Nottingham, United Kingdom

LITE Ltd. used ColorBlast Powercore and ColorGraze Powercore (now specified as ColorGraze MX Powercore) to bring the façade of the Council House to life with color-changing light. Each of the Ionic columns on the building's exterior is uplit with ColorBlast Powercore wash lights. ColorGraze Powercore grazing fixtures are set against the building's outer walls, behind the columns, to illuminate the recessed fascia. ColorBlast Powercore fixtures are set at the base and on the ledge of the dome of the building's iconic clock tower, bathing it in colored light and giving it pride of place on Nottingham's night skyline. All of the fixtures in the system are controlled with a Philips Color Kinetics iPlayer 3 DMX controller.

The new lighting system uses only 1 kW of power per year, as opposed to the 11.5 kW consumed by the previous system. The energy savings amount to approximately 2,500 per year, with additional savings on maintenance costs and temporary lighting. With the new LED lighting system in place, the Nottingham Council House won a Lighting Industry Federation Award.