Building upon decades of expertise in the delivery of life safety systems, and particularly emergency lighting technologies, Eaton’s Adaptive Evacuation System enables faster, safer and more agile evacuations from commercial properties


Large and complex commercial buildings are facing a growing diversity of safety risks from fire to terrorism, evacuation planning is pivotal.

Owners and managers of commercial buildings must ensure there is an ability to detect danger, alert occupants and evacuate them quickly and safely. Guiding occupants to a safe exit is crucial in upholding safety but can be challenging in large, highly-populated, high-risk or complex buildings such as railway stations, shopping centres, airports or stadia. Eaton has developed the Adaptive Evacuation System, which, unlike static exit signs, uses digital technology to switch between a number of predefined routes in a given circumstance and guides people towards the safest available exit.

This whitepaper examines how using Adaptive Evacuation technology can help protect employees and customers from danger and assist their safe evacuation from buildings.