[Equest-users] Healthcare Lighting Exception

[Elizabeth Gillmor]

I don't believe that's the intent of the exception.  That is a pretty
typical design for exam rooms that I have seen, and the baseline LPD for
exam rooms is already quite generous at 1.5 W/sf for just that reason. (For
example, 3x32W T8 in an 8x8 room = 1.5 W/sf.)  Lighting for "exam purposes"
is not usually equivalent to lighting for "medical procedures".

But if they are really doing medical procedures in these rooms, and they
are having trouble complying with the 1.5 W/sf, you might have success in
using the exception if you separate the controls -- say, put the switch for
the 2-lamp "exam" lighting on the other side of the room such that it is
not normally turned on by someone entering the room.  Otherwise, if both
switches are at the door, the reality is that all lights will be used all
the time.

Good luck!

*Elizabeth Gillmor  PE, BEMP, LC, LEED AP*

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On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Bikesh Dahal <BDahal at emegroup.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
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> I am currently working on a LEED project for an outpatient hospital
> facility.
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> The exam rooms in the hospital consist of a unique lighting controls
> system that I have not dealt with before. Each exam rooms consists of one
> fixture with 3 bulbs on it. However, out of the three, one of them is
> controlled separately and the other two are controlled separately.
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> The lighting designer is claiming that one bulb meets the foot candle
> requirements for general lighting and the other two bulbs are supposed to
> be solely for exam purposes. If that is the case I think that we should be
> able to claim the following exception for the wattages of these two bulbs:
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> Exception 9.2.2.3.c – Lighting specifically designed for use only during
> medical or dental procedures and lighting integral to medical equipment.
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> I was wondering if anyone has seen this situation  before and have been
> able successfully claim the exception for the above mentioned( lighting
> fixture, bulb, controls) combination.
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> *Bikesh Dahal*
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