scope:

This standard provides additional requirements for electrical installations applicable to communal facilities and workplaces. Requirements of other parts of the 7-7XX series of IEC 60364 are also applicable, if they are relevant to this part. Typical examples of communal facilities and workplaces are listed below: - 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 mentiond examples. The necessity of providing safety services in special buildings and areas may be governed by national regulations which may contain more stringent requirements. NOTE Essential safety equipment may comprise: Emergency escape lighting, installations for fire pumps, fire brigade lifts and lifts with special requirements, devices for alarm and issue of instructions, smoke and heat extraction equipment and CO and CO2 warning equipment. Refer to IEC 60364-5-56.