In our office project there are daylight sensors within 15 feet of the windows which are connected to all lighting fixtures in daylit areas except for a few decorative fixtures on the ceiling (providing decorative blue light). These additional decorative fixtures are separately controlled and are connected to movement sensors.
I would like to confirm if we can still get one point for Daylight controls in daylit areas. In the Bird's eye view it's written that "For EAc1.2 Option A, decorative fixtures within 15 feet of the building perimeter must have daylighting controls to comply with the requirements." however the point of the these few fixtures providing blue light is to work whenever there's someone in the room regardless of available daylight.
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
LEEDuser Expert
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September 9, 2016 - 11:28 am
The purpose of these lights is unclear but it does not sound like they are exempt under 9.2.2.3. If they are just decorative then they must comply.
Agnieszka Rylska
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September 9, 2016 - 11:52 am
Thank you Marcus. There are elements on the ceiling that look like clouds and so these decorative fixtures will provide blue light around the clouds so it looks like sky. So according to what you wrote they have to be connected to the daylight sensors in order to receive one point for Option A.