Outdoor residential lighting is sometimes subject to the residential lighting requirements, and sometimes subject to the nonresidential lighting requirements.

6.5.1          Outdoor Luminaires

All lighting attached to the residence or to other buildings on the same lot must be high efficacy. Table 150.0-A lists all qualifying high efficacy light sources. Note that solid state lighting (SSL) luminaires installed outdoors are exempted from the general residential lighting requirement that all SSL luminaires for residential lighting must meet the requirements of Joint Appendix JA8.

6.5.2          Single-Family Outdoor Lighting

All lighting attached to the residence or to other buildings on the same lot must be high efficacy, and must be controlled by a manual ON and OFF switch and one of the following automatic control types:

1.    Photocontrol and motion sensor.

2.    Photocontrol and automatic time switch control.

3.    Astronomical time clock control that automatically turns the outdoor lighting off during daylight hours.

4.    EMCS that provides the functionality of an astronomical time clock, does not have an override or bypass switch that allows the luminaire to be always ON, and is programmed to automatically turn the outdoor lighting off during daylight hours.

Manual ON and OFF switches must not override the automatic control functions listed above, and any control that overrides the automatic controls to ON must automatically reactivate those controls within six hours.

Lighting that is not permanently attached to a building on a single-family site, such as decorative landscape lighting, is not regulated by the residential lighting requirements. However, providing high efficacy lighting and controls such as a time clock or photocontrol will help save energy and ensure that the lighting is not accidentally left on during daylight hours.

Table 6-3 Outdoor Lighting Standards for Single Family Buildings

6.5.3          Low-Rise Multifamily Outdoor Lighting

Low-rise multifamily buildings have the option of complying with either the residential or nonresidential lighting standards for the following applications:

1.  Private patios

2.  Entrances

3.  Balconies

4.  Porches

For all other outdoor lighting applications, low-rise buildings with three units or less must comply with the residential lighting requirements, and buildings with four units or more must comply with the applicable nonresidential requirements.

Table 6-4 Outdoor Lighting Standards for Low-Rise Multifamily Buildings

6.5.4          High-Rise Multifamily Outdoor Lighting

Any outdoor lighting attached to the building, which is controlled from within the dwelling unit, must comply with the residential requirements.

Outdoor lighting attached to the building that is not controlled from within the dwelling unit must comply with the following nonresidential requirements:

1.  §110.9 – Mandatory Requirement for Lighting Control Devices and Systems, Ballasts, and Luminaires

2.  §130.0 – Lighting Systems and Equipment, and Electrical Power Distribution Systems – General

3.  §130.2 - Outdoor Lighting Controls and Equipment

4.  §130.4 - Lighting Control Acceptance and Installation Certificate Requirements

5.  §140.7 - Requirements for Outdoor Lighting

6.  §141.0 – Additions, Alterations, and Repairs to Existing Nonresidential, High-Rise Residential, and Hotel/Motel Buildings, to Existing Outdoor Lighting, and to Internally and Externally Illuminated Signs

For information on the nonresidential lighting requirements, see Chapter 5 of the Nonresidential Compliance Manual.

Table 6-5 Outdoor Lighting Standards for High-Rise Multifamily Buildings

6.5.5          Internally Illuminated Signs

Internally illuminated signs shall consume no more than 5 watts of power as determined according to §130.0(c)., or shall comply the with nonresidential sign lighting requirements in §140.8.