With the exception of private residences, most occupancies and facilities are required to provide emergency lighting. Specifically, national, state, and local building codes, including the NEC, the ...

Emergency preparedness is an aspect of building operations that is often overlooked until an imminent situation is looming. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast and similar ...

Thomas & Betts’ Emergi-Lite Nexus Emergency Lighting Management System provides real-time status of the entire emergency lighting and exit-sign system, runs system diagnostics, performs required ...

Battery powered fluorescent lighting is an important application area that significantly benefits from the low saturation voltage exhibited by Zetex Super-β transistors. These transistors replace the ...

Clean Light Green Light, a Michigan-based manufacturer of light-emitting diode-type lighting, has developed a new product that can be used to provide emergency illumination for critical buildings such ...

Last May, Paula Fraser, BART’s assistant chief transportation officer, sent an email to Jerry Lockett, a manager, with photos showing the downtown Berkeley station during a blackout. “Here is what ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala., Oct. 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army and Navy have teamed to develop an emergency exit lighting system for Marine Corps assault amphibious vehicles (AAV). The system is being ...

SAN FRANCISCO — BART riders were forced to navigate their way across a pitch-black platform when a massive power outage hit downtown San Francisco and back-up power systems at the Montgomery Station ...