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Location: Schramberg, Germany
Challenge: Fire protection authorities mandated the installation of adaptive escape routing at the museum to help preserve the buildings unique character, layout and materials.
Solution: A total of 60 adaptive exit sign luminaires were installed on the nine floors of the Junghans Terrassenbau.
Result: The system complies with historic preservation requirements. The safe functioning of the fire protection system and the adaptive escape routing were verified in a final inspection by the TÜV. This test included the simulation of a fire under realistic conditions, which confirmed the fault-free operation of all systems.
Naturally, the safety of our visitors is our primary concern. At the same time, however, we wanted to preserve the unique character of the building as much as possible without altering its historical fabric.
The building is unique because its narrow, long rooms were designed in such a way that almost all work stations were located right by the windows. This design provided daylight for all the company’s workers spread across a total of nine floors, making it ideally suited for the production of small precision machines like watches.
The floors, which cling to the slope in a terrace-like arrangement, are connected on the sides by two stairwells. Between 2016 and 2018, the listed building was converted into a museum.
The historic building features single-glazed wooden doors between the floors and stairwells, which do not comply with modern fire protection requirements. However, the aim was to keep the doors in order to comply with historic preservation requirements and to retain as much of the original appearance as possible.
From the very beginning, the project managers were in close contact with the historic preservation office and the fire protection authorities. This did not lead to any conflicts, as the various offices worked well together and were willing to compromise as much as possible. For fire safety reasons, large public buildings require at least two separate escape routes.
A total of 60 adaptive exit sign luminaires were installed on the nine floors of the Junghans Terrassenbau. These are connected to a central fire alarm system and are supplied and monitored by Eaton CEAG´s central battery system.The fire alarm system receives sensor data from the various areas of the building, and will trigger an alarm should a critical threshold be reached. At the same time, it also triggers different scenarios for the adaptive exit sign luminaires.
