Photoluminescent safety products have been sold for decades, but for much of that time, their short burn time and low illumination have made them risky. Today, luminescent signs and egress markings have improved burn time and illumination, characteristics that—when combined with their other benefits—make them less risky than electrical exit signs and egress lighting. If [...]
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Photoluminescent Products Offer Simplicity to Your Building Safety Measures
Photoluminescent safety items are not limited to exit door signage. You can install these identifiers in every egress area to provide a more visible exit path. Egress markings, fire safety signs, and bulk products are all available for your building code needs. Photoluminescent products offer a large advantage over any other type of code compliant [...]
Exit Signs for Emergency Evacuations Are Highly Dependable When Power is Not a Concern
Exit signs are placed in public facilities to assist individuals in locating the nearest egress point. They can save many lives when an emergency evacuation must be carried out. Fire, health, and building guidelines require these identifiers to be in place throughout most commercial structures. They are also part of some residential building compliance standards. [...]
Photoluminescent Signage Prevents Occupant Confusion When Critical Circumstances Arise
When an emergency occurs, how do people find their way out of your building? What may seem like an easy question could prove to be far more difficult. You have a well-planned and practiced evacuation plan. All building occupants are familiar with the plan and should have received copies of it. Drills are run each [...]
Lighted Exit Signs: Are They Really The Best Fit for Safety Needs?
Lighted identification items are a requirement for commercial buildings. Business facilities, government offices, retail locations, and eateries must all have exit signs to meet public safety standards. The first decision you must make as a building owner is what type of signs will be installed to follow these critical guidelines. Typical choices include incandescent lighting, [...]
Photoluminescent Signs Enforce Your Practiced Egress Plan
The International Code Council, or ICC determines building safety signing. They specify the types of photoluminescent identifiers needed for varying structure dimensions. Two separate sets of codes regulate buildings concerning general and fire safety. Signs are meant to provide essential information to occupants seeking an emergency exit. They also help occupants and responders find essential [...]
Glow in the Dark Exit Signs: An Easier Way to Remain Safety Compliant
Fire code regulations are an integral part of building safety and are something every owner must follow to be commercially or residentially operational. The cost incurred by set safety codes can be overwhelming to an owner, especially when these regulations continuously change. One of the latest recommendations has been to install glow in the dark [...]
Emergency Lighting Standards: Helpful Information for Making Your Building Compliant
Local and national structural codes determine what emergency lighting requirements must be met in a commercial or residential structure. These standards are designed to ensure the safety of anyone occupying your building at the time of an emergency. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration created their own set of emergency lighting standards involving exit path [...]
Wireless Exit Signs Provide Your Building with Reliable Egress Identification
You can greatly reduce energy costs by installing wireless signing and lighted products. Exit signs are a building code requirement every owner must fulfill to be safety compliant. An owner has four main product choices when implementing the necessary items for compliance. Traditional signing consists of incandescently lighted products designed to run off of an [...]
Photoluminescent Technology Has Greatly Improved Safety Signing Options
Photoluminescence involves using a substance designed to absorb emitted light energy so it can be radiated or glow in complete darkness. Multiple forms of this process are possible with the simplest being resonant radiation. Resonant methods absorb a specific wavelength and then emit the same wavelength. Energy transitions are minimal, making this type of radiation [...]
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GloBrite® Ecō Exit™ PM 100
Non-electric and easy to install, the GloBrite® Ecō Exit™ PM 100 is the only non-radioactive, zero energy and zero maintenance photoluminescent safety sign on the market...
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