Design & Engineering Services

for Southern California SCE's Classroom

Well designed lighting can improve the classroom learning environment by reducing glare, avoiding direct sunlight, and using daylight to best advantage — all while saving energy and money.

SCE's Classroom Lighting Guide booklet supplements California Collaborative for High Performance Schools Guidelines with lighting requirements specific to Southern California's climate and geography, especially for daylit classrooms.

You can download the booklet, or parts of it, below:

Rate Schedules (PDFs)

• SCE's Classroom Lighting Guide (entire booklet)
   
  
• Part 1 — Electric and Daylighting Criteria

  Clear criteria for the creation of integrated, quality electric, and daylighting designs for classrooms.

• Part 2 — Life-Cycle Cost Analysis

  A life-cycle cost template and standardized calculations to facilitate evaluation and reporting.

• Part 3 — Electric and Daylighting Examples

  Sample lighting designs that demonstrate the criteria and facilitate the evaluation of new classroom lighting designs.

• Part 4 — Specifications

  Electric lighting and commissioning specifications.

The booklet provides:

• Clear criteria for the creation of superior lighting designs for classrooms.
• A life-cycle cost template and standardized calculations to facilitate evaluation and reporting.
• Sample lighting designs that demonstrate the criteria and facilitate the evaluation of new classroom lighting designs.

For more information on classroom lighting, click to visit the California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) site.