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Trespass Calculation Method

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posted by  April Wang  on 

Hello all, In this project in Taiwan (I cannot find the country selection below), there are no available IES files nor BUG ratings for the exterior luminaires; therefore, I am pursuing the credit

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Fri Sep 8, 2017, 12:39 pm

Lighting Boundary Line

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posted by  Gregory Martin  on 

Working on a project where the property line is adjacent to a railroad track operated by a private railway company(BNSF).

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Fri Jul 28, 2017, 3:38 pm

Manual Override

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posted by  Donald Green  on 

Is there any circumstance whereby an after hours manual override for a Civic Building would not be acceptable for exterior lighting?

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Interior Uplighting

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posted by  Michele Helou  on 

Am I missing something or does v4 no longer have any requirement on interior lighting that has a significant uplighting component? We have an interior atrium that will have this issue - and it jus

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Minimum light levels are now required

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posted by  Bill Swanson  on 

This has come up on a project and we lost on appeal so I'm sharing this information with everyone. Any area being claimed in the wattage baseline calculation must be illuminated to a minimum light

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Lighting Zones

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posted by  Linda Anderson  on 

Who determines the exterior lighting zone LZ0-LZ4 for a LEED project? I am working on a project in a state that isn't mine and I don't know much about the city.

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Thu Mar 14, 2024, 6:24 am

Garage lighting

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posted by  Brightworks Sustainability  on 

This may be a silly question, but are fixtures attached to the garage considered building-mounted? The garage is separate from our LEED project but within the site boundary.

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Wed Jul 5, 2017, 3:06 pm

Glare requirement exemption

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posted by  David Makee  on 

I saw a similar question regarding uplight, but is it possible for a building-mounted light fixture to be excluded from the glare requirements if it is shielded from the lighting boundary by anothe

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Fri Sep 8, 2017, 2:13 pm

Walkway versus public street

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posted by  Jens Apel  on 

This may be an academic question but I am unsure on the wording. The modification of the lighting boundary depends on adjacency to a walkway or a public street.

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posted by  Heather Holdridge  on 

If I understand the LEED requirements for exterior lighting, we will be following the BUG guidelines for all lighting that will remain on from sunset to sunrise.

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