Building Codes Assistance Project

Issue: Artificial lighting accounts for almost 15 percent of household electricity use. The traditional incandescent bulb with screw-in fixture currently provides about 85 percent of household illumination. Use of innovative lighting technologies can reduce lighting energy use in homes by 50 to 75 percent. Advances in lighting controls offer further energy savings by reducing the amount of time lights are on but not serving a useful purpose and by turning lights on automatically when and where they are needed.

Options: Require a percentage of lighting to be high efficacy; Require or have options for lighting controls

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