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FSG Acquires West-Lite Supply
As FSG embraces its mission to grow as an institution, the company continues to seek out opportunities to expand its reach through targeted acquisitions and investments in other companies that share FSG’s vision and support the facility services we provide. One such company is California’s West-Lite Supply Company, Inc., and as 2022 comes to a…
Read MoreFSG Los Angeles Receives Multiple National Awards and Recognition
As the year winds down with the holidays upon us, FSG’s Los Angeles branch is taking a moment to celebrate a year of firsts. In 2022, the Los Angeles team brought home an Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award from the national trade association Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). This award, given for FSG’s work on…
Read MoreMore Than a Feeling: Human-Centric Lighting Delivers Results
If you are like most folks, you might think of lighting primarily as an aesthetic choice, to deliver a particular “look” or “feel” within a space. While certain professional environments have more tightly defined lighting requirements – like dental offices and airport runways – you might assume that for everyone else at home or in…
Read MoreFSG Storefront: Where Facility Managers and Business Owners Get Lasting Value and Personal Service
It has been a year since FSG “opened the doors” at FSG Storefront, our online store. For a growing list of customers, the experience of shopping online with FSG feels like the way things should have been all along. Our online store customers will be the first to tell you that the experience sure beats…
Read MoreLighting Distribution Delivers on the Promise of a Winning Lighting Design
Within a facility, the choices for illumination are varied and can run the gamut from industrial to whimsical, providing different moods and levels of visual interest for the people who occupy or visit the space. It naturally follows that modern architectural lighting design straddles the worlds of art and science, seeking to provide experiential value…
Read MoreThe Great Fluorescent Phase Out: US State Legislatures Push for Full Transition to LED
Across the country, businesses and facility owners are all feeling the pinch of rising energy costs. Compounding the problem is the fact that this is occurring during a time of generalized inflation, supply chain disruptions and delays, and dour economic forecasts. And yet, the news is not all bad. Even as one indicator after another…
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 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 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 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…
Read MoreAre LED’s Really Worth the Investment?
Across the country and around the world, many folks have spent much of the last 10 years feeling pretty, pretty good about their LED purchasing decisions. It’s hard to feel bad about saving money on electric bills and maintenance expenses. But then, at some point, a lamp fails here and a fixture starts flickering a…
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