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California Title 24 2013 Non-Residential Code Compliance

Summary of Changes in
ASHRAE 90.1 2016, IECC 2015 and Title 24 2016
Every three years the big three energy codes and standards (ASHRAE 90.1, IECC and Title 24) undergo a review
and revision process. These revisions serve to update technologies and energy-saving methods being used, and
clarify requirements that may have proven confusing in the last revision.

Most often these changes are relatively minor. ASHRAE 90.1 last underwent a major lighting requirement
overhaul in 2010, while IECC received a similar dramatic change in 2012. Title 24’s current lighting requirements
were introduced in 2013 and were updated to the new 2016 California Title 24 on January 1, 2017.

ASHRAE 90.1 2016

Receptacle Control—More Required Areas Added NEW Energy Monitoring (Submetering Requirements)
At least 50% of all receptacles must be controlled in: Measurement devices must be installed in new buildings to
monitor energy use for each of the following separately:
• Private offices
• Conference rooms • Total energy
• Printing/copy rooms • HVAC systems
• Classrooms • Interior lighting
• Individual workstations • Exterior lighting
• 25% of branch circuit feeders installed for • Receptacle circuits
modular furniture The measurements must meet the following:
Turned off via: • Record ever 15 minutes and report at least hourly, daily,
• Time of day control monthly and annually
• Occupancy sensor—off after 20 minutes when space is • Data must be made available to each tenant
unoccupied • Must maintain data for 36 months
• Signal from another control system—off after 20
minutes when the space is unoccupied
Space Control—Expanded
Applicable spaces must be capable of the following:
Daylighting Control—Expanded
• Load control—manual-ON/OFF
Reduce the lighting power in response to available daylight
• Restricted manual-ON
with the following requirements:
• Restricted partial-ON—auto-ON to 50%
• Continuous dimming • Bi-level control—step between 30-70%
• Must have at least one control step between 50-70%, • Automatic daylight controls
20-40% and OFF • Automatic partial-OFF—reduce to 50% when unoccupied
Now defines Primary and Secondary daylight zones: • Automatic full-OFF
• Scheduled shutoff
• Side-lit areas with >150W installed in primary zone
• Side-lit areas with >300W or greater installed in primary
and secondary zone Parking Garage Control—Expanded
• Top-lit areas with 150W • Must reduce lighting power by 30% when unoccupied for
20 minutes
Note: Primary and Secondary zones must be controlled separately • Covered vehicle entrance and exits must automatically
reduce lighting by 50% from sunset to sunrise
• Perimeter fixtures must be controlled in response to
daylight
2015 IECC
Occupancy Sensors and Time Switch Controls— Daylight Responsive Controls—Expanded
More Required Areas Added • Required in spaces where more than 150W of
Occupancy sensors be installed in: lighting is installed in the toplit or sidelit zones
• Classrooms • Toplit zones controlled independent of lights in
• Conference rooms sidelit zones
• Copy/print rooms • Controls must be configured to be calibrated from
• Lounges within the controlled space
• Employee lunch and break rooms • Calibration must be readily accessible
• Private offices • In offices, classrooms, labs, and library reading rooms,
• Restrooms controls shall dim lights continuously from full power to
• Storage rooms 15% of full light output
• Janitor closets • Must be capable of full shutoff of all controlled lights
• Warehouses • Daylight zones in different orientations (N, S, E, W)
• All other spaces <300 sq ft enclosed by floor-to- ceiling must be controlled separately (but may be
height partitions controlled together if <150W)
General occupancy sensor controls must:
Exterior Controls—Expanded
• Auto-OFF within 30 minutes of occupants leaving space
• Manual-ON or auto-ON to 50% • Automatically turn off lighting as function of available
• Incorporate a manual control daylight
• Building facade lighting to be controlled via dusk/dawn
Warehouse occupancy sensor controls must: and a set opening and closing time
• Automatically reduce lighting power by no less than 50% • Any other lighting shall have controls configured to
in aisleways reduce connected lighting power by not less than 30%
• Control lighting in each aisleway independently and from:
cannot control lighting beyond the aisleway - Midnight to 6:00 a.m.
- 1 hour of business closing to 1 hour of business
Automatic time switch controls required for all areas not
opening
controlled by occupancy sensors.
- Any time space is unoccupied for more than
Note: Relay panels make an ideal solution for accomplishing this 15 minutes
