[Equest-users] Lighting Control - Occupancy Sensor

[Nick Caton]

Hi Carol,

 

Table G3.1 has the following wording in both 90.1-2004 and'07:

 

"For automatic lighting controls in addition to those required for
minimum compliance under Section 9.4.1, credit may be taken for
automatically controlled systems by reducing the connected lighting
power by the applicable percentages listed in Table G3.2."

 

I've interpreted this as a directive to simply reduce the installed
lighting power / LPD by the referenced percentages.  

 

I've yet to receive any reviewer's commentary to the contrary, but
everyone's human... =)

 

~Nick

 

 

 

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

PROJECT ENGINEER

25501 west valley parkway

olathe ks 66061

direct 913 344.0036

fax 913 345.0617

Check out our new web-site @ www.smithboucher.com 

 

From: Carol Gardner [mailto:cmg750 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:46 AM
To: Nick Caton
Cc: Derek Huang; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Lighting Control - Occupancy Sensor

 

Nick,

For occupancy sensors, I have always reduced the % on in the lighting
schedules, never the installed LPD. Here's a thread from way back
discussing how to do this:
http://www.gard.com/ml/bldg-sim-archive/msg02168.html. 

If the methodology has changed to reducing the LPD by 15% I'd like to
know. It would be much easier and I'd love to be wrong!

How are others doing this?

Carol

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:42 AM, Nick Caton <ncaton at smithboucher.com>
wrote:

A small correction - the reduction (0-15%) is modifying the installed
LPD (W/SF), not the schedules.  The reduction amount does vary based on
the table Carol referenced in 90.1 Appendix G.  

 

This is easiest to do in the wizards: there's an overall multiplier,
defaulted to 1.00, on the bottom of lighting load screen.  In detailed
it would require you to modify the space LPD values in the spreadsheet
view, under the Internal Loads tab.

 

Agreeing with Carol's premise though - the way your question is worded
suggests you weren't clear on the contents Appendix G.  For your own
sake, definitely avoid relying on others to tell you what's within 90.1
or you might find yourself in hot water down the road ;).

 

~Nick

 



 

NICK CATON, E.I.T.

PROJECT ENGINEER

25501 west valley parkway

olathe ks 66061

direct 913 344.0036

fax 913 345.0617

Check out our new web-site @ www.smithboucher.com
<http://www.smithboucher.com>  

 

From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Carol Gardner
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 5:27 PM
To: Derek Huang
Cc: equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] Lighting Control - Occupancy Sensor

 

For the spaces that don't require occupancy sensors you can show savings
by modifying the lighting schedule. I think a 15% reduction is allowed,
but verify that by looking in Appendix G where it tells you what you can
do and when. In fact it would be good for you to make a practice of
researching the answers to these types of questions yourself and save
the more complicated questions for the listserv. It is important to
respect everyone's time and do diligence by trying to find the answers
yourself. I know it's a lot to process at first but you will benefit
from the study.

Regards,
Carol

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 6:21 PM, Derek Huang <Derek.Huang at atce.com>
wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a spot for Occupancy Sensor lighting
controls ? In both of DD Wizard mode and Detailed Data Edit mode, I
didn't see any.

 

Thanks,

 

Derek Huang, LEED AP, CPD                                       

Mechanical Engineer

 

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97 E. Brokaw Road, No 300

San Jose, CA 95112

Direct: 408 487-1305

Fax:      408 436-1511

www.atce.com <http://www.atce.com/> 

derek.huang at atce.com

 

 


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