Article 1.0.1 The Code is designed to adjust the lightning protection designs to lightning protection measures adopted to buildings (including constructional work, the same as follows), to prevent or reduce casualties and losses of cultural relics and properties resulted from lightning hit buildings, and to live up to safety, state-of-art technologies and economic feasibility.
Article 1.0.2 The Code shall be applied to the lightening protection design of the newly-built buildings, but not to that of antenna towers, community antenna television (CATV) receiving systems, oilcans and chemical outdoor equipment.
Article 1.0.3 The design for building lightning protection shall be based on the strict survey of conditions including geography, geology, soil, weather and environment, of laws of lightning activities and characteristics of the target buildings and shall make a scrutiny into forms and installations of lightning protection devices.
Article 1.0.4 The design for building lightning protection shall comply with all provisions of the Code and shall meet provisions of current national related standards and codes as well.
Contents Chapter I General Provisions Chapter II Classification of Building Lightning Protection Chapter III Lightning Protection Measures of Buildings Section I General Provisions Section II Lightning Measures for Lightning Protection Buildings Section III Lightning Protection Measures for the Second Class Lighting Protecting Buildings Section IV Lightning Protection Measures for the Third Class Lighting Protecting Buildings Section V Other Lightning Protection Measures Chapter IV Lightning Protection Devices Section I Air-termination system Section II Down-conductor system Section III Earth-termination system Chapter V Selection and Installation of Air-termination systems Section I Air-termination system Selection Section II Lightning Receiving Installation Chapter 6 Protection against lightning electromagnetic impulse Section I General Provisions Section II Lightning Protection Zone (LPZ) Section III Requirements on shielding, earthing and equipotential bonding Section IV Requirements on surge protective device and others Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I