Effective May 1, 2018, Wisconsin is moving to a new Commercial Building Code which includes adoption of the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) with Wisconsin modifications. This will replace the current building code which was adopted in 2011. The revised energy efficiency standard will continue to drive more energy efficient building construction through more energy efficient designs, construction and products. Some of the commercial building code changes to lighting control provisions include:
- All commercial buildings, regardless of size, must now comply with automatic lighting shut off control
- Added daylighting control provisions for automatic responsive controls or manual controls
- Dedicated, independent control now required for special application lighting
- Hotel/motel guest room lighting now includes automatic lighting shut off control
- Automatic shut off of building façade and landscape lighting now independent of other exterior lighting
- Exterior lighting must reduce lighting levels between prescribed hours of building operation