Facility Solutions Group, also known as FSG, is a company headquartered in Austin, Texas, that provides lighting, electrical and energy management products and services to commercial businesses, property management companies and design build contractors in the United States and Canada.
FSG is a privately held company and was founded as American Light in 1982 by CEO Bill Graham and COO Steve Byrne. Chief Marketing and Sales Officer Bob Graham joined American Light in 1985. An electrical services company, Design Electric, was established in 1986; a national accounts division in 1995; and a smart building division in 1998. Graham was quoted in the June 2006 issue of American Executive magazine, saying that his goal was to "offer not only products, but also services—to build a structure that would enable us to offer a total solution to the end users of our products." In 2000, American Light and Design Electric combined to form Facility Solutions Group. As of August 2018, FSG had six divisions, 42 branches, four regional distribution centers and 2,300 employees serving customers in all 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. FSG is a privately held company. The six FSG divisions are Construction, Lighting, Electrical, Smart Buildings, Technology and Signs.
Projects and Clients
FSG Signs installed the "AT&T Stadium" letters on top of AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. AT&T Stadium is the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Signage includes two sets of 43-foot-tall letters stretching 385 feet. The letters are made of lightweight components and aluminum and are insulated and heated to melt ice and snow. They have 36,000 LED lights using 52 amps of power, or the amount used by 144 100-watt light bulbs. FSG also worked with a national coffee retailer to upgrade lighting to LED fixtures in 9300 locations, in less than 9 months. FSG Smart Buildings clients include Circle K, Walgreens and Verizon. FSG has completed several projects in conjunction with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at Newark Liberty International Airport, including an advanced lighting system upgrade and replacement of the HVAC chillers in the airport’s three terminals. Following Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, FSG provided backup generation and services to school districts, hotels, municipal complexes and the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Garden City, Long Island, New York. FSG implemented the largest North American deployment of networked submeters throughout Simon Property Group’s more than 100 shopping malls. The submeters were integrated into an existing energy management system.
Chariot Platform
FSG Smart Buildings has developed an open-standard cloud-based software program for unifying building and operational technology. The platform, , integrates with all energy management, automation and IoT devices and supports most used wired and wireless protocols. Chariot allows users to control building equipment including lighting, HVAC, refrigeration, energy metering, water metering, IoT sensors, security systems, trash compactors and more. Chariot can also be used for asset intelligence, helping building owners and operators avoid unnecessary expenses and recurring and unexpected repairs. The platform tracks critical equipment and asset information such as manufacturer information, serial numbers, installation dates, inspection dates, warranty tracking, lease tracking, service tracking, insurance coverage and maintenance schedules. The platform is expandable to handle one to thousands of locations from a centralized dashboard. Additional features of Chariot include command and control, mass set point rollouts, equipment reporting, custom alarms, auto-commissioning, interactive floor plan view, mass schedules, custom notifications, compliance and web and mobile accessibility.
Awards and Recognitions
In 2013, FSG was named a “Top Workplace” by the Orange County Register. FSG has also been named a “Best Place to Work” in Austin, Dallas and San Antonio. In 2017, FSG was named #14 in the EC&M 2017 Top 50 Electrical Contractors list, up from #15 in 2016. In 2017, FSG was ranked the 45th largest electrical distributor by EW Magazine. In 2018, FSG was named the 2018 ControlTrends Master Systems Integrator of the Year.
