**Document:** Jubilee Buildings Lighting Package Document
**Application:** 12/01560/B — Installation of external illumination
**Decision:** Permitted
**Decision Date:** 2013-04-18
**Parish:** Braddan
**Document Type:** report / planning_statement
**Source:** https://planningportal.im/a/3696-braddan-jubilee-buildings-victoria-street-external-illumination/documents/1284514

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# Jubilee Buildings Lighting Package Document

Package document to accompany drawings for the Planning application for exterior lighting on:

Jubilee Buildings, Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2SH

Received 23/12/2012 1201560
DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
PLANNING AND BUILDING CONTROL
Town and State
Location Act 1999
Appeal Office Initials

![photograph from page 1](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64544.jpg)

## Contents

1. Front Cover
2. Contents
3. Project Outline
4. Lighting Demonstration

6. Lighting Schedule
7. Technical Information
8. Public Q & A
9. Contact Information

## Project Outline

### Client

Our client has identified Jubilee Building as an important part of the 'gateway to Douglas' and with communication with building conservation officers. Jubilee Building has been identified as a fine building that would benefit from investment.

### Professional Lighting Design

Through careful planning and many years of experience in the lighting industry PLD have designed a lighting scheme that will benefit the building through highlighting and celebrating the architectural features and heritage of this building.

Our design is aiming to achieve goals set by Isle of Man strategic plan, these goals include:

3.2: " (a) To promote efficiency and economy in the protection, use and re-use of resources. "

### Operational Lighting

Our client believes that better illumination of prominent buildings on the Island would be a large benefit to the Isle of Man through showcasing the interesting and historical architecture that the Island is graced with. Our client would like to invest into setting a precedent of illumination standards, for

### We aim to do this by bringing life into the facade of the building and creating more depth to the presently flat features.

As this document will show, the careful design and consideration of suitable products has lead us to one design, to which we are now requesting planning permission for.

### "3.3 (b) To protect, maintain and enhance the built and rural environment (including biodiversity).

(c) To encourage high quality development throughout the Island. "

### other building owners to aspire to in future projects

### "d) To protect the individual character and identity of settlements, and to identify and protect those green spaces in built areas which contribute positively to public amenity. "

(Extracts taken from The Town and Country Planning Act 1999 – The Isle of Man Strategic Plan)

## Jubilee Building
### Product Demonstration

The illumination of the decorative stone work, lintels and cornerstone, conveys the different coloured stone and carvings. This highlights the return, recess and window frame, acknowledging an important feature of the building, easily recognised during daylight and making an important contribution to the evening form form of the building. Due to the relatively small local area needed to be illuminated from each spotlight, only three LED's are required with a narrow $10^{\circ}$ beam angle.

The conclusion from the evening demonstration is that the X1, should be a three or four LED spotlight the new Mini iPro will be perfect, colour temperature and light distribution for the particular task, the illumination of the window edges, Corinthian features and window head details. This along with the illumination of the stone ledge above, will offer a strong horizontal line, defining and framing the repeated vertical architectural elements. The position and effect will be as the bottom left image.

![An architectural elevation drawing of a building facade featuring classical columns, arched windows, and decorative elements. The drawing includes dimension lines and labels, likely indicating the placement of externa...](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64558.jpg)

![A close-up photograph of a building facade at night, showing a sash window and a wall illuminated by a bright external light fixture.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64559.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing a building facade with a large sash window and illuminated stonework.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64560.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing the exterior of a building with a window and brick wall illuminated by external uplighting.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64562.jpg)

The pilasters between the windows form an interesting and purposeful vertical element, which when illuminated will tie each of the floors together, to form the buildings visual framework at night. The narrow 6" angle will high light the face of the pillar and not the return, resulting in a definition of depth. The energy consumed from the sixteen x 1w LED will be 18w. The perfect cube dimensions look more like an architectural structural element, rather than a luminaire.

After the second trial the new linear compact linealuce produced the best effect by positioning the linear LED at the base and illuminating the brick surface to one side of the feature pilaster, highlighting the texture with light and shadow. While the warm colour temperature worked well, the overall length of 530mm with six LED wall wash optics grazed the brickwork. The separate X1 spot light does add depth and form, as seen in the main image on the left.

