I've gone through the threads and can't find a response for a question like this, there must be one, but we have a theater project with all of the speciality lighting associated with this use. It is an outdoor amphitheater, so the lighting use is very sporatic both programmatically and due to outdoor ambient lighting during daytime hours. The theater consultant wants to use incandescent lighting as much as possible for color, etc. Is this type of lighting included in the energy model. Is it excluded in anyway, or partially excluded due to patterns of use and scheduling?
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Marcus Sheffer
LEED Fellow7group / Energy Opportunities
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November 14, 2014 - 11:34 am
All energy use associated with the project is always included in the models. There are no exceptions.
Section 9.2.2.3 excludes theater lighting from the regulated requirements so you do not have to count it in the interior or exterior lighting power densities. It should be modeled as a separate process load identically in both models.