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
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.
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.