| If you've been tasked with coming up with a plan | | | | These exit signs and assorted egress markings |
| to modernize and retrofit your company's building | | | | will glow to a distance of 100 feet and light the |
| in a quest for a greener, more cost-conscious | | | | way to safety for several days if need be. They |
| solution, then you need to know what I'm about | | | | are also rated as “bomb-proof,” if you |
| to relate to you here. The use of | | | | require such a designation. |
| photoluminescent exit signs and photoluminescent | | | | They are 100% recyclable, and can be disposed |
| materials in other emergency egress markings | | | | of easily in your nearest metal recycling container. |
| has become the order of the day, not only for all | | | | They consume no electricity, burn through no |
| new federal construction by the Federal Energy | | | | batteries, and don't require a maintenance person |
| Management Program, but for anyone seeking | | | | to make sure they are in good working order. |
| reduced costs and green solutions. | | | | They are 100% reliable, and with no working |
| Prior to the last ten years, all construction made | | | | parts to break, will illuminate for you when they |
| use of either incandescent lighting or tritium exit | | | | are needed! |
| signs. Incandescent lighting requires the constant | | | | It is been shown that a building with 100 exit signs |
| replacement of bulbs, can cause electrical issues, | | | | that switches over to photoluminescent exit signs |
| accumulates direct energy costs, and leaves | | | | will save an average of $3,500 annually. As far as |
| uncertainty about whether they would actually | | | | the environmental impact of these |
| work in a catastrophic event. | | | | photoluminescent exit signs goes, they will |
| Tritium exit signs present even more problems. | | | | drastically reduce your building's carbon footprint |
| Each tritium sign is radioactive and has a number | | | | by nearly a half a million pounds of CO2 over the |
| assigned to it by the Nuclear Regulatory | | | | life of the product (which, by the way, is |
| Commission. If these signs are lost, destroyed, or | | | | considerable; these signs last around 25 |
| disposed of by anyone other than a licensed | | | | years!) |
| hazardous materials expert, your company could | | | | These eco-friendly and cost-conscious exit signs |
| be in line for a number of fines and penalties. | | | | can be found through a company called Jessop |
| The advent of photoluminescent materials for use | | | | Manufacturing, located in McHenry, IL. They've |
| in emergency exit signs comes at a time when | | | | been in business for 50 years, and are the only |
| the nation is actively searching for greener | | | | U.S. manufacturer of photoluminescent safety |
| solutions to our energy needs. Photoluminescent | | | | signage and evacuation solutions. They offer |
| materials collect and store ambient light, and | | | | many configurations and choices, including many |
| dispense it when there is an event such as a | | | | other emergency egress products, all at |
| power outage, fire, or other major emergency. | | | | reasonable prices. |