Lighting Controls on restaurants and and gymnasiums

Hello Ricardo,

What was your final approach in attempting this credit for Restaurants/gymnasium? Was the credit awarded? / What was the reviewer comment?

Also a question to all- For Retail - RG does not mention that switch must be in same space or person operating switch must have direct line of sight. Is it allowed?

Thanks

Hi!

I asked that exact same question, but about thermal comfort controls, to LEED Coaches. I’d say the same response applies here:

“It is correct that restaurants, banquet halls and gyms are considered shared multioccupant spaces. Spaces within a spa should be categorized as individual occupant or shared multioccupant based on the definitions in the EQ Overview.  In order to achieve this credit, the project must provide individual thermal comfort controls for at least 50% of individual occupant spaces, and provide group thermal comfort controls for all shared multioccupant spaces. Note that individual controls are not required for shared multioccupant spaces; one group control per space is sufficient.  For spaces used by visitors, such as exhibition halls, library public reading areas, merchandise areas and associated circulation, sales transition areas, shopping hall main concourses, and theatres and movie houses, it is acceptable for the controls to be accessible only to staff and for staff to make adjustments if visitors are unsatisfied with the conditions. For all other shared multi-occupant spaces, the controls must be accessible by the occupants of the space.”

I’d say a restaurant is included in that last part.

/Maria

I would agree that a restaurant patron area will fall into that last part, but the kitchen prep areas are a mix of individual and multi-occupant spaces and will need controls.