Light-Structure Green™ goes Major League

Green Generation Lighting®
Goes Major League

Major League Baseball's return to the U.S. capital city included a major renovation to 40-year-old RFK Stadium, home of MLB's Washington Nationals.

Musco worked through Turner Construction, general contractor for the stadium renovation. After evaluating the existing, non-Musco lighting equipment, project managers determined they could not meet MLB's requirements by simply refurbishing and re-aiming the 20-year old system.

The dramatic improvement in photometric efficiency of Green Generation Lighting® allowed Musco to replace 194 existing fixtures with 144 new fixtures in the “A” locations – the infield light banks nearest home plate. Due to the Green Generation Lighting System's constant light-level technology, Musco could guarantee MLB's 250 footcandle requirement. The old lights were used in other locations around the ballpark.

Musco also cleaned, re-lamped, and re-aimed existing lighting equipment in the outfield to meet MLB requirements.

Despite the significant change in the scope of the project, Musco was able to design, manufacture, and complete the project in less than eight weeks to be ready for the Nationals' home opener April 4. •