Part L – Lighting Requirements
As a Lighting Consultant I take on the responsibility for ensuring the lighting designs and specifications I produce for my clients are compliant with the current Building Regulations, and in particular Part L of those regulations. The current regulations require that 75% of the lighting in habitable rooms has to be energy-efficient to certain criteria. This means infrequently accessed spaces that aren’t considered to be for habitation must be missed off when making the calculation – so storage rooms, loft storage, eaves storage, wardrobes, cupboards, garages, plant rooms, switch rooms, etc. do not count. It’s worth mentioning that no-one can ensure that a design and specification will be compliant if they do not have a whole property under their remit as they do not have complete responsibility.
For homes, full details are available in the Domestic Building Services Compliance Guide which can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/453973/non_domestic_building_services_compliance_guide.pdf
