ASHRAE 90.

1-2019
Lighting Standards:
A Guide for Compliance
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,
and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides
engineering guidelines for minimum energy efficiency
standards for all new and retrofitted buildings, except
low-rise residential.

The guidelines are updated regularly, with the most recent changes made
in 2019. A growing number of jurisdictions use these standards to guide
energy efficiency decisions for new and retrofitted construction. As of
March 2020, all but eight states had adopted some version of ASHRAE 90.1
guidelines.

Section 9, which covers lighting, includes guidelines for indoor lighting

power density (measured in watts/square foot), as well as controls for
lighting inside and outside buildings, and in parking garages.

Enlighted provides immediate compliance with the lighting requirements

in the 2019 standards, and goes above and beyond requirements, to future
proof for additional updates.

For example:

• Each update of ASHRAE creates new requirements for building projects.

Implementing Enlighted now enables immediate compliance, and helps
to avoid future costs along with unexpected project delays.

• Utility incentives are changing rapidly — new utility incentives are being
created for systems that go beyond ASHRAE compliance. Installing
Enlighted simplifies the utility rebate process on building projects.

• Installing Enlighted prepares building owners to immediately qualify

for future utility rebates as they emerge, and simplifies the LEED
certification process.
Key Highlights From the 2019 Update:
• Lighting power density requirements have been set for a range of interior and exterior space
types, ranging from the lowest, 0.18 W/sf for parking garages, to the highest, 0.96 W/sf for
hospitals. See chart on page 6 for full details.

• Lighting power allowances for the Space-by-Space Method and the Building Area Method
were modified to be more representative of real-world conditions with the inclusion of updated
IES recommendations, room cavity ratios, additional surface reflectance categories, light loss
factors, and a 100% LED technology baseline with updated efficacy values.

• A new simplified method for lighting (new Section 9.2) was added to provide a simple
approach for contractors and designers who design or renovate office buildings and retail
buildings up to 25,000 sf. This method is reflected in the table below.

• Lighting control requirements for parking garages were updated to account for the use of LED
in this application by increasing the stringency of the setback requirement to 50% and reducing
the control timeout from 20 minutes to 10 minutes.

• Daylight responsive requirements were updated from continuous dimming or stepped control
to continuous dimming required for all spaces, and a definition was added for continuous
dimming based on NEMA LSD-64-2014.

• As in previous versions of the standard, measurement devices must be installed in new

buildings to monitor the electrical energy use for each of the following separately: a. Total
electrical energy b. HVAC systems c. Interior lighting d. Exterior lighting e. Receptacle circuits.
For buildings with tenants, these systems shall be separately monitored for the total building
and (excluding shared systems) for each individual tenant.

• The Enlighted IoT platform is one of the only connected lighting platforms that can meet the
rigorous energy measurement and metering requirements in the standard immediately upon
installation, and across our entire portfolio of IoT-powered smart building solutions.

Status of State Energy Code Adoption

This guide contains an overview of major aspects of Section 9 of the ASHRAE 90.1-2019 Standards.
To ensure your building project is fully compliant with these standards, please email us at
[Link]/contact-sales.
 Commercial Buildings

Overview of 2019 Requirements

Note that ASHRAE 90.1-2019 offers two methods of compliance. This document outlines the
Simplified Building Method that applies to buildings and renovations under 25,000 sf. For further
guidance about the Space-by-Space Method for buildings greater than 25,000 sf, please contact
us at [Link]/contact-sales.

How Enlighted Meets and Exceeds

Space Type ASHRAE 90.1-2019 Requirement
Requirements
Office buildings: All interior Lighting power allowance of 0.70 W/sf. Every light fixture is equipped with
spaces except parking garages, an Enlighted sensor that detects
corridors and stairwells. Automatic controls to turn off lighting when occupancy, and allows full and
building is unoccupied or scheduled to be partial lighting reduction based
unoccupied. Each space shall have a manual on occupancy or manual control.
control device that allows power to be manually Enlighted Energy Manager is fully
reduced by a minimum of 50%, and manually shut programmable to schedule lights to
off. turn off when required.
Office spaces less than or equal Lighting power allowance of 0.70 W/sf. Enlighted sensors are centrally
to 250 sf. programmable, and can also be
In addition to automatic off and dimmable controlled by manual-on switches
Classrooms, conference rooms, controls, lighting shall also be controlled by installed in office spaces.
meeting rooms, training rooms, occupant sensors.
storage rooms and break rooms. Enlighted is the only
advanced lighting system
that can be quickly and easily
reprogrammed when the floor plan
changes.
Office spaces greater than 250 sf, Lighting power allowance of 0.70 W/sf. Enlighted sensors detect movement,
and restrooms. temperature, occupancy, and vacancy,
In addition to automatic off and dimmable allowing lighting to automatically
controls, lighting shall also be controlled by adjust according to a range of factors
occupant sensors. including occupancy.
 How Enlighted Meets and Exceeds
Space Type ASHRAE 90.1-2019 Requirement
Requirements
Stairwells and corridors in office Lighting power allowance of 0.70 W/sf. Enlighted sensors can be
buildings and parking garages. programmed for both time-of-day
These spaces shall also be controlled by occupant and occupancy detection shutoffs,
sensors that reduce the lighting power by a to detect vacancy and automatically
minimum of 50% when no activity is detected for time out to reduce lighting to a preset
up to 20 minutes. Must also be controlled to turn level after no more than 20 minutes.
off when the building is either unoccupied, or
scheduled to be unoccupied.

