Cut Sheet

Lighting Management System Products
Technical
Application Note
Application Note
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eviton Lighting Control Division
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Leviton Lighting Management Systems Products
Ready to Achieve LEED Points
In recent years, the US Green Building Council has established the LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental
Design) program as a primary driving force behind the Green Building Movement. LEED is a voluntary, consensus-
based national standard developed by the USGBC. Since its inception in 2000, over 1,400 projects in the U.S. have
used LEED as a basis for defining a green building.
There are five credit categories to meet the system’s framework of comprehensive green-building goals. There are four
levels of compliance: Certified 26-32 points, Silver 33-38 points, Gold 39-51 points, and Platinum 52-69 points. While
lighting is currently a relatively small component of the LEED system, it can nevertheless be instrumental in achieving at
least 8 and as many as 22 points within the framework of the system.
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he system is comprised of several sections. This paper will look at the lighting components and how Leviton Lighting
Management Systems Division products can help achieve compliance points. The following is a section by section review.
Section SS: Sustainable Sites
Credit 8: Light Pollution Reduction: 1 Point
Eliminate light trespass from the building and site, improve night sky access and reduce development impact on
nocturnal environments.
Lighting controls do not directly apply to this credit. Further assistance in achieving this credit can be found at
www.darksky.org.
Section EA: Energy & Atmosphere
Prerequisite 1: Fundamental Building Systems Commissioning: Required
Verify and ensure that fundamental building elements are designed, installed, and calibrated to operate as intended.
Lighting controls, like all other building systems, must be commissioned properly in order to function properly.
Commissioning starts with the project concept and continues through occupancy.
LEVITON OFFERS SEVERAL METHODS OF MEETING THIS REQUIRED PREREQUISITE:
Through Leviton’s proprietary Dollars & Sensors Software, a plan for recommended sensor placement
and the estimated savings are documented.
Leviton’s engineers can help lay out the lighting control solutions in plan and with a bill of material
which can be included in the verification documentation for this prerequisite.
Adaptive Technology” circuitry enables the sensor to adjust to unique occupancy patterns, thus
providing automatic calibration.
Centura, Z-MAX, EZ-MAX and the new miniZ have network interface capabilities to provide system
calibration and energy savings verification documentation.

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