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Silvair compliance guide
Adhering to UK lighting and energy standards (Updated)
The Silvair UK Compliance Guide explores the most critical lighting control regulations currently valid in the United Kingdom. It also addresses the legal requirements and shifting frameworks that affect building owners, facility managers, and lighting manufacturers alike.
As regulations continue to intensify, navigating lighting and energy standards becomes increasingly difficult. The challenge is to comply with current requirements while future-proofing the business against changes in legislation and technology landscape. The wireless control technology from Silvair delivers that peace of mind to commercial real estate and lighting industry stakeholders. Found in multiple lighting products from Europe's leading manufacturers, it provides all the tools needed to comply with legal obligations.
This refreshed edition incorporates major regulatory milestones, including the latest 2025/2026 emergency lighting standards and building automation mandates that property stakeholders must comply with today.
What's new:
- The BS 5266-1:2025 Emergency Testing Standard: Discover why manual testing and paper logbooks are being discouraged due to human error risks, and how the industry is shifting toward Automatic Test Systems (ATS) under BS EN 62034.
- The 2026 BACS Mandate: Learn about the strict requirements for non-domestic buildings with heating or air-conditioning systems over 290kW, and how the Silvair BACnet Gateway integrates Bluetooth NLC networks to achieve mandatory cross-system compliance.
- Comprehensive Compliance Matrix: A step-by-step technical breakdown mapping exactly how decentralized wireless features satisfy the precise testing intervals, fault reporting, and safety zoning required by law.
Key learning points:
- The most critical, up-to-date lighting and energy regulations applicable in the U.K. (including Building Regulations Part L and EPBR).
- How Silvair enables businesses and institutions to meet automatic emergency testing (ELT) and automated record-keeping standards out of the box.
- Major competitive advantages of decentralized wireless controls based on the global Bluetooth NLC standard.
- Advanced, energy-efficient lighting control strategies enabled by Silvair, from daylight harvesting to granular occupancy sensing.
