Low-voltage electrical installations - Part 7-718: Requirements for special installations or locations - Communal facilities and workplaces

IEC 60364-7-718:2011 provides additional requirements for electrical installations applicable to communal facilities and workplaces. Typical examples of communal facilities and workplaces are:

- assembly halls,

- assembly rooms,

- exhibition halls,

- theatres,

- cinemas,

- sport arenas,

- sales areas,

- restaurants,

- hotels,

- guest houses,

- residential care homes,

- schools,

- enclosed car parks,

- meeting places,

- swimming halls,

- airports,

- railway stations,

- high-rise buildings,

- workshops,

- factories and

- industrial plants.

Access routes and escape routes are part of the above-mentioned examples. The necessity of providing safety services in special buildings and areas may be governed by national regulations which may contain more stringent requirements.