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How Manufacturing and Industrial Businesses Can Make the Most of Planned Downtime
If you run a manufacturing or industrial business, you understand the one thing that can hurt you most: downtime. Downtime, especially when it pops up unannounced, is the express lane to business failure. Just how badly downtime can cripple your business is the subject of much speculation, but experts generally agree that any downtime is…
Read MoreEV Charging Set to Change the Way We Deal with Our Power Grids
Everybody is talking about EV charging stations, and about the expanding network of locations across the country coming on line to meet the new demands of electric vehicles. While the news is exciting for EV owners and those thinking about purchasing an EV, the progress toward a more diversified transportation fleet takes time. The country’s…
Read MoreWhy Energy Efficiency is Important for Your Small Business
Business owners might look back fondly on a time when embracing energy efficiency felt like a forward-thinking, friendly kind of gesture toward someone interesting, a person you might want to get to know better someday. Early efforts to conserve electricity were like the polite side hugs or “attaboy” pats on the back associated with casual…
Read MoreTo All Those Who Eat: Controlled Environment Agriculture is in Your Future
Most folks understand what it means to be proud of a job done well. Here at FSG, we’ve been thinking a lot lately about the particular thrill of doing a great job on projects that do good work, too. In markets across the country, we understand the satisfaction of driving down the road and looking…
Read MoreLightFair 2022: What We Saw, What We Learned
Last week, FSG team members from across the country met in Las Vegas for the premier annual commercial lighting trade show and conference, LightFair. This year’s conference marked an official return to the west coast version of the event following a pause during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the show did not disappoint! The venue was…
Read MoreDon’t Let “The Day After” Sneak Up on You
As the summer begins, so does hurricane season and an increased risk for severe storms. For facility owners in southern, mid-Atlantic, and northeastern states, the threat posed by that once-in-a-lifetime storm is real, and it has the potential to knock your business completely offline for an extended period of time. Whenever dangerous weather approaches, the…
Read MoreOptimizing Your Business (And Your Next Meal) With the Industrial Internet of Things
Long Ago in a Previous Century… It seems strange to think back to a time when the internet was only one thing, one experience. You logged on, you exchanged information, and then you logged out. Most folks today probably have a clear idea of what it means to log on to the internet. Ask them…
Read MoreSchool May Be Out, But Campus Work is In
With teachers and students away on summer break, custodians, maintenance professionals, and administrators begin the frantic race to clean and fix everything that broke during the school year.
Read MoreTime, Money, and Safety: LED High Bay Lighting Delivers All Three
When the Early Bird Just Turns on the Lights It is not rare to hear about a supervisor or foreman showing up to work early every day. When you’re the boss, there are always plenty of details to check on before the workday even begins. Sometimes those early-morning quiet moments are extremely productive. Many business…
Read MoreLet EV Charging Put Your Parking Lot to Work for Your Business
Business owners understand that success depends on managing the changes that never seem to stop. Just when things start running smoothly… that’s the time to look out for the curveball. Maybe it is a supply issue, or perhaps something has happened to demand. It could be that trends have shifted or evolved in a way…
Read MoreElectric Vehicles Go Mainstream With Arrival of Electric Pickup Trucks
Last month, on April 26, Ford Motor Company introduced the all-new F-150 electric pickup truck. Within a matter of a few days, the automaker announced that the 2022 model year production run had already sold out. With a starting price point of $39,974, the new F-150 Lightning was an immediate hit with consumers. Perhaps the…
Read MorePublic Schools Turn to Co-Ops to Meet Sustainability Goals
Energy Savings Are a Priority for School Districts Everywhere K-12 campus facilities are at the forefront of sustainability initiatives this year, with rising energy costs and widely available energy-saving technologies serving as hot topics at school board meetings across the country. Energy management and building automation solutions are among the primary technologies school administrators are…
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