Parking garages in any type of Lighting power allowance: 0.13 W/sf. Enlighted sensors are present in
building. every light fixture, so coverage is
All lighting shall be automatically controlled to assured. The Enlighted system can be
turn off during garage non-operating hours. programmed to automatically turn
off or adjust lighting levels to preset
Lighting shall also be controlled by occupant minimums based on time of day or
sensors. Controls shall reduce the power by a occupancy.
minimum of 50% when no activity is detected
for no longer than 20 minutes. No device shall
control more than 3,600 sf.
Retail building interior spaces Lighting power allowance: 1.00 W/sf. Enlighted sensors detect occupancy,
other than parking garages, and allow full and partial lighting
stairwells and corridors. All lighting shall be automatically controlled to reduction based on occupancy or
turn off when the building is either unoccupied or manual control, in all, or specific
scheduled to be unoccupied. parts, of a building space.

Each space shall have a manual control device Enlighted Energy Manager is fully
that allows the occupant to reduce lighting power programmable to schedule lights to
by a minimum of 50% and to turn lighting off. dim or turn off when required, and
includes local manual controls for
occupant control of lighting in any
area.
Retail sales areas. Lighting power allowance: 1.00 W/sf. Enlighted smart sensors provide
occupancy control in all required
areas, and can be programmed to
adapt automatically to changing
conditions or use.
Retail stock rooms, dressing/ Lighting power allowance: 1.00 W/sf. Enlighted smart sensors provide
fitting rooms, locker rooms and occupancy control in all required
restrooms. Shall be controlled by auto-on or manual-on areas, and can be programmed to
occupant sensors, and continuous daylight adapt automatically to changing
dimming controls in spaces with toplighting. conditions or use. Daylight harvesting
controls also provide continuous
automatic response to changing
lighting levels. Daylight harvesting
can take place at all fixtures.
Office spaces, conference rooms, Lighting power allowance: 1.00 W/sf. Enlighted system is fully
meeting rooms, training rooms, programmable to provide the
storage rooms, break rooms and Shall be controlled by auto-on or manual-on required control indoors, and can
utility spaces. occupant sensors, and continuous daylight be easily reconfigured to adapt to
dimming controls in spaces with toplighting. changing use or usage patterns.

Automatic daylight harvesting

controls also provide continuous
response to changing lighting levels
from toplighting. Daylight harvesting
can take place at all fixtures.
Stairwells and corridors in retail Lighting power allowance: 1.00 W/sf. Enlighted sensors can be
buildings and parking garages. programmed for both time-of-day
These spaces shall also be controlled by occupant and occupancy detection shutoffs,
sensors that reduce the lighting power by a to detect vacancy and automatically
minimum of 50% when no activity is detected time out to reduce lighting to a preset
for up to 20 minutes. Must also be controlled to level after no more than 20 minutes.
turn off when the building is either unoccupied or
scheduled to be unoccupied.
 Lighting Power Density Allowances Using the Building Area Method
Building Area Typea LPD, W/ft

Automotive facility 0.75

Convention center 0.64
Courthouse 0.79
Dining: Bar lounge/leisure 0.80
Dining: Cafeteria/fast food 0.76
Dining: Family 0.71
Dormitory 0.53
Exercise center 0.72
Fire station 0.56
Gymnasium 0.76
Health-care clinic 0.81
Hospital 0.96
Hotel/motel 0.56
Library 0.83
Manufacturing facility 0.82
Motion picture theater 0.44
Multifamily 0.45
Museum 0.55
Office 0.64
Parking garage 0.18
Penitentiary 0.69
Performing arts theater 0.84
Police station 0.66
Post office 0.65
Religious facility 0.67
Retail 0.84
School/university 0.72
Sports arena 0.76
Town hall 0.69
Transportation 0.50
Warehouse 0.45
Workshop 0.91

In cases where both a general building area type and a specific building
a.

area type are listed, the specific building area type shall apply.

Rev02 06082020

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