Don’t think that you can artificially pad your baseline case with extra watts per/sf for decorative lighting. In the ASHRAE Compliance form and in the LEED Online form, the decorative allowance for your baseline gets reduced to equal the decorative wattag

Don’t think that you can artificially pad your baseline case with extra watts per/sf for decorative lighting. In the ASHRAE Compliance form and in the LEED Online form, the decorative allowance for your baseline gets reduced to equal the decorative wattage you actually installed. Calculating the additional wattage allowance for your baseline is only to make sure that your have not installed too much decorative lighting.