Design and Specification Guidelines - Gaston County Schools

Design and Specification Guidelines Gaston County Schools
Updated: March 6, 2012 Gastonia, NC 28054
K. Surface Raceway
1. Surface Mounted Conduit (Panduit T-70 – only approved multi-outlet assembly
or surface raceway to be installed)
L. Emergency Lighting
1. By generator with transfer device; no battery back-up required
2. Provide emergency lighting to group restrooms, fire alarm panel, main
administration office, intercom, telephone, switch gear room
M. Automated Lighting and Plug-Load Scheduling Control
1. When a BAS (Tridium Niagara AX) is included in the scope of the construction
project, isolate electrical panels for HVAC, Lighting (Exterior, Interior, Security)
and utilize “lighting/electrical-load circuit contactors” controlled by BAS individual
schedules for “Occupied & Unoccupied” modes.
N. Design Standards
1. All new schools and major renovations shall be designed, constructed and
commissioned in accordance with ASHRAE “Advanced Energy Design Guide
for K-12 School Buildings” – latest edition
2. All compact fluorescent lights are to incorporate the same lamps
3. Underground electrical service
4. Owner owned utilities – No leases
5. Interbuilding connectivity
a) Plan adequate conduit runs, sized appropriate, but not less that 1”
b) Systems: Electrical, Phone, Security, CCTV, Data, CATV, BAS
6. Data Room
a) Data racks (low voltage) to be located in standalone data room
b) Facility Control and BAS “IP Addressed Supervisory Control” module for
building to be located in the data room
c) All low voltage to terminate in low voltage room
7. Coordinate exterior lighting with security camera use/location
O. Low Voltage Wire Color
System Wire Color
1. Data Cat 6 Blue
2. Wireless Yellow
3. Phone White
4. Fire Alarm Red
5. Intrusion Gray
6. CCTV Green
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