What is an ADA compliant sconce?
ADA stands for American with Disabilities Act. It is a sweeping bit of legislation enacted in 1991, designed to ensure that people with handicaps are not excluded from public spaces. Specifically, section 4.4 of the ADA states that objects projecting from walls with their leading edges between 27 inches and 80 inches (24 to 68) above the finished floor shall protrude no more than four inches into walks, halls, corridors, passage-ways or aisles. It is a fact that the ADA lighting requirements gave birth to some unlovely designs. Our job has been to design lighting fixtures that meet the ADA requirements and yet compromise nothing in terms of quality of design. Indeed, this is actually a good size for even non-ADA applications such as home residences. All our sconces that meet ADA requirements (most do) are labeled ADA in the catalog.
