Commercial Lighting Guides

These guides were created to be general templates for energy efficient designs for various types of commercial building spaces. They are based on the Advanced Energy Design Guide (AEDG) series published by ASHRAE to assist people in going beyond the energy requirements of Standard 90.1-1999.

If you work on efficient design projects, especially LEED buildings, we urge you to get copies of the various AEDG guides for reference. These guides offer examples of one method of saving 30% over the ASHRAE 90.1 Standard, but there are always several ways of doing this. Our commercial lighting guides offer alternatives to the single example in the AEDG. If you are aiming at getting a rebate from your local electric Utility, going for a tax credit of working on LEED points, you will find these incredibly useful.

Link to ASHRAE and the AEDG web page at (http://www.ashrae.org/aedg) ASHRAE has posted the AEDG guides for free on their website.

Office
The Problem: Provide high quality lighting that illuminates the work area to IESNA recommended light levels while achieving 0.75W/ft2.

Design guide for open office: 2-lamp Lensed

Design guide for open office 2-lamp High-Performance Lensed

Design guide for open office 2 lamp recessed indirect

Design guide for open office pendant direct/indirect (3 lamp)

Warehouse
The Problem: Provide high quality lighting that illuminates the warehouse shelves to IESNA recommended light levels while beating ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-2004 Standard for Warehouse Lighting of 0.8W/ft2.

Base Case - 400W Metal Halide

Design guide MH 400 Base

Design Guide for Warehouse Metal Halide 320W

Design Guide for Warehouse T8

Design Guide for Warehouse T5HO