NA7.7 Indoor Lighting Controls Installation Verifications
NA7.7.1 Lighting Control Systems Installed to Comply with Section 110.9(b)
NA7.7.1.1 Installation Inspection

If a lighting control required by Title 24, Part 6 is a field assembled system consisting of two or more components, verify the system components meet all of the requirements for each lighting control type, in accordance with Section 110.9, On the approved installation compliance form, identify, list, and verify each type of lighting control system as follows:

  1. Separately identify and list each type of lighting control system. When there are identical lighting control systems in a single building, identical lighting control system may be listed together.
  2. Identify and list all requirements for the type of self-contained lighting control device for which the lighting control system is installed to function as, in accordance with Section 110.9 and in accordance with the Title 20 Appliance Efficiency Regulations.
  3. Verify the lighting control system complies with all of the applicable requirement as listed.
  4. If the lighting control system does not meet all applicable requirements, the installation fails.
NA7.7.2 Energy Management Control System (EMCS) Installed in Accordance with Section 130.0(e)
NA7.7.2.1 Installation Inspection
  1. The EMCS shall be separately tested for each respective lighting control system for which it is installed to function as.
  2. List and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements in accordance with applicable Sections 110.9, 130.1, 130.2 and Section 160.5.
  3. If applicable, list and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements for all applications for which the EMCS is installed to function as, in accordance with appliable Section 140.6 and 170.2(e)2 thru 4.
  4. If applicable, list and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements for all applications for which the EMCS is installed to function as, in accordance with applicable Section 140.7 and 170.2(e)6.
  5. If applicable, list and verify functional compliance with all applicable requirements for all applications for which the EMCS is installed to function as, in accordance with applicable Section 150.0(k) and 160.5
NA7.7.3 RESERVED
NA7.7.4 Interlocked Lighting Systems Serving an Area in Accordance with Section 140.6(a)1 and 170.2(e)2A
NA7.7.4.1 - Installation Inspection

Verify and document the following:

  1. The space qualifies only as one or more the following types: Auditorium, convention center, conference room, multipurpose room, or theater, in accordance with the definitions of those space types in Section 100.1.
  2. There are no more than two interlocked lighting systems serving the space.
  3. The two lighting systems are interlocked with a non-programmable double throw switch to prevent simultaneous operation, in accordance with applicable Section 140.6(a)1 and 170.2(e)2A.
  4. If all of the above items are not true, the installation fails, and all connected lighting in the space shall be counted as part of the total installed lighting power.
NA7.7.5 Lighting Controls Installed to Earn a Power Adjustment Factor (PAF) in Accordance with Section 140.6(a)2 and 170.2(e)2B.
NA7.7.5.1 Construction Inspection for all PAFs except Institutional Tuning

Verify and document the following:

  1. Separately list all requirements for each PAF that is claimed in accordance with applicable Sections 110.9, and 140.6(a)2, Table 140.6-A, 170.2(e)2B, and Table 170.2-L.
  2. Verify the installation complies with all applicable requirements in accordance with applicable Sections 110.9, and 140.6(a)2, Table 140.6-A, 170.2(e)2B, and Table 170.2-L.
  3. If all of the above items are not true for a specific PAF, the installation fails, and that specific PAF cannot be used.
  4. For lighting systems that are claiming a PAF for daylight continuous dimming plus OFF control in accordance with Section 140.6(a)2H and 170.2(e)2Bviii, the system must successfully complete the functional performance test in Section NA 7.6.1.3, and in addition during the Full Daylight Test the controls shall automatically turn OFF the luminaires that are receiving the daylight continuous dimming plus OFF PAF credit.
NA7.7.6 Lighting for a Videoconferencing Studio in Accordance with Section 140.6(c)2Gvii
NA7.7.6.1 Installation Inspection

Verify and document the following:

  1. The videoconferencing studio is using only the Area Category Method for compliance. The extra lighting allowance shall not be taken when using the Complete Building Method or Tailored Method of compliance.
  2. The videoconferencing studio is a room with permanently installed videoconferencing cameras, audio equipment, and playback equipment for both audio-based and video-based two-way communication between local and remote sites.
  3. General lighting is switched in accordance with TABLE 130.5-A.
  4. Wall wash lighting is separately switched from the general lighting system.
  5. All of the lighting is controlled by a multiscene programmable control system (scene preset control system).
  6. If all of the above is not true, the installation fails, and the extra wattage for videoconferencing studio lighting cannot be used.

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