Case Studies
Case Study:
Rapid Response: When Wisconsin Dome Needed Fixtures Quickly, Keystone Delivered
In early April 2024, winter hit the Dells Dome at the Woodside Sports Complex a little too hard. A major storm dumped more than a foot of heavy snow on the area, collapsing the inflated dome and throwing (very) cold water at the facility’s schedule. It was going to be a race to reopen.
When Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 36 St. Louis headquarters opened in 2012, it was a model of sustainability and energy efficiency. Its lighting, however, was provided by fluorescent tubes. And that became an issue.
A bright, welcoming showroom and a little dazzle. Jim Carlo, the founder of JR Motors RV & Marine, wanted more than basic interior and parking lot lighting for his new dealership building in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
McDonald Associates’ warehouse met all its needs, but had one major issue: high energy costs. “Our energy bills were so high—$1,000 a month,” said Patrick McDonald, Principal and Outside Sales Representative. “A big reason was the lighting in our warehouse. We knew it needed to be upgraded.”
The lighting at Circleville City Schools appeared to be haunted. The cause, however, wasn’t supernatural. It was more mundane: The control system wasn’t doing the job. The schools decided to upgrade its legacy lighting to LED and change the control system to handle daylight harvesting, occupancy sensing, and scheduling.
Texas’ Angleton Independent School District consists of 12 campuses, some dating back to the 1950s—with inefficient fluorescent lighting to match. With the passage of a $90 million bond issue, the district opted to replace legacy lamps and fixtures with Keystone products.
At the end of the 2020-21 school year, having recently upgraded its classroom lighting, Snake River High School in Blackfoot, Idaho, decided to upgrade the gymnasium. The plan: new flooring, new bleachers, a new sound system, and new lighting. The timing: immediately.