Emergency lighting installation for shops, offices and garages in Seville, Spain: lights and exit signs

What emergency lighting is and what it is for

Emergency lighting is made up of self-contained lights, each with its own battery, that switch on by themselves when the mains supply fails. Their job is to let people leave a shop or a garage safely if the power goes: they light the escape routes, mark the exits and keep the electrical boards and fire extinguishers visible.

It is neither decorative nor optional: any inspector, council technician or insurer checks it on the first visit. If you are setting up a business in Spain for the first time, expect emergency lighting installation to be part of getting your premises approved.

Where emergency lighting is compulsory

• Premises open to the public (locales de pública concurrencia): shops, bars, restaurants, offices with customer service, academies, clinics, gyms and hotels (ITC-BT-28 of the Spanish Low Voltage Electrical Regulations).
• Garages and car parks, including communal ones, where the routes to the pedestrian exits must also be signed.
• Common areas of buildings that form part of the escape routes.
• Warehouses and workplaces, on routes and exits as set out in the Building Code.

What we install

• Self-contained emergency lights, surface or recessed, preferably LED.
• Escape signage: exit, emergency exit and direction arrows, illuminated or photoluminescent.
• Lights for garages with the right protection rating and impact resistance.
• Emergency lighting next to electrical boards and fire-fighting equipment.
• Self-test systems, which check the battery automatically and flag any fault.

Regulations we apply

• ITC-BT-28, section 3: emergency lighting in premises open to the public.
• CTE DB-SUA 4: lighting levels and position of the lights on escape routes.
• UNE-EN 1838:2025: lighting applications of emergency lighting.
• UNE-EN 60598-2-22: requirements for the emergency lights themselves.
• RIPCI (Royal Decree 513/2017): maintenance and annual certification of emergency lighting and detection systems.
• ITC-BT-29 in garages with a risk of fire or explosion.

Inspection and maintenance

Emergency light batteries have a limited life, and in Seville, where shops and garages get very hot in summer, they degrade sooner. A lit charging indicator does not guarantee the battery will last when the power is cut. That is why you should:

• Test them regularly, cutting the supply to the circuit and checking they switch on and last.
• Carry out and certify the maintenance as the RIPCI requires.
• Replace batteries or lights that fail the test.

Premises open to the public also have a periodic OCA inspection every 5 years, as do garages with more than 25 spaces and forced ventilation. Emergency lighting is one of the first things checked, and we leave everything documented. If you need the certificate, we issue it as part of our certificates and reports services, and fire alarms are covered in fire detection.

How we carry out an emergency lighting installation

1. We visit the premises or garage and check routes, exits, boards and fire-fighting equipment.
2. We calculate the number and position of the lights according to the standard.
3. We install lights and signage at times that do not interrupt your business.
4. We test everything with the mains cut off and measure the duration.
5. We hand you the documentation for the licence, the inspection or the insurer.

Guide prices

We give you a fixed price after seeing the premises. All our rates are on the prices page.

Shops, communities and garages in Seville

In shops in the city centre and the historic quarter, in Triana and in Nervión, emergency lighting usually comes up when the premises are adapted for the opening licence or at the periodic inspection: we handle it within our services for shops and offices, business opening licences and business and industry. In communities of owners, the critical point is the communal garage, with old lights that no longer charge. If you want to renew the normal lighting at the same time, see the LED upgrade. More lighting services on the lighting page.