A collaboration between Douglas Borough Council and Professional Lighting Design of Douglas has led to their becoming joint winners of the Best Innovation in the Public Sector category in the Isle of Man Energy Awards 2014 for the architectural illumination of Jubilee Buildings.

Inspired by Professional Lighting Design’s guerilla lighting event when Jubilee Buildings was among a number of architecturally significant sites in the town, including the Marine Gardens on Douglas promenade, to be illuminated, the project marks a first of its kind in the Island: a collaboration between local and central government and the private sector.

The scheme includes both the lighting of the building and the adjacent public pathway, with the ground buried lighting installed by the Council’s electrical services section.

Situated in the town centre regeneration zone Jubilee Buildings has an engineered brick and sandstone Victorian facade, the features of which are now dramatically highlighted at night by a sophisticated LED system, the fixtures for which are unobtrusive by day.

To mark the success of the project Professional Lighting Design’s Ralph Peake presented His Worship the Mayor of Douglas Councillor Stan Cain JP with the Council’s award at a short reception in the mayor’s parlour.

Photo - The Mayor and Mayoress of Douglas Councillor Stan Cain and Mrs Sheila Cain are pictured with Ralph Peake of Professional Lighting Design and Paul Davies and Andrew Butterworth of the Council’s electrical services section. Picture Andrew Barton