Uniformat D5020
Interior lighting, fluorescent
Also called T8, T5, fluorescent fixture
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.
Basis
- 25–30 years · CNA e-Tool Estimated Useful Life Table, p14 · HUD CNA 3.4.4.3.3 “Lighting- interior common space” — U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (planning life)Family properties 25 years, elderly 30. US multifamily housing. HUD's row is interior common-space lighting and does not name the lamp technology.
How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.
Municipal accounting lives for electrical (D50)
20 municipal policies from Ontario set a life for electrical as a whole, from 16 distinct tables: 10–50 years, median 20. These are amortization periods chosen for accounting, not measured lives, and they describe the system rather than this component.
Years. Each dot is one stated life and each bar a stated range; equal values stack. The dashed line is the median. Policies that copy the same table count once.
All 25 stated lives
| Municipality | As written | Years | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston | Electrical Equipment | 10 | p15 · 2016 |
| Grey Highlands | Exterior Lighting | 15 | p11 · 2026 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Exterior Lighting | 15 | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Exterior Lighting | 15 | p11 · 2019 |
| Amherstburg | Mechanical/Electrical - HVA, Lighting, Security systems, Electrical Panel | 20 | p8 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Interior Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2026 |
| Grey Highlands | Ice Surface Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2026 |
| Kenora | Buildings - Electrical System | 20 | p15 · 2026 |
| London | Building Components - Services (HVAC, lighting, communication, plumbing etc.) | 20 | p2 · 2023 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Interior Lighting - Standard | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Interior Lighting - High Wattage | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| Meaford | Electrical - Emergency Lighting | 20 | p17 · 2020 |
| The Blue Mountains | Interior Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2019 |
| The Blue Mountains | Ice Surface Lighting | 20 | p11 · 2019 |
| Welland | HVAC/Electrical/Mechanical | 20 | p8 · 2021 |
| Greater Napanee | E25 Plant Mechanical & Electrical | 25 | p16 · 2012 |
| Kirkland Lake | Buildings and Improvements - Mechanical/Electrical | 25 | p10 · 2020 |
| Rainy River | Building Improvements - Electrical/Plumbing | 25 | p11 · 2010 |
| The Blue Mountains | Electrical System | 25 | p11 · 2019 |
| Bancroft, Centre Hastings, Hastings Highlands, Wollaston · same table | Electrical/Plumbing | 25–30 | p5, p4, p6, p5 |
| Brockton | Mechanical/Electrical (Heating/Cooling System, Refridgerating System) | 40 | p2 · 2009 |
| Greater Madawaska, Quinte West · same table | Electrical | 40 | p17, p38 · 2025 |
| Simcoe | Electrical | 40 | p19 · 2025 |
| Trent Lakes | Electrical | 40 | p10 · 2009 |
| Meaford | Electrical - System | 50 | p17 · 2020 |
Each row was matched to its page automatically: the label and the number appear in the text of the cited page. An editor has not yet compared every row with the table, so follow the page link before relying on one. About the policies · All approved rows as JSON
Preventive maintenance
1 tasks in 1 work order.
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- 6Semi
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- 12Semi
Months from the schedule start. Download the tasks as CSV for a CMMS, or ask the MCP tool get_pm_schedule for dated visits.
Semi-annual · 1 task
Source: Operations & Maintenance Best Practices: A Guide to Achieving Operational Efficiency, Release 3.0, 9.12.6 Lighting Checklist
| Task | Page |
|---|---|
| Inspect fixtures and controls for dirt, degraded lenses and faulty controls | p284 |
Frequencies are ISO 8601 durations in the data (P3M = every 3 months).
Open questions
- Only one source so far: HUD planning lives for US multifamily housing. Canadian and observed sources are needed.
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Citation
unfinished.one (2026). Interior lighting, fluorescent, v0.1.0. https://unfinished.one/c/lighting-fluorescent/v/0.1.0BibTeX
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