New LED system now lights the state capitol

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Iowa’s Golden Dome has a different kind of glow after sundown. The high-pressure sodium lights that cast an orange tint on the state capitol at night are gone. A new LED system is in place, courtesy of Oskaloosa-based Musco Sports Lighting. Jim Berns, Musco’s international engineering manager, was at the capitol tonight. LED lighting is cheaper and Berns said it will cut the electric costs for “light-scaping” the capitol “by about two-thirds.”