R404. ELECTRICAL POWER LIGHTING SYSTEMS

R404 ELECTRICAL POWER LIGHTING SYSTEMS Strike Sections R404.1 and R404.1.1 of the International Energy Conservation Code in their entirety and insert new Sections R404.1 and R404.1.1 in the Energy Conservation Code-Residential Provisions in their place to read as follows. R404.1 Lighting equipment (Mandatory). Not less than 85 percent of the lamps in permanently installed lighting fixtures shall be high-efficacy lamps or not less than 85 percent of the permanently installed lighting fixtures shall contain only high-efficacy lamps. High efficacy lamps are either LED, compact fluorescent lamps (CFL’s), T-8 or smaller diameter linear fluorescent lamps, or lamps with a minimum efficacy of: 1. 60 lumens per watt for lamps over 40 watts; 2. 50 lumens per watt for lamps over 15 watts to 40 watts; and 3. 40 lumens per watt for lamps 15 watts or less. R404.1.1 Lighting equipment (Mandatory). Fuel gas lighting systems shall not have continuously burning pilot lights. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 6326 (May 29, 2020 – Part 2). The District of Columbia Energy Conservation Code (2017), referred to as the “Energy Conservation Code,” consists of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 90.1) and substantial portions of Chapter 7 of ANSI/ASHREA/IES 189.1-2014, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings (ASHRAE 189.1), published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), and the Residential Provisions of the 2015 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (International Energy Conservation Code), published by the International Code Council (ICC), as amended by the Energy Conservation Code Supplement of 2017 – Commercial Provisions (12-I[CE] DCMR) and the Energy Conservation Code Supplement of 2017 – Residential Provisions (12-I[RE] DCMR). The International Energy Conservation Code is copyrighted by the ICC and therefore is not republished here. However, a copy of the text may be obtained at: https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/document/IECC2015. ASHRAE 90.1 is copyrighted by ASHRAE and therefore is not republished here. However, the text of ASHRAE 90.1 may be reviewed at: https://www.ashrae.org/standards-research--technology. Portions of Chapter 7 of ASHRAE 189.1 are reprinted in the District of Columbia Energy Conservation Code Supplement by permission of ASHRAE and ICC. District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Energy Conservation Code Supplement of 2017 – Residential Provisions 12-I[RE] DCMR § R404