This section contains information about required outdoor lighting documentation, including outdoor lighting plan check documents, Installation Certificate, and Certificate of Acceptance.
At the time a building permit application is submitted to the enforcement agency, the applicant also submits plans and energy compliance documentation. This section describes the compliance documentations needed for compliance with the nonresidential outdoor lighting requirements of the Energy Standards.
This section is addressed to the person preparing construction and compliance documents, and to the enforcement agency plan checkers who are examining those documents for compliance with the Energy Standards.
Nonresidential outdoor lighting Certificate of Compliance documents are listed below:
•NRCC-LTO-01-E; Certificate of Compliance: Outdoor Lighting
•NRCC-LTO-02-E; Certificate of Compliance: Outdoor Lighting Controls
•NRCC-LTO-03-E; Certificate of Compliance: Outdoor Lighting Power Allowances
Nonresidential outdoor lighting Certificate of Installation documents are listed below:
•NRCI-LTO-01-E; Certificate of Installation; Outdoor Lighting
•NRCI-LTO-02-E; Certificate of Installation: Energy Management Control System or Lighting Control System
Nonresidential outdoor lighting Certificate of Acceptance document:
•NRCA-LTO-02-A: Certificate of Acceptance, Outdoor Lighting Controls
The Energy Standards use the following numbering scheme for the nonresidential lighting compliance documents:
NRCC Nonresidential Certificate of Compliance
NRCI Nonresidential Certificate of Installation
NRCA Nonresidential Certificate of Acceptance
LTI Lighting, Indoor
LTO Lighting, Outdoor
LTS Lighting, Sign
01 The first set of compliance documents in this sequence
E Primarily used by enforcement authority
A Primarily used by acceptance tester
The paper prescriptive compliance documents have a limited number of rows per section for entering data. Some designs may need fewer rows, and some designs may need additional rows. If additional rows are required for a particular design, then multiple copies of that page may be used.
The Certificates of Installation are primarily used to declare that what was installed matches the plans on the Certificates of Compliance. The Certificate is signed by a person with an approved license.
A copy of the completed signed and dated Installation Certificate must be posted at the building site for review by the enforcement agency in conjunction with requests for final inspection for the building. See Section 2.2.3 for more information about the Installation Certificate.
Before an occupancy permit is granted for a new building or space, or a new lighting system serving a building, space, or site is operated for normal use, all outdoor lighting controls serving the site shall be certified as meeting the Acceptance Requirements for Code Compliance. A Certificate of Acceptance shall be submitted to the enforcement agency under Administrative Regulations §10-103(a).
The acceptance requirements that apply to outdoor lighting controls include the following:
•Certifies plans, specifications, installation certificates, and operating and maintenance information meet the requirements of the Energy Standards.
•Certified that outdoor lighting controls meet the applicable requirements of §110.9 and §130.2.
Acceptance testing must be conducted, and a Certificate of Acceptance must be completed and submitted before the enforcement agency can issue the certificate of occupancy. The procedures for performing the acceptance tests are documented in Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7.8. See the following chapters for more information about outdoor lighting control acceptance requirements.
•Chapter 2 - Compliance and Enforcement
•Chapter 13 - Acceptance Requirements
•Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7.8, Outdoor Lighting Controls Acceptance Test