prEN 1838

Lighting applications - Emergency lighting for buildings

This document specifies the luminous requirements for emergency lighting systems, including adaptive emergency escape lighting systems, electric emergency lighting, installed in premises or locations where such systems are required or needed and which are principally applicable to locations where the public or workers have access.

Angewandte Lichttechnik - Notbeleuchtung

Dieses Dokument legt die lichttechnischen Anforderungen für Notbeleuchtungssysteme fest, einschließlich statischer und nicht-statischer, hoch- und niedrig angebrachter elektrischer Notbeleuchtungssysteme, die in Räumlichkeiten oder an Orten installiert werden, an denen solche Systeme erforderlich sind oder benötigt werden, und die hauptsächlich für Orte bestimmt sind, zu denen die Öffentlichkeit oder Arbeitnehmer Zugang haben.
Dieses Dokument gilt nicht für die Notbeleuchtung von Straßentunneln.

Éclairagisme - Éclairage de secours

Le présent document spécifie les exigences lumineuses des systèmes d’éclairage de secours, y compris les systèmes d’éclairage de secours statiques et non statiques, présents en partie haute et basse, installés dans des locaux ou des emplacements où de tels systèmes sont requis ou nécessaires et qui sont principalement applicables à des lieux auxquels le public ou les travailleurs ont accès.
Le présent document ne s’applique pas à l’éclairage de secours des tunnels routiers.

Razsvetljava - Zasilna razsvetljava

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 01-Apr-2024
• ICS: 91.160.10 - Interior lighting
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 169 - Lighting applications
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 169/WG 3 - Emergency lighting in buildings
• Current Stage: 4599 - Dispatch of FV draft to CMC - Finalization for Vote
• Start Date: 01-Dec-2023
• Due Date: 03-Apr-2023
• Completion Date: 01-Dec-2023
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 1838:2022 - Lighting applications - Emergency lighting

Relations

• Revises: EN 1838:2013 - Lighting applications - Emergency lighting
• Effective Date: 19-Jan-2023

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 1838:2022
01-julij-2022
Razsvetljava - Zasilna razsvetljava
Lighting applications - Emergency lighting
Angewandte Lichttechnik - Notbeleuchtung
Éclairagisme - Éclairage de secours
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1838
ICS:
91.160.10 Notranja razsvetljava Interior lighting
oSIST prEN 1838:2022 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 1838
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

May 2022
ICS 91.160.10 Will supersede EN 1838:2013
English Version

Lighting applications - Emergency lighting
Éclairagisme - Éclairage de secours Angewandte Lichttechnik - Notbeleuchtung
This draft European Standard is submitted to CEN members for enquiry. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee
CEN/TC 169.

If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations
which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.

This draft European Standard was established by CEN in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.

Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are
aware and to provide supporting documentation.

Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without
notice and shall not be referred to as a European Standard.


EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION
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CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2022 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved Ref. No. prEN 1838:2022 E
worldwide for CEN national Members.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Emergency escape lighting . 10
4.1 General. 10
4.2 Points of emphasis . 12
4.3 Requirements for specific areas . 13
4.3.1 Toilets and changing rooms . 13
4.3.2 Swimming pools . 13
4.3.3 Motor generator, control, switch and plant rooms . 14
4.4 Escape route lighting . 14
4.5 Open area (anti-panic) lighting . 16
4.6 Local area safety lighting .
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