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| Table 1: lighting controls for a Category A office for marketing, safety and security purposes | |||||
| Component | Quantity | Material cost (£) | Installed cost (£) | Total (£) | £/m2 based on net internal area |
| Area control units | 28 | 800 | 900 | 25,200 | |
| Lighting control modules (lcms) including plug-in base | 1120 | 150 | 175 | 196,000 | |
| Bus cable to lcms (m) | 11,500 | 0.2 | 1 | 11,500 | |
| Presence detectors including sensor lead to lcm | 28 | 50 | 65 | 1820 | |
| Multi-detector including | 56 sensor lead to lcm | 65 | 80 | 4480 | |
| Support services and commissioning based on factory presets | 22,000 | ||||
| Total | 261,000 | 7.68 | |||
| Exclusions applying to tables 1, 2 and 3 Builders work in connection; professional and prescribed fees; main contractor preliminaries and attendances; contingencies and design reserve; inflation beyond first quarter 2003; tax allowances; vat. | |||||
| Table 2: lighting controls enhanced for a typical tenant fit-out | |||||
| Component | Quantity | Material cost (£) | Installed cost (£) | Total (£) | £/m2 based on net internal area |
| Modular offices, wall switches two-way and off, wired to lcm | 5 | 35 | 70 | 350 | |
| Meeting rooms, 8 scene control, wired to lcm | 2 | 150 | 220 | 440 | |
| Additional presence detectors, including sensor leads to lcms | 20 | 50 | 65 | 1300 | |
| Additional multi-detectors including sensor leads to lcms | 4 | 65 | 80 | 320 | |
| Support services commissioning on site | 320 | ||||
| Total | 2730 | 2.25 | |||
| Optional central supervisory pc and specialist software – appropriate for single tenant taking whole building or several floors. Includes dedicated software, support services and commissioning | 5000 | ||||
| Optional telephone controller (only possible with above item, and for certain telephone systems having a call logging info port). Includes support services and commissioning | 10,000 | ||||
| Optional software system allowing users to control their lights locally using pcs. Includes software licences, support services and commissioning. Requires supervisory pc as above | 12,000 | ||||
| Exclusions applying to tables 1, 2 and 3 Builders work in connection; professional and prescribed fees; main contractor preliminaries and attendances; contingencies and design reserve; inflation beyond first quarter 2003; tax allowances; vat. | |||||
| Table 3: Category A luminaire and lighting installation costs | |||||
| Component | Quantity | Material cost (£) | Installed cost (£) | Total (£) | £/m2 based on net internal area |
| Recessed linear fluorescents, open plan areas, inc 2 * 21 W T5 lamps | 6580 | 80 | 100 | 658,000 | |
| As above, with emergency lighting pack | 1170 | 145 | 175 | 204,750 | |
| Recessed circular compact fluorescents, inc 2* 18 W lamps | 2020 | 60 | 80 | 161,600 | |
| Extra for dimming ballasts | 9770 | 10 | – | 97,700 | |
| Total luminaire cost | 1,122,050 | 33 | |||
| Cable tray c/w supports | 1050 m | 36 | 37,800 | ||
| Armoured cable fixed to tray | 2240 m | 8 | 17,920 | ||
| Armoured cable terminations | 280 | 20 | 5600 | ||
| 40 A lighting busbar, including end feeds and suspension brackets | 4060 m | 28 | 113,680 | ||
| LCM tap off and lead | 1120 | 15 | 16,800 | ||
| 4·5 m lsf flexible final connection to luminaire | 9770 | 8 | 78,160 | ||
| Testing and commissioning | 7000 | ||||
| Total lighting installation cost | 276,960 | 8.15 | |||
| Exclusions applying to tables 1, 2 and 3 | |||||
| Builders work in connection; professional and prescribed fees; main contractor preliminaries and attendances; contingencies and design reserve; inflation beyond first quarter 2003; tax allowances; vat. | |||||