Installer’s lighting guide number 4: Lighting requirements for Part L
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BRECSU has published Installer's lighting guide number 4: Lighting requirements for Part L of the Building Regulations England and Wales for the Government's Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme (EEBPp).

The aim of the eight-page guide is to provide simple and practical guidance to electrical contractors on the implications of Part L1 and L2 of the Building Regulations 2000 for the design and installation of lighting within buildings.

The guide adopts a simple question and answer approach, with the emphasis lighting and controls for interior and external lighting. Areas covered include special requirements for display lighting, where it is necessary to provide lighting controls as well as providing details of where guidance can be obtained on designing for new installations in dwellings.