Both NZ and Australia have now changed their building codes to allow photoluminescent systems to replace electrical emergency lighting and electrical exit signs. NZ made the code changes in 2007 and 2012. Australian changed its exit sign code in 2014 and the new National Construction Code (NCC) addressing emergency lighting will come into force on […]
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The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has confirmed that it is serious about accessing $1.1 billion of productivity gains for the construction sector. The new National Construction Code (NCC 2016) was released this week and the outdated references to “emergency lighting” have been deleted from Part E4 of the code with the section now being […]
It’s been said that the Stone Age didn’t end because they ran out of stones. Something better came along and disrupted the status quo. Electrical manufacturers and distributors continual resistance to the advance of photoluminescent (PL) technology is more than a little pre-historic but the efficiencies of PL systems can’t be stopped. Here’s why consultants […]
Ecoglo recently completed a review of the emergency exit sign system in a sorting facility of a large Australian logistics company. The review was triggered by a 2014 change to the Australian Building Code which recognised that photoluminescent (PL) signs were able to replace the traditional electrical alternatives. The exercise looked at decommissioning all of […]
The Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) has made a significant step towards achieving $1.1 billion of productivity gains in the construction sector. Among the planned changes is a proposal to alter the code for emergency lighting to be more performance based. The proposed change to the National Construction Code (NCC) will use terms such as […]
So how much has the NZ property industry saved since the building code changed to allow photoluminescent emergency lighting and photoluminescent signs to replace electrical systems? We’ve always worked on a factor of an electrical solution being 8 to 10 times the cost of a photoluminescent (PL) solution. But is that a good approximation? Last […]