We are working on a County Courthouse project. The LEED Bounary is at the building edge, but the County has control of the right of way that extends to the edge of the sidewalk. For security reasons the night light exceeds the limit at the building boundary, but has been dimmed down to be within the sidewalk right of way. For the Bug Rating in LZ4 zone, will this still comply if our lighting is dimmed down to within the threshold of the right of way at the curb that the County controls, even if our LEED boundary is at the building edge since no sidewalk work was being done?
Control of the right of way is irrelavant. Ownership of the land is what matters.
These are the 3 ways to extend the Lighting Boundary beyond the LEED Project boundary.
- When the property line abuts a public area that includes, but is not limited to, a walkway, bikeway, plaza, or parking lot, the lighting boundary may be moved to 5 feet (1.5 meters) beyond the property line.
- When the property line abuts a public street, alley, or transit corridor, the lighting boundary may be moved to the center line of that street, alley, or corridor.
- When there are additional properties owned by the same entity that are contiguous to the property, or properties, that the LEED project is within and have the same or higher MLO lighting zone designation as the LEED project, the lighting boundary may be expanded to include those properties.
When you say "right of way" it sounds like "public way". Just to check, you mean the edge of the LEED building, then there is a public sidewalk, and then there is a public road. If this is what you mean then the public way includes the road and sidewalk. Then use the second exemption above. The center line of the public way, (center of road) is where the lighting boundary is moved to and where lighting calculations should be measured from.If this is just a public sidewalk between two buildings then I'd recommend the first exemption above. The lighting boundary is only 5 feet away from the LEED project boundary.