Hi,
I am working on a store where the sale area is composed of ligthing for furniture and ambiant lighting in ceiling. Only a part of the ambiant lighting in ceiling is controlled depending on daylight illumination and represents 40% of the power installed (17.5% if we consider ambiant lighting and for furniture).
LEED for retail:
"In sales areas, provide controls that can reduce the ambient light levels to a midlevel (30% to 70% of the maximum illumination level not including daylight contributions)."
Question: Should I take the entire lighting power for the calculation or can I exclude lighting furniture?
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
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September 5, 2017 - 6:14 pm
It should be fine to exclude the lighting for furniture but you will need to explain this to the reviewer.