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[–] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Canada's building codes since around 2014 require the green man pictoral exit sign.

Old buildings have EXIT or SORTIE signs in red. Some renovated buildings have a mix of both.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Ahh yes I was surprised that they have the European (or just international idk) one

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    This is a funny map because it's super informative and I'm not sure I've gotten anything of substance out of it.

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  • [–] [S] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I'm sure it'll be super useful in a fire :)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is that a threat? W-why would they be in a fire?

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is it based on red being the color of an emergency or it doesn't look like a normal exit? Is it because they did studies on what is easier to see in smoke? Is it because green or red lights are cheaper?

    I need answers

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The conclusion of a master's thesis at Lund University / LTH (Sweden) onto that topic provides some information on why green is chosen over red:

    When it comes to the performance of green light in comparison to red light, we have seen that under white smoke conditions, on average, green light has performed better than red. While under black smoke conditions, red light was the better of the two, in line with the previous research. Nonetheless, the reason why green is the most commonly used color still remains independent of its performance against red light. As previous literature has proven, people perceive green as safe and tend to choose it over red in these situations.

    https://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/9084340/file/9089830.pdf

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What's with NYC and yellow?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I believe in Australia, by law it has to be green, except for parliment house because it'd ruin the aesthetic, so its allowed to be red (take with grain of salt, it's been a while since I went to Canberra).

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I apparently live in a red state but my workplace (in state) is green

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Now we just need to place them under the smoke at floor level

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    fireexit

    Because the hyphen or space keys are so far away.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    The green states should just secede.

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