Emergency lighting is a critical safety system, but for many estates and facilities teams it has also become one of the most time-consuming and administratively demanding parts of building compliance.
While the fittings themselves are designed to protect occupants in an emergency, the processes around testing, recording, fault-finding, and reporting often place a disproportionate workload on already stretched teams. This is especially true across large or complex estates, where manual checks, spreadsheets, and repeated site visits are still common.
That’s why we’ve created a short, practical guide: Emergency Lighting Admin Overload – Why compliance takes so much time and how estates teams can reduce the burden
What the guide covers
The guide looks at where time is typically lost in emergency lighting compliance and why “routine” tasks often become anything but. It explores:
The hidden workload behind monthly and annual testing
Why fault identification and follow-up take longer than expected
The impact of testing and maintenance in live, occupied environments
The pressure that audits and inspections place on estates teams
It also explains how intelligent emergency lighting systems change the picture by shifting the focus from manual intervention to visibility and automation.
