Belfast, Northern Ireland

When planning the lighting upgrade, the City Council soon ran into several technical and budgetary challenges. To run cabling for the new LED lighting system would be cost-prohibitive and exceed the allocated budget. In addition, the historic building is a listed building, with strict rules and regulations around any proposed physical and structural changes, including rewiring. Philips Color Kinetics introduced the City Council to IntelliPower, a solution that leverages existing electrical and physical infrastructures to enable the affordable installation of dynamic, digitally controllable LED lighting systems. By using IntelliPower, the installers were able to reuse the current electrical wiring, reducing the cost of the installation and allowing the Council to stay within budget.

The new LED lighting system is comprised of 433 ColorBurst Powercore, ColorBlast Powercore, ColorGraze Powercore, and iW Blast Powercore LED lighting fixtures from Philips Color Kinetics. The new system lights the façade with varying shades of warm and cool white light throughout the evening. The City Council can also produce color-changing effects for special occasions, including St. Patrick`s Day, July 12th (Orangefest), Valentine's Day, the Chinese New Year, Polish Independence Day, and Gay Pride Day. The Council estimates that the system will save around US$21,000 (�14,000) in annual electricity costs, while reducing annual carbon emissions by almost 200,000 pounds (90 tonnes)뾬r around half of its carbon reduction target.