Archive for July 2020
How Schools are Disinfecting Their Facilities During COVID-19
As the 2020-2021 school year approaches, schools across the nation are preparing to reopen their doors to students. Many schools were closed for most of 2020 due to COVID-19 and are now taking the necessary precautions to resume classes in a few short weeks. Reopening schools, though, comes with challenges that students and teachers must…
Read MoreFSG & 5G: Faster Deployment of Infrastructure in Spite of COVID-19
To Chris Durocher, the benefits of starting FSG Telecom were obvious. “In 2018, as 5G technology was just starting to roll out commercially, I saw it and thought, ‘The potential here is HUGE.’” As an FSG veteran, Chris knew the trajectory we had been following. “It started with lightbulbs and circuits. A few years later,…
Read MoreHow to Reduce Commercial Energy Usage
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has previously found that the building sector makes up 76 percent of electricity use in the United States. It also causes 40 percent of the country’s primary energy use and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Because of this, improving commercial energy consumption can have a huge impact on…
Read MoreHow to Find Commercial Lighting Incentives & Rebates
They’re out there. Rebates and incentives for your lights. First of all, what is the difference between a lighting rebate and a lighting incentive? A lighting rebate is a program that allows customers to save money on lamps that meet certain energy efficiency criteria. A lighting incentive is a program offered by utility companies, state,…
Read MoreFSG Corpus Christi: Whatever It Takes To Get It Done
For Dave Thomas, General Manager of FSG Corpus Christi, there was a market that needed to be served. The beginnings of FSG’s fifth independent branch came with that realization in December of 1991. At that time, Dave was working out of the San Antonio branch, but serving customers in and around Corpus Christi. With the…
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