This section covers residential lighting compliance documentation (compliance forms) that builders must submit to the responsible code enforcement agency for compliance with the residential lighting requirements.
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.
All of the residential lighting requirements are mandatory measures. There are no tradeoffs between lighting and other building features.
Lighting control systems are required to comply with the Certificate of Installation (form CF2R-LTG) 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 requirements.
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 (Title 24 California Code of Regulations, Part 1, §10-103(a)3.) In this Certificate of Installation, the person accepting responsibility for the project 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 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 need to submit a separate Certificate of Installation.
A Certificate of Installation must be submitted to the responsible code enforcement agency 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.
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 and the required controls (i.e., vacancy sensors, dimmer switches) were installed.
C. Registration
New requirements for a documentation procedure called “registration” were introduced with the 2008 Energy Standards. Registration is now required for all low-rise residential buildings for which compliance requires Home Energy Rating System (HERS) field verification (see Title 20 California Code of Regulations §1670 et seq.). When registration is required, the Certificates of Installation must be submitted electronically to an approved HERS provider data registry for registration and retention.
Registration requirements are detailed in Chapter 1 of the 2016 Residential Compliance Manual.
D. Certificate of Installation Requirements in the Standards
The following is the Energy Standards’ language that requires the Certificate of Installation to be submitted when a lighting control system is installed to comply with any of the residential lighting control requirements.
•§150(k)2F – Lighting controls shall comply with the applicable requirements of §110.9
•§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, 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 (EMCS), 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:
o Certification that when a lighting control system is installed to comply with the lighting control requirements in Part 6, it complies with the applicable requirements of §110.9; and complies with Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7.7.1.
o Certification that when an EMCS 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 §110.9, §130.0 through §130.5, §140.6, §140.7 and §150.0(k); and complies with Reference Nonresidential Appendix NA7.7.2.
•§150(k)2G – An 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 §130.0(e), and complies with all other applicable requirements in §150.0(k)2.
•§150(k)2H – An 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 §130.0(e), 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.
New to the 2016 Energy Standards, a schedule of all interior luminaires and lamps installed must be delivered to the homeowner after final inspection (Title 24 California Code of Regulations, Part1, §10-103(b)3). In addition to a complete list of installed lighting systems, the lighting schedule should include all necessary system information for regular operations and maintenance, and references to support future upgrades to the lighting system.