This section covers residential lighting compliance documentation (compliance forms) that is required to be submitted to the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) for compliance with the residential lighting Standards.
Because the compliance documentation for residential lighting consists primarily of a Certificate of Installation, it is not to be submitted until after the lighting project has been completed.
As stated in section 6.1 of this chapter, all of the residential lighting requirements are mandatory measures. There are no tradeoffs between lighting and other building features.
A. Person Responsible to Submit the Certificate of Installation
The Certificate of Installation is required to be submitted by a person eligible under Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code to accept responsibility for construction for all residential lighting projects. In this Certificate of Installation, the person accepting responsibility for the projected declares that the installed residential lighting complied with all of the applicable lighting requirements.
B. Number of Certificates of Installation Required
A residential lighting project may require only one, or more than one, Certificate of Installation to be submitted. For example, if one qualified person accepts responsibility for the lighting installation of an entire lighting project, only one Certificate of Installation will need to be submitted. However, if one qualified person accepts responsibility for the installation of the lighting controls, and another qualified person accepts responsibility for the installation of the luminaires, then each qualified person will separately need to submit a Certificate of Installation.
A Certificate of Installation must be submitted to the AHJ for any residential lighting project that is regulated by Part 6, whether that lighting project is for only one luminaire, or for the lighting of an entire building.
C. CF-2R-LTG
The Energy Compliance documentation has been revised and reorganized. The Certificate of Installation for residential lighting is now CF-2R-LTG.
D. Registration
New requirements for a documentation procedure called registration were introduced beginning with the 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards.
Registration is now required for all low-rise residential buildings for which compliance requires HERS field verification. When registration is required, persons responsible for completing and submitting compliance documents, including the CF-2R-LTG, are required to submit the compliance form(s) electronically to an approved HERS provider data registry for registration and retention.
Registration requirements are detailed in Chapter 1 of the 2013 Residential Compliance Manual.
The Certificate of Installation for residential lighting is completed and signed by the contractor responsible for installing hard-wired lighting systems. The installer verifies compliance with the mandatory requirements for lighting, and whether high efficacy lighting of the alternate controls (occupancy sensors, dimmer switches, etc.) was installed. Kitchen lighting and cabinet lighting wattages are indicated on this form when applicable.
When any HERS verification is required for compliance all of the CF-2R forms must be registered documents from an approved HERS provider data registry.
The builder or installing contractor responsible for the installation must provide a copy of the completed, signed, and registered Certificate(s) of Installation to the HERS rater, and post a copy at the building site for review by the enforcement agency in conjunction with requests for final inspection, and provide copies of the registered CF-2R forms to the home owner,
A. Person Responsible to Submit the Certificate of Installation
As explained in section 6.2.2 of this chapter, lighting control systems are required to comply with the Certificate of Installation requirements in §130.4.
Even through the Certificate of Installation for lighting control systems is designed primarily for use as a nonresidential compliance document, it is also required whenever a lighting control system is used to comply with the residential lighting Standards.
This Certificate of Installation is also required to be submitted by a person eligible under Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code to accept responsibility for construction for all residential lighting projects. In this Certificate of Installation, the person accepting responsibility for the installation of the lighting control system declares that the installation complied with all of the applicable lighting requirements.
B. Certificate of Installation Requirements in the Standards
Following is language in the Standards that requires the Certificate of Installation to the submitted when a lighting control system is installed to comply with any of the residential lighting control requirements.
Lighting controls shall comply with the applicable requirements of §110.9.
§150(k)2G
An Energy Management Control System (EMCS) may be used to comply with dimmer requirements in §150.0(k) if at a minimum it provides the functionality of a dimmer in accordance with §110.9, meets the installation certificate requirements in §130.4, the EMCS requirements in §130.5, and complies with all other applicable requirements in §150.0(k)2.
§150(k)2H
An Energy Management Control System (EMCS) may be used to comply with vacancy sensor requirements in §150.0(k) if at a minimum it provides the functionality of a vacancy sensor in accordance with §110.9, meets the installation certificate requirements in §130.4, the EMCS requirements in §130.5, and complies with all other applicable requirements in §150.0(k)2.
§150(k)2I
A multi-scene programmable controller may be used to comply with dimmer requirements in §150.0(k) if at a minimum it provides the functionality of a dimmer in accordance with §110.9, and complies with all other applicable requirements in §150.0(k)2.
§110.9(a)4.
Lighting Control Systems, as defined in §100.1, shall be a fully functional lighting control system complying with the applicable requirements in §110.9(b), and shall meet the Lighting Control Installation requirements in §130.4.
§130.4(b) Lighting Control Installation Certificate Requirements
To be recognized for compliance with Part 6 an Installation Certificate shall be submitted in accordance with §10-103(a) for any lighting control system, Energy Management Control System, track lighting integral current limiter, track lighting supplementary over current protection panel, interlocked lighting system, lighting Power Adjustment Factor, or additional wattage available for a videoconference studio, in accordance with the following requirements, as applicable:
1. Certification that when a lighting control system is installed to comply with lighting control requirements in Part 6 it complies with the applicable requirements of §110.9; and complies with Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7.7.1.
2. Certification that when an Energy Management Control System is installed to function as a lighting control required by Part 6 it functionally meets all applicable requirements for each application for which it is installed, in accordance with Sections 110.9, 130.0 through 130.5, 140.6 through 150.0, and 150.2; and complies with Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7.7.2.