90.1-2007 Exterior lighting - playgrounds

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Question about exterior lighting power allowance for a 90.1-2007 LEED
baseline model with a playground area inside the LEED project boundary.
Would the playground qualify as a plaza area or special feature area under
90.1-2007 Table 9.4.5? Has anyone successfully submitted a project for LEED
review with a playground area classified under this exterior lighting power
allowance?

Thanks in advance,

Steven Savich, LEED AP

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Gut feeling is this shouldn't be a problem, provided you are actually
lighting the space with fixtures intended for that sole purpose.

If you're trying to claim the area because it's sorta lit due to spill
from a roadway pole or entry wallpacks... I would expect resistance.

Note 90.1 has a vaguer "special feature areas" category that may be a
better fitting description than "plaza."

NICK CATON, P.E.

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Gut feeling is this shouldn't be a problem, provided you are actually
lighting the space with fixtures intended for that sole purpose.

If you're trying to claim the area because it's sorta lit due to spill
from a roadway pole or entry wallpacks... I would expect resistance.

Note 90.1 has a vaguer "special feature areas" category that may be a
better fitting description than "plaza."

NICK CATON, P.E.

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