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1306D.1 Mercury Content. The mercury content of each 4-foot linear fluorescent lamp installed after the Compliance Deadline in a luminaires in a building subject to this Chapter shall not exceed 5 mg. The mercury content of each 8-foot linear fluorescent lamp installed after the Compliance Deadline in a luminaires in a building subject to this Chapter shall not exceed 10 mg.
1306D.2. Energy efficiency. The lamp and ballast system in each luminaire that utilizes one or more 4-foot or 8-foot linear fluorescent lamp to provide illumination in a building subject to this Chapter 13D must meet at least one of the following requirements:
1. The lamp and ballast system emits 81 or more lumens per watt of electricity consumed.
2. The luminaire is controlled by an occupancy sensor control device that does not control an area in the building of more than 250 square feet.
3. The luminaire is fitted with a lighting efficiency measure approved by the Director as equivalent to the measures in subsection (1) or (2).
4. The Director finds, based on the facts of the particular building and luminaire, that the energy savings from installing lighting efficiency measures meeting the requirements of this Section will be so insignificant over the life of the luminaire that the measure is not cost efficient.
5. If the owner of a Commercial Building elects to meet the requirements of this Section 1306D.2 with measures that require permits, such permits shall comply with all other applicable requirements of this Code and all other applicable state and local laws.
(Amended by Ord. 65-19, File No. 190136, App. 4/12/2019, Eff. 5/13/2019)