Comprehensive Maintenance Blog Articles
Safety and Efficiency in Lighting Maintenance: How Bucket Trucks Transform Operations
In the realm of lighting maintenance, safety and efficiency are paramount. Traditional methods often involve cumbersome ladders, scaffolding, or risky climbs, posing significant safety hazards and inefficiencies. Enter bucket trucks—an innovative. . .
Advice From Your Electrician: Energy-Saving Tips To Reduce Your Electricity Bills
Electrical Services: Tips That Save You Money Upgrade to LED Lighting: One of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce your electricity consumption is by replacing traditional incandescent or CFL bulbs with energy-efficient LED lights. . .
Rising Electricity Costs: How An Electrician Can Help Make Your Home More Energy Efficient
How An Electrician Can Lower Your Energy Bill Energy Audit Most people use a lot more energy than they realize. While some appliances need to remain plugged in and turned on all the time, such as the fridge, the vast majority of electronics. . .
Rewiring Your Home For The Future
Modern Wiring: Improving Your Home Central Wiring With all of the fancy additions homes come with now, it’s best to have a central wiring system. This allows you to