Emergency lighting and wayfinding provision systems for visually impaired people: Phase of a study

M S Wrigbt† BSc PhD, G K Cookt BSc PhD and G MB Webber‡§ BSc PhD †University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AW, UK ‡BRE, Garston, Watford, Herts. WD2 7JR, UK §Consultant, Bricket Wood, St. Albans. Summary This paper fully presents data concerned with a range of different emergency lighting systems and how suitable they are for people with different visual impairments. Using the Building Research Establishment’s facility, it has been possible to examine the performance of several types of emergency escape route lighting and wayfinding provision. These include ceiling-mounted emergency luminaires, photoluminescent markings, electroluminescent strips , LED strips and miniature incandes-