new requirement
NEW Enhanced Digital Lighting Controls
NEW Light Reduction Controls Systems must include the following:
Manual control to reduce the connected lighting load by at
• Luminaires capable of continuous dimming
least 50%, accomplished by controlling:
• Luminaires capable of being addressed individually
• All lamps—dimming or via a group of not more than 4 luminaires
• Dual switching • Not more than 8 luminaires shall be controlled together
• Inboard/outboard switching in a daylight zone
• Each fixture or lamp independently • Digital system controlled fixtures must include the
Note: Not required in daylight zones with daylight responsive following functionality:
controls - Control reconfiguration based on digital
addressability
- Load shedding
NEW Efficiency Options
- Individual user control of overhead general
Project must comply with at least one of the following:
illumination in open offices
• More effacing HVAC performance - Occupancy sensors shall be capable of being
• Reduced lighting power density reconfigured through the digital control
• Enhanced lighting controls system
• On-site supply of renewable energy • Must provide sequence of operation including
• Dedicated outdoor air system specification of outlining each of the functions of
• High-efficiency water heating the digital control system
Title 24 2016—Non-Residential
Multi-Level Lighting Controls—Clarified
The number of mandatory control steps is still based
Table 130.1-A, but the requirement to also utilize manual
dimming, tuning, lumen maintenance, automatic daylighting
or demand response has been replaced by the requirement
that multi-level controls:
• Only allow the user to activate all required control steps
• If lighting is dimmable, controls must be on a dimmer
that allows dimming AND manual-ON/OFF
New multi-level lighting exceptions include:
• Areas required to utilize partial-OFF occupancy specific types of allowed control devices
sensors
• Classrooms with connected general lighting load of 0.7W
per sq ft or less
• Public restrooms shall have at least one control step
between 30-70% of full rated power
Occupancy Sensors—Clarified/Expanded
Specifications for how lighting in spaces can be activated
by an occupancy sensor have been added:
• For spaces that also require multi-level lighting controls,
sensors must act as a partial-ON or vacancy sensor
• Partial-ON may only automatically activate between 50-
70% of the controlled lighting power
• For areas not requiring multi-level controls, sensors may
be auto-ON, vacancy sensor, or partial-ON
Daylight Harvesting and Demand Response—Clarified
Requirements have been updated to allow some lighting to
operate continuously along means of egress—up to 0.2W
per sq ft that meets egress definition is now exempted
(previously only exempted during occupied hours). Up to
0.1W is also exempt from automatic shutoff requirements
(previously only 0.05W per sq ft was exempt).
New exemptions for lighting from shut-OFF control
requirements include:
• Designed for emergency use
• Connected to an emergency power supply
• Functions only when normal power is absent
Outdoor Lighting Controls—Clarified/Expanded
The original 2013 requirement for outdoor controls to
turn off all lighting during the day and reduce or full-OFF
lighting at night are unchanged, but control requirements
have been added:
• Lights must be turned OFF during daylight hours via a
photocontrol or astronomical time switch
• Lights must be controlled at night via a motion sensor
or time-based control
• The mounting height of luminaires determines the
- If mounted <24 ft above ground, motion sensors
or other occupancy-based controls must be used
- If mounted >24 ft above ground, motion sensors
are not required
Maximum dimming permitted as part of a motion
controlled lighting system has increased from 80% to
90%.
Outdoor lighting is no longer required to be separately
circuited from other lighting, but it must remain
independently controlled from other electrical loads by an
automatic scheduling control.
Acceptance Testing—Clarified/Expanded
Requirements for acceptance testing of indoor and outdoor
lighting have been amended to include new specific
functional tests that must be performed.
While the 2013 requirements stated that lighting controls
acceptance tests must be performed by a Certified Lighting
Controls Acceptance Test Technician (CLCATT), Title 24
2016 now states that technicians must recertify this
credential to comply with new 2016 code requirements.
An alteration project where lighting controls are added
to control 20 or fewer luminaires is now exempted from
acceptance testing requirements.
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