![A night-time photograph showing the illuminated exterior facade of a building with arched windows and scaffolding.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64564.jpg)

![A close-up night photograph of a brick building facade illuminated by an external light source. The image highlights a window and part of a boundary fence.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64565.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing external uplighting on a stone building facade, highlighting an arched window and a vertical column.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64567.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing the exterior facade of a building, specifically highlighting a window and a column illuminated by artificial lighting.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64568.jpg)

The illumination of the main vertical pillars, are important as they offer the building its roots and tie it to the ground, as gravity does in real life. While this proves a challenge and will entail considerable cost in the ground work and the requirement of high quality of materials for in ground use. The result is a substantial visual effect, rather than the upper levels appearing to float. Adjustable LED decks allow for an asymmetric light distribution, minimum light loss and maximum efficiency.

The conclusion from the evening demonstration is that the X3 product works best as an LED array with spotlight reflectors. We believe highlighting the features either side of the windows shows the pilaster texture with light and shadow to its best, for the highly decorative ends of the building elevation, as shown in the bottom left image. The image in the bottom right shows the effect of illuminating the pillar features of the centre section of the building, which works extremely well.

![A night-time photograph of the Jubilee Buildings facade, showing the illuminated entrance archway and brickwork.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64570.jpg)

![A photograph showing the exterior facade of a building with two large arched windows and light-colored stonework.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64571.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing the illuminated facade of a stone building with arched windows and columns.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64572.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing the illuminated facade of a building with arched windows and architectural details.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64574.jpg)

The illumination decorative pillars between the ground floor double window features, is only found at the Walpole Avenue elevation and the two windows either side of the main entrance. The carved stone Corinthian column details are a worthy feature to the ground floor level. Reflecting the increased features seen during daylight, with these four extra lights for the nightscape. The three x 1w LED deck array can be tilted 10° and use narrow 10° beam reflectors.

The conclusion from the evening demonstration is the X4 product produces good results for the intended illumination of the Corinthian feature between the windows on the ground floor. The first images below shows the feature during daylight, the second image was taken during darkness and until, the image at the bottom left has light focused on the Corinthian feature only, while the final image on the bottom right includes highlighting the column, which we believe to be best.

![An architectural elevation drawing of a building facade featuring arched windows and a central door, annotated with colored lines and shapes likely indicating lighting zones.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64577.jpg)

![A close-up photograph of a building facade featuring two large arched windows separated by a stone column, taken at night.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64578.jpg)

![A grainy night photograph showing two large arched windows with lights visible in the background or reflections.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64579.jpg)

![A grainy night-time photograph showing a stone building facade with two large arched openings, likely illustrating the effect of external lighting.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64580.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing the illuminated stone arches of a building facade, likely demonstrating the effect of external lighting.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64581.jpg)

The illumination of the window reveals and surrounds on the third floor will draw attention the highest level and give meaning to the roof belonging to the building. The surface being illuminated is brick work, and as the area required to be lit is larger than the adjustable spot light will be fitted with 24" beam angle reflectors. The number of nine 1w LED's will be required. To give consistency throughout this project the chip used will be Cree.

![An architectural elevation drawing illustrating the proposed installation of external lighting fixtures on a building facade, with yellow highlights indicating placement.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64583.jpg)

![A low-angle photograph showing the upper facade of a stone building with windows and a balcony railing against a clear blue sky.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64585.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing a close-up of a stone building facade with a window and a beam of external light illuminating the wall.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64586.jpg)

![A grainy night photograph showing the illuminated upper facade and roofline of a stone building.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64587.jpg)

The roof is finished off with a stone capping and to provide a upper boundary to the illumination of the facade. linear luminaires containing a row of LED's within an extruded aluminium housing are positioned to highlight the underside of the stone capping. This will be obvious from the ground and contain the illuminated building beneath. Each luminaire contains 28 x 1w LED, dimmed to produce a consistent effect, the special reflectors produce 10° in one plane and 48° in the other.

![Technical architectural elevation drawing showing the proposed installation of external lighting fixtures on a building facade, with yellow highlights indicating light positions. A boundary fence or railing is visible...](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64589.jpg)

![A low-angle photograph showing the upper facade and roofline of a stone building with classical architectural details against a clear blue sky.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64591.jpg)

![A grainy, low-light photograph showing a close-up of an illuminated exterior wall surface, likely demonstrating the proposed lighting. The image captures a textured wall on the left and a darker section to the right.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64592.jpg)

![A night-time photograph showing an external wall light fixture illuminating the corner of a building.](https://images.planningportal.im/2012/11/64593.jpg)

## Jubilee Building
Lighting Schedule

P807– Jubilee Buildings Exterior Lighting Luminaire Schedule

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