SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT
SreciricationE3.1 LIFT INSTALLATIONS
Deemed-to-Satisfy Provisions
1. Scope
This Specification contains requirements for electric passenger lift installations and
electrohydraulic passenger lift installations.
2. Lift cars exposed to solar radiation
(a) _Allift car exposed to solar radiation directly, or indirectly by re-radiation, must have—
()__ mechanical ventilation at a rate of one air change per minute; or
(ii) mechanical cooling. OO
(b) A 2 hour alternative power source for ventilation or mechanical cooling at (a) must be
provided in the event of normal power loss.
3. Lift car emergency lighting
A\lift car must have an emergency lighting system designed—
(a) _ to. come on automatically upon failure of the normal lighting supply; and
(b) to provide at least 20 lux of lighting for 2 hours on the alarm initiation button.
4. Cooling of lift shaft
While a lift in a lift shaft is in service, the cooling of the lift shaft must—
(a) _ ensure that the dry bulb air temperature in the lift saft does not exceed 40°C; and
(p) if the cooling is by a ventilation system, be provided with an air change rate determined
using a temperatura rise of no more than 5 K.
5. Lift foyer access
Where there is a seourity foyer in a building, access may be via locked security doors
provided—
(a) security doors revert to the unlocked state in the event of —
(i) power failure; or
(ii) fire alarm; and
{b) locked foyer areas are monitored by closed circuit television and intercom system to a
24 hour staffed location,
6. Emergency access doors in a single enclosed lift shaft
(a) Where a lift is installed in a single enclosed lift shaft having a distance between normal
landing entrances greater than 12.2 m, emergency access doors must be provided and
constructed as follows:
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