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How 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…
Read MoreTero Technologies: A Perfect Fit for a Long-term Partnership with FSG
A journey that started out as an ambition to develop a strong team of like-minded individuals has resulted in more than Tero could have imagined. Since 1999, Tero has served San Antonio as the city’s most talented and qualified low voltage/structured cabling contractor. High schools, colleges, grocery stores, churches, hotels, military bases, zoos, and even…
Read MoreBecome an Electrician: 9 Qualities That Make a Good Electrician
Electricians need talent, knowledge, and the right spirit. They need to think on their feet, feel comfortable in a classroom, and possess precise communication skills. It’s a tough job, there’s no doubt. But being an electrician is also incredibly rewarding work that enables those who do it to live more fulfilled lives. Have you thought…
Read MoreReopening California Hotels: What It Means for Hospitality Post-COVID-19
Little by little, step by step, it’s happening. More and more doors are reopening, and other doors are staying open longer. Traffic, business, commerce — life — are all returning to streets and sidewalks that were left deserted weeks ago. Slowly but surely, we’re trying to reopen. COVID-19 forced us into one of the most…
Read MoreGyms Are Reopening: How Lighting Can Help Gyms Get Back to Business & Reduce Costs
When lockdowns began here in the United States, some of the first facilities ordered to close were gyms. Along with bars and restaurants, gyms are such natural places for close contact between great numbers of people. Because of that, and because of how quickly they were ordered to shut down, it was always going to…
Read MoreTomorrow’s Data Centers: Consuming Less Power, Space & Resources
The robust and growing internet could, by its success, cause its own downfall. Or at least it would if its vital infrastructure wasn’t keeping pace. While the infrastructure isn’t perfect and faces plenty of challenges, there are innovations shaping the future of the internet. The infrastructure we’re talking about is the data center. Hundreds of…
Read MoreEmergency Power: Helping an Essential Business at a Critical Time
It was late on a Thursday afternoon when the call came in. Essentium, a provider of industrial 3D printing solutions, needed help. Fast. The call to FSG Austin that Thursday, March 26, was actually placed by Essentium’s landlord, Live Oak Real Estate. As tenants at one of Live Oak’s properties, Essentium had contacted them looking…
Read MoreWhat Will “Back to Business” Look Like in 2020?
“Business as usual.” For more than 100 years, that phrase has been in the English language as a promise, as a plea, and as encouragement. Now, though, the entire world is about to find out if “business as usual” is really something we can ever get back to. When Winston Churchill first made that phrase…
Read MoreUV-C Lighting: How Effective is it On COVID-19 and Other Viruses?
For decades, the world has been harnessing ultraviolet (UV) light as a tool. Its power to sterilize has made it essential to the drinking water of billions of people. Research laboratories operate powerful UV lights to clean germs from sensitive equipment. Hospitals and medical facilities use UV light to disinfect and decontaminate surfaces and implements.…
Read MoreHow Facilities are Working to Keep Employees and Customers Safe
The world changed overnight. At least, that’s the feeling we all got, isn’t it? One minute, everything was as normal as normal could be. The next, we found ourselves in some sort of alternate universe. Let’s just say it out loud: this new world, this “new normal” we found ourselves living through is a difficult…
Read More6 Tips to Running a Remote Business in 2020
The events of the past few weeks are essentially unique in the history of the modern world. This crisis has completely changed the way we live — although we know things will get back to a new normal. Still, as we adapt to this new normal, we all have to continue to work efficiently. Schools,…
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