clause-G7

Definitions

This is an abbreviated list of definitions for words or terms particularly relevant to this Approved Document. The definitions for any other italicised words may be found in the New Zealand Building Code Handbook.

• Adequate Adequate to achieve the objectives of the building code.
• Amenity An attribute of a building which contributes to the health, physical independence, and well being of the building's users but which is not associated with disease or a specific illness.
• Building has the meaning ascribed to it by the Building Act 1991.
• Illuminance The luminous flux falling onto unit area of surface.
• Habitable space A space used for activities normally associated with domestic living, but excludes any bathroom, laundry, water-closet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, hallway, lobby, clothes-drying room, or other space of a specialised nature occupied neither frequently nor for extended periods.
• Reflectance The ratio of the flux reflected from a surface to the flux incident on it.
• Standard year For the purposes of determining natural lighting, the hours between 8 am and 5 pm each day with an allowance being made for daylight saving.

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Status of Compliance Documents

Compliance Documents are prepared by the Department of Building and Housing in accordance with section 22 of the Building Act 2004. A Compliance Document is for use in establishing compliance with the New Zealand Building Code.

A person who complies with a Compliance Document will be treated as having complied with the provisions of the Building Code to which the Compliance Document relates. However, a Compliance Document is only one method of complying with the Building Code. There may be alternative ways to comply.

Users should make themselves familiar with the preface to the New Zealand Building Code Handbook, which describes the status of Compliance Documents and explains alternative methods of achieving compliance.

Defined words (italicised in the text) and classified uses are explained in Clauses A1 of the Building Code and in the Definitions at the start of this Compliance Document.

Document Status

The most recent version of this document, as detailed in the Document History, is approved by the Chief Executive of the Department of Building and Housing. It is effective from 1 December 1995 and supersedes all previous versions of this document.

People using this Compliance Document should check for amendments on a regular basis. The Department of Building and Housing may amend any part of any Compliance Document at any time. Up-to-date versions of Compliance Documents are available from www.dbh.govt.nz

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New Zealand Building Code Clause G7 Natural Light

This Clause has been extracted from the New Zealand Building Code contained in the First Schedule of the Building Regulations 1992.

64 Building Regulations 1992 1992/150

FIRST SCHEDULE—continued

Clause G7—NATURAL LIGHT

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Contents

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References

For the purposes of New Zealand Building Code compliance, referenced documents shall be deemed to include any amendments issued prior to the date of the Approved Document as displayed at the foot of the page on which the references are listed.

Definitions

This is an abbreviated list of definitions for words or terms particularly relevant to this Approved Document. The definitions for any other italicised words may be found in the New Zealand Building Code Handbook.

• Adequate Adequate to achieve the objectives of the building code.
• Amenity An attribute of a building which contributes to the health, physical independence, and well being of the building's users but which is not associated with disease or a specific illness.
• Building has the meaning ascribed to it by the Building Act 1991.
• Illuminance The luminous flux falling onto unit area of surface.
• Habitable space A space used for activities normally associated with domestic living, but excludes any bathroom, laundry, water-closet, pantry, walk-in wardrobe, corridor, hallway, lobby, clothes-drying room, or other space of a specialised nature occupied neither frequently nor for extended periods.
• Reflectance The ratio of the flux reflected from a surface to the flux incident on it.
• Standard year For the purposes of determining natural lighting, the hours between 8 am and 5 pm each day with an allowance being made for daylight saving.

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