Building Area Type | LPD(w/ft2) |
Automotive facility | 0.64 |
Convention center | 0.64 |
Court house | 0.79 |
Dining: Bar lounge/leisure | 0.79 |
Dining: Cafeteria/fast food | 0.72 |
Dining: Family | 0.71 |
Dormitorya,b | 0.46 |
Exercise center | 0.67 |
Fire stationa | 0.54 |
Gymnasium | 0.75 |
Health care clinic | 0.70 |
Hospitala | 0.84 |
Hotel/motela,b | 0.56 |
Library | 0.83 |
Manufacturing facility | 0.82 |
Motion picture theater | 0.44 |
Multifamilyc | 0.41 |
Museum | 0.55 |
Office | 0.64 |
Parking garage | 0.14 |
Penitentiary | 0.65 |
Performing arts theater | 0.84 |
Police station | 0.66 |
Post office | 0.65 |
Religious building | 0.67 |
Retail | 0.84 |
School/university | 0.70 |
Sports arena | 0.62 |
Town hall | 0.69 |
Transportation | 0.50 |
Warehouse | 0.40 |
Workshop | 0.91 |
a | Where sleeping units are excluded from lighting power calculations by application of Section R404.1, neither the area of the sleeping units nor the wattage of lighting in the sleeping units is counted. |
b | Where dwelling units are excluded from lighting power calculations by application of Section R404.1, neither the area of the dwelling units nor the wattage of lighting in the dwelling units is counted. |
c | Dwelling units are excluded. Neither the area of the dwelling units nor the wattage of lighting in the dwelling units is counted. |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.020,
19.27A.025,
19.27A.160 and chapter
19.27 RCW. WSR 19-24-040, § 51-11C-405053, filed 11/26/19, effective 7/1/20. Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.025,
19.27A.160, and
19.27.074. WSR 16-03-072, § 51-11C-405053, filed 1/19/16, effective 7/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.020,
19.27A.025 and chapters
19.27 and
34.05 RCW. WSR 13-04-056, § 51-11C-405053, filed 2/1/13, effective 7/1/13.]
(Effective March 15, 2024)
Table C405.4.2(1)—Interior lighting power allowances—Building area method.
Table C405.4.2(1)
Interior Lighting Power Allowances—Building Area Method
Building Area Type | LPD(w/ft2) |
Automotive facility | 0.64 |
Convention center | 0.64 |
Court house | 0.79 |
Dining: Bar lounge/leisure | 0.79 |
Dining: Cafeteria/fast food | 0.72 |
Dining: Family | 0.71 |
Dormitory | 0.46 |
Exercise center | 0.67 |
Fire station | 0.54 |
Gymnasium | 0.75 |
Health care clinic | 0.70 |
Hospital | 0.84 |
Hotel/motel | 0.56 |
Library | 0.83 |
Manufacturing facility | 0.82 |
Motion picture theater | 0.44 |
Multiple family | 0.41 |
Museum | 0.55 |
Office | 0.64 |
Parking garage | 0.14 |
Penitentiary | 0.65 |
Performing arts theater | 0.84 |
Police station | 0.66 |
Post office | 0.65 |
Religious building | 0.67 |
Retail | 0.84 |
School/university | 0.70 |
Sports arena | 0.62 |
Town hall | 0.69 |
Transportation | 0.50 |
Warehouse | 0.40 |
Workshop | 0.91 |
[Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.020,
19.27A.025,
19.27A.160 and chapters
19.27A and
19.27 RCW. WSR 22-14-091, 23-12-101, and 23-20-021, § 51-11C-405053, filed 7/1/22, 6/7/23, and 9/25/23, effective 3/15/24. Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.020,
19.27A.025,
19.27A.160 and chapter
19.27 RCW. WSR 19-24-040, § 51-11C-405053, filed 11/26/19, effective 7/1/20. Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.025,
19.27A.160, and
19.27.074. WSR 16-03-072, § 51-11C-405053, filed 1/19/16, effective 7/1/16. Statutory Authority: RCW
19.27A.020,
19.27A.025 and chapters
19.27 and
34.05 RCW. WSR 13-04-056, § 51-11C-405053, filed 2/1/13, effective 7/1/13.]