<p> ICC CODES - PUBLIC COMMENT FORM FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE 2013 REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE 2012 EDITIONS OF: Administrative Provisions© (ADM) International Energy Conservation Code©  Commercial Energy (CE)  Residential Energy (RE) International Existing Building Code© (EB) International Fire Code© (F) ICC Performance Code© (PC) International Residential Code©  Building (RB)  Mechanical (RM)  Plumbing (RP) International Property Maintenance Code© (PM) International Swimming Pool and Spa Code© (SP) International Wildland-Urban Interface Code© (WUIC)</p><p>CLOSING DATE: All Comments Must Be Received by: July 15, 2013</p><p>1) Please type or print clearly: Public comments will be returned if they contain unreadable information.</p><p>Name: Jeremiah Williams Date: July 15, 2013 Jurisdiction/Company: U.S. Department of Energy Submitted on Behalf of: Address: 1000 Independence Ave. SW City: Washington State: DC Zip +4: 20585-1615 Phone: 202-287-1941 Ext: Fax: e-mail: [email protected] </p><p>2) Copyright Release: In accordance with Council Policy #28 Code Development, all Code Change Proposals, Floor Modifications and Public Comments are required to include a copyright release. A copy of the copyright release form is included at the end of this form. Please follow the directions on the form. This form as well as an alternative release form can also be downloaded from the ICC website at www.iccsafe.org. If you have previously executed the copyright release, please check the box below:</p><p>X 2012-2014 Cycle copyright release on file</p><p>3) Code Change Proposal Number: Indicate the Code Change Proposal Number that is being addressed by this Public Comment: CE303-13</p><p>4) Public Comment: The Final Action requested on this Code Change Proposal is: (Check Box) Approved as Modified Approved as Modified by Approved as Modified by Approved as X by this Public Comment the Code Committee as Assembly Floor Action as Disapproved (D): Submitted (AS): (AMPC): Published in the ROH (AM): Published in the ROH (AMF):</p><p>Attached Proposed Modifications and/or Reason Statements:</p><p>See Attached Individual Consideration Form</p><p>PLEASE USE SEPARATE FORM FOR EACH PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMITTAL AS A DOCUMENT ATTACHED TO AN EMAIL IS PREFERRED SEE BACK OF FORM FOR DIRECTIONS ON WHERE TO SEND PUBLIC COMMENTS</p><p>INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION FORM</p><p>CE303-13 C405.2.4</p><p>Individual Consideration Agenda</p><p>This item is on the agenda for individual consideration because a public comment was submitted.</p><p>Public Comment:</p><p>Name: Jeremiah Williams, U.S. Department of Energy ([email protected]) </p><p>Desired Action: Approval as Modified (AM)</p><p>Modify the proposal as follows:</p><p>C405.2.4 Exterior lighting controls. All exterior lighting shall be controlled by either an astronomical time switch or a photo sensor and a time switch. provided with a control that automatically turns off the lighting when daylighting is available. </p><p>Where lighting the building façade or landscape, the lighting shall also be provided with controls that automatically shut off the lighting as a function of dawn/dusk and a set opening and closing time. </p><p>Exterior lighting other than building façade or landscape lighting shall be provided with controls configured to automatically reduce the connected lighting power by at least 30 percent from 12 midnight or within one hour of the end of business operations, whichever is later until 6 a.m. or business opening whichever is earlier or during any period when no activity has been detected for a time of no longer than 15 minutes. </p><p>All time switches controls that operate as a function of time shall be capable of retaining programming and the time setting during a loss of power of at least 10 hours.</p><p>Exceptions: </p><p>1. Lighting designed for dusk to dawn operation shall be permitted to have a photo sensor without a time switch. </p><p>1. Emergency lighting that is intended to be automatically off during building operation.</p><p>2. Lighting specifically required to satisfy health and life safety requirements.</p><p>3. Decorative gas lighting systems </p><p>4. Lighting for covered vehicle entrances or exits from buildings or parking structures where required for safety, security, or eye adaptation. </p><p>Commenter’s Reason: At the code development hearing, both CE303-13 and CE304-13 were approved as submitted. The intent of CE303-13 was to simplify the provisions in the code covering exterior lighting controls and in so doing foster the ability to implement the code and to verify compliance with the code. The language approved pursuant to CE304-13, which is intended to foster consistency between the IECC and ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-13, is as follows: C405.2.4 Exterior lighting controls. Lighting for exterior applications other than emergency lighting that is intended to be automatically off during building operation, lighting specifically required to meet health and life safety requirements or decorative gas lighting systems shall: </p><p>1. Be provided with a control that automatically turns off the lighting as a function of available daylight. 2. Where lighting the building façade or landscape the lighting shall have controls that automatically shut off the lighting as a function of dawn/dusk and a set opening and closing time. 3. Where not covered in Item 2 the lighting shall have controls configured to automatically reduce the connected lighting power by at least 30 percent from no later than 12 midnight to 6 a.m. or from one hour after business closing to one hour before business opening or during any period when no activity has been detected for a time of no longer than 15 minutes. </p><p>All time switches shall be able to retain programming and the time setting during loss of power for a period of at least ten hours. </p><p>Exception: Lighting for covered vehicle entrances or exits from buildings or parking structures where required for safety, security, or eye adaptation. </p><p>The approval of both CE303-13 and CE304-13 would provide a challenge in reconciling the text approved in both changes. In all likelihood the approved text in CE303-13 would be overshadowed and more or less eliminated by the text approved in CE304-13. As a result, the simplicity and clarification intended in CE303-13 would be lost. The intent of this public comment is to reconcile the provisions in CE303-13 and CE304-13 in a way that addresses both the simplicity and clarity intended in CE303-13, and the technical improvement and consistency with ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-13 intended CE304-13. This public comment allows the voting members of ICC to review and vote on how these two approved changes would be reconciled and appear in the 2015 IECC.</p><p>Two comments were received on DOE’s draft public comment; the first made suggestions to the code language in the public comment to reconcile CE303 and CE304, and the second recommended the deletion of the exception for decorative gas lighting. </p><p>Since CE304 excepted decorative gas lighting, which is consistent with Standard 90.1 (Section 9.1.1), and both CE303 and CE304 were recommended for approval at the first hearing, and the purpose of this public comment is to simply reconcile what was approved at the first hearing, it did not seem appropriate for DOE to remove that exception. </p><p>DOE did revise the public comment based on the suggestions made in the first comment. As such, DOE believes that this public comment reconciles both CE303 and CE304 in a manner acceptable to both proponents, and, since both were recommended for approval at the first hearing, this reconciliation of the text should be acceptable to the ICC membership in voting for approval of CE303 as modified by this public comment.</p><p>DOE posted its draft proposals and public comments for the IECC on its Building Energy Codes website prior to submitting to the ICC. Interested parties were provided a 30 day public review in June 2013, for which notice was published in the Federal Register (Docket No. EERE-2012-BT-BC-0030) and announced via the DOE Building Energy Codes news email list. In response to stakeholder input, DOE revised its proposals and public comments, as appropriate, and submitted to the ICC. </p><p>For more information on DOE proposals and public comments, including how DOE participates in the ICC code development process, please visit: http://www.energycodes.gov/development. </p>