any point along the path of egress.
Emergency lighting requirements.
Emergency lighting system shall be so designed and installed that the failure of any individual lighting element such as the burning out of a light bulb cannot leave in total.
Parking lot lighting requirements are designed to ensure the safety of those who use parking lots the nearby businesses and those who work security.
The typical parking structure does not require egress lighting to be fed from an emergency electrical system and does not require compliance with ibc 1006 4.