Uniformat D5020
Exterior and site lighting, LED
Also called wall pack, pole light, parking lot light
Service life
Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.
One source. This value rests on a single document (CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p3). Treat it as that source's figure, not a settled life, until others confirm it.
Basis
- 25 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p3 · HUD CNA 3.2.8.2.7 “Pole mounted lights” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing. HUD gives pole-mounted site lights 25 years and building-mounted lights 10, without naming the lamp technology.
- 10 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p3 · HUD CNA 3.2.8.2.9 “Building Mounted Lighting” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Same life for family and elderly properties. US multifamily housing.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal lives for electrical (D50)
39 municipalities in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta state a life for electrical as a whole, in 30 distinct tables: 10–50 years, median 20. 47 rows come from capital asset policies (accounting lives, used for amortization) and 7 from asset management plans (planning lives, used to forecast replacement). They describe the system rather than this component, and none is a measured life.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. Hollow marks are planning lives from asset management plans; filled marks are accounting lives from policies. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 45 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | Electrical Equipment | 10 | accounting | p15 · 2016 |
| Grey Highlands | Exterior Lighting | 15 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Exterior Lighting | 15 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Exterior Lighting | 15 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Fort St. James, Revelstoke, Rossland, Sicamous, Tumbler Ridge · same table | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p5, p9, p7, p9, p5 · 2010 |
| Okanagan-Similkameen | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Salmo | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 15–20 | accounting | p6 · 2016 |
| Lloydminster | Permanent Structures - Electrical | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Lloydminster | Portable Structures - Electrical | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2023 |
| Comox Valley | HVAC systems, mechanical, plumbing, wiring, etc. | 20 | accounting | p6 · 2010 |
| Cranbrook | HVAC, plumbing, lighting, etc | 20 | accounting | p9 · 2010 |
| Parksville | Electrical Infrastructure | 20 | accounting | p9 · 2023 |
| Telkwa | Electrical/Plumbing/Fire | 20 | accounting | p8 |
| Amherstburg | Mechanical/Electrical - HVA, Lighting, Security systems, Electrical Panel | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Interior Lighting | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Ice Surface Lighting | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2026 |
| Huron | Patrol Yards - Building Electrical | 20 | planning | p42 · 2025 |
| Huron | Property Services - Building Electrical | 20 | planning | p57 · 2025 |
| Huron | Housing - Building Electrical | 20 | planning | p68 · 2025 |
| Huron | Homes for the Aged - Electrical | 20 | planning | p77 · 2025 |
| Kenora | Buildings - Electrical System | 20 | accounting | p15 · 2026 |
| London | Building Components - Services (HVAC, lighting, communication, plumbing etc.) | 20 | accounting | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Interior Lighting - Standard | 20 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Interior Lighting - High Wattage | 20 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Emergency Lighting | 20 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Interior Lighting | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| The Blue Mountains | Ice Surface Lighting | 20 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Welland | HVAC/Electrical/Mechanical | 20 | accounting | p8 · 2021 |
| Vulcan County | HVAC (electrical, mechanical) | 20–30 | accounting | p5 · 2024 |
| Duncan, North Cowichan · same table | Building Other (Electrical, Mechanical, etc.) | 25 | accounting | p17, p9 · 2011 |
| Lantzville | Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Tofino | Systems - mechanical, electrical, HVAC | 25 | accounting | p12 · 2009 |
| Brantford | Buildings - Electrical | 25 | planning | p10 · 2025 |
| Brantford | Site Works - Lighting | 25 | planning | p10 · 2025 |
| Greater Napanee | E25 Plant Mechanical & Electrical | 25 | accounting | p16 · 2012 |
| Kirkland Lake | Buildings and Improvements - Mechanical/Electrical | 25 | accounting | p10 · 2020 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Electrical/Plumbing | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2010 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Electrical/Plumbing | 25 | planning | p17 · 2026 |
| The Blue Mountains | Electrical System | 25 | accounting | p11 · 2019 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Electrical/Plumbing | 25–30 | accounting | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Brockton | Mechanical/Electrical (Heating/Cooling System, Refridgerating System) | 40 | accounting | p2 · 2009 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Electrical | 40 | accounting | p17, p38 · 2025 |
| Simcoe | Electrical | 40 | accounting | p19 · 2025 |
| Trent Lakes | Electrical | 40 | accounting | p10 · 2009 |
| Meaford | Electrical - System | 50 | accounting | p17 · 2020 |
Of 54 rows, 2 were compared with an image of their page; 52 were matched to their page automatically (the label and number appear in the page text). Follow the page link before relying on an automatically matched row. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.
Open questions
- Only one source so far: HUD planning lives for US multifamily housing. Canadian and observed sources are needed.
- No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.
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unfinished.one (2026). Exterior and site lighting, LED, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/lighting-exterior-led/v/0.3.0BibTeX
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