We submitted a project with several private offices equipped with manual on/off wall switching for the overhead lamps, which was a strategy always accepted on our NCv2.2 projects and was also accepted on a previous CI 2009 project. In our design prelim review, the credit was kicked back noting that the wall switches were not adequate to meet the credit intent. I checked the 2009 reference guide and the language leans towards requiring task lighting (i.e. desk lamps) in all the private offices, without accepting the good old on/off wall switch anymore - has anyone else run into this yet?
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Shillpa Singh
Senior Sustainability ManagerYR&G
131 thumbs up
January 3, 2011 - 12:00 pm
Kimberley
We haven't come across this situation in any of our CI projects, yet. It is understood that the wall on/off switch in a private office should suffice the credit requirements as long as the space occupied by only one person. The reference guide does have the suggestion to include task lights for individual controls, but may not be a requirement as a basis of rejecting the credit. I would request a revised review from GBCI with the complete explanation of how each private office is to be occupied by only one person who has full control of the lights in the room. Maybe the detailed narrative will do the trick. Good luck!
Lauren Sparandara
Sustainability ManagerGoogle
LEEDuser Expert
997 thumbs up
January 3, 2011 - 1:33 pm
Hi Kimberly and Shillpa,
I agree with Shillpa in that, I too, believe that one light switch provided for a private office is sufficient. The reviewer may have misunderstood the context.
The acceptability of on/off switches for private offices has not changed from LEEDv2.2 and LEEDv2009.
Good luck!
Lauren