Sec. 4b-16. Outdoor luminaires on the grounds of state buildings or facilities.
Sec. 4b-16. Outdoor luminaires on the grounds of state buildings or facilities.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) "Fixture" means the assembly that holds a lamp and may include an assembly
housing, a mounting bracket or pole socket, a lamp holder, a ballast, a reflector or mirror
and a refractor or lens;
(2) "Restricted uplight luminaire" means a luminaire that allows no direct light
emissions above a horizontal plane through the luminaire's lowest light-emitting part
other than a 0.5 per cent maximum incidental uplight from reflection off mounting
hardware;
(3) "Glare" means direct light emitting from a luminaire that causes reduced vision
or momentary blindness;
(4) "Illuminance" means the level of light measured at a surface;
(5) "Lamp" means the component of a luminaire that produces the light;
(6) "Light trespass" means light emitted by a luminaire that shines beyond the
boundaries of the property on which the luminaire is located;
(7) "Lumen" means a unit of measurement of luminous flux;
(8) "Luminaire" means the complete lighting unit, including the lamp and the
fixture;
(9) "Permanent outdoor luminaire" means any luminaire or system of luminaires
that is outdoors and intended to be used for seven days or longer; and
(10) "State funds" means any bond revenues or any money appropriated or allocated
by the General Assembly.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, no state funds shall be used
to install or replace a permanent outdoor luminaire for lighting on the grounds of any
state building or facility unless (1) the luminaire is designed to maximize energy conservation and to minimize light pollution, glare and light trespass, (2) the luminaire's illuminance is equal to the minimum illuminance adequate for the intended purpose of the
lighting, and (3) for a luminaire with a rated output of more than one thousand eight
hundred lumens, such luminaire is a restricted uplight luminaire.
(c) The provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall not apply
to luminaires located on the grounds of any correctional institution or facility administered by the Commissioner of Correction, required by federal regulations, required for
storm operation activities performed by the Department of Transportation, required to
illuminate either the state flag or the flag of the United States or in a lighting plan for
a Department of Transportation facility where less than twenty-five per cent of the
luminaires are to be replaced. The Commissioner of Public Works, or the commissioner's designee, may waive the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this
section with respect to luminaires on the grounds of any other state building or facility
when, after a request for such a waiver has been made and reviewed, the commissioner or
the commissioner's designee determines that such a waiver is necessary for the lighting
application. Requests for such a waiver shall be made to the commissioner or the commissioner's designee in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall include,
without limitation, a description of the lighting plan, a description of the efforts that
have been made to comply with the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of
this section and the reasons such a waiver is necessary. In reviewing a request for such
a waiver, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall consider design safety,
costs and other factors deemed appropriate by the commissioner or the commissioner's
designee.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the installation or replacement
of luminaires for which the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management (1) conducts a life-cycle cost analysis of one or more luminaires that meet the requirements set
forth in subsection (b) of this section and one or more luminaires that do not meet such
requirements, and (2) certifies that a luminaire which meets such requirements is not
cost effective and is not the most appropriate alternative based on the life-cycle cost
analysis.
(P.A. 06-86, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-86 effective July 1, 2006.