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TITLE 24 INFORMATION

Effective October 1, 2005

Commercial

• Commercial office areas will be limited to a total of 1.2 watts per square foot. There is also a mandatory set aside of 0.2 watts per square foot for task lighting.

• A lighting management system is required for spaces of any square footage with an astronomical timeclock required to control outside luminaires. This includes carports, breezeways, walkways and the like.
 

• Non-conditioned spaces, which previously did not need to comply with Title 24, now have to comply just as conditioned spaces do.
• All exterior lighting is now required to be bi-level (footcandle measurement).
 

• All exterior fixtures are to be a cutoff type.

Residential

• Incandescent sources are required to have dimmers or occupancy sensors.

• Recessed fixtures are required to be air tight and IC rated.

• 50% of the wattage generated in the kitchen must be from a high efficacy (compact fluorescent) source.

• Compact fluorescent fixtures are required to have electronic ballasts if they are 13 watts or greater.

• Bathrooms with occupancy sensors must have a manual on and automatic off.

• Exterior house mounted fixtures must be high efficacy and use a combination photosensor/motion sensor.