In the open office, I'm providing direct/indirect fluorescent up-light, does it meet the exception of the Option 2A?
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Melissa Kelly
Sustainability SpecialistGensler
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May 10, 2016 - 1:43 pm
Hi Simon,
Based on Example 2 in the reference guide, I think you can exclude a direct/indirect light as long as there's no view down into the top of the light from another space above.
Sara BENLOUBA
Green building managerConfidential
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July 20, 2023 - 5:25 am
Hello Melissa,
Could you please explain to me what do you mean by "a direct/indirect light as long as there's no view down into the top of the light from another space above"? I'm having trouble understanding this exception. I tried to read and reread several times without being able to understand.
Many thanks,
Glenn Heinmiller
PrincipalLam Partners
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July 20, 2023 - 5:18 pm
The exception is for: "indirect uplighting fixtures, provided there is no view down into these uplights from a regularly occupied space above"
For example: a two-story lobby with pendant indirect fixtures and an office space on an intermediate floor that is open to the lobby and you can see down into the light fixtures in the looby