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Emergency Lighting & Exit Sign Replacement Calculator

Build a replacement and maintenance reserve for professionally specified emergency-lighting fixtures and exit signs.

Important code and safety noticeFire codes, building codes, referenced standards, inspection schedules and permit requirements vary by location, building type, occupancy, age, renovations and system. This page is for preliminary education and budgeting only. The authority having jurisdiction and qualified local professionals must determine the actual requirements, design, installation, testing, maintenance and approval for a real property.

Project inputs

Change the assumptions to explore an early planning scenario.

Planning result

Enter your assumptions

  • Initial replacements
  • Installation
  • Testing and lifecycle service
  • Total planning reserve

How to use this result

Use quantities and locations established by the building inventory and qualified review. This calculator does not determine required coverage.

Replacement percentage

Only the entered share of points receives initial equipment and installation cost.

Lifecycle service

Testing and per-point battery or minor-repair allowances continue for the selected term.

Important: Fire codes, building codes, standards, inspection schedules, permits and insurance requirements vary by country, province or state, municipality, building use, occupancy, construction date, renovation history and system type. The authority having jurisdiction and qualified local professionals must determine what applies to a real property. Emergency illumination, duration, circuit and sign-location requirements require qualified local design and testing.