When designing a building where people will work or stay, we must remember about emergency luminaires. They are used, for example, during evacuation from a building - they illuminate the escape route. They are installed primarily near exits, in corridors and narrow passages, in staircases or in cellars. They are to ensure safety, create appropriate vision conditions and the ability to move freely after a power outage. Their task is also to prevent panic during an evacuation.
Requirements for emergency lighting are higher than for standard lamps. Very often they must have appropriate certificates, a valid technical inspection and meet a number of standards. Emergency luminaires must be maintained and repaired periodically. In Poland, the most important standard for emergency lighting is PN-EN 1838: 2005, it is a translation of EN 1838, which is valid in all European Union member states.
However, emergency luminaires are used not only in the workplace, in schools, restaurants or hotels. In accordance with technical and construction regulations, such lighting must be found, among others, by in theaters, cinemas and other auditoriums, conference rooms, museums or, for example, underground garages.