2.4.4.5. BUILDING ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

Linear fluorescent, compact fluorescent, and LED light sources would be used throughout all building.

Rooms that would normally be occupied during the day, i.e., classroom, labs, offices, living/dining space, shop, employee area, and large restrooms, would be equipped with a photocell in each room to dim or turn off lights when there is adequate daylight.

All rooms, except bedrooms and mechanical/electrical rooms, would be equipped with motion sensors to turn off lights when the rooms are unoccupied.

Exterior lighting would be low wattage compact fluorescent or LED luminaries controlled by photocell, motion sensor, or local switch as appropriate. Exterior lighting circuits for each building would be routed through a relay panel in each building. The relay panels would be networked together with a data cable to allow lighting on individual buildings or all buildings, to be turned on or off from a central location. This would allow the site to be easily blacked out for dark sky events, or to turn on all lights for security purposes.

Photovoltaic (PV) panels would be installed on the southfacing roofs of all new buildings in the research campus. Power generated by the PV systems on individual buildings would feed back to the nearest utility service and would be connected to the utility as a grid-tied system.

Telephone, data, and television lines would be distributed to all buildings on site from the Information Technology (IT) room in the new classroom/lab building through underground conduits and pull boxes. It is anticipated that telephone/ IT /TV service for the site would be provided by wireless means.