yup. i got a call from a contractor today, the inspector
turned him down. no certification, and he didn't have daylighting
controls in the primary area.
there was *one* two tube T-8 fixture in the primary zone.
66 watts. daylighting controls not needed under 120 watts
connected load for downlighting.
he was ready to go spend $2k for nLight controls, to dim one fixture.
not necessary. will write magic letter with certification, and sprinkle
electron dust over the time clock.
the learning curve on this stuff is painful. another guy just got his
first demand for certification docs. then we find out he has a 13,000
sq ft floor of a building, done in wattstopper. stand alone room controls.
oops. he needs to add a backbone interlinking all those individual controllers, for demand response..... $20,000 later......
with all the frothy BS i spew on here, the one really important
piece of info i can offer to folks contracting in the golden state,
is not to get creative with lighting packages. don't substitute
luminares or controls without engineering approval. "value engineering"
and design builds in commercial, without a very clear understanding
of the requirements, and a very clear path to certification at the end of
the job is really playing with the third rail of contracting here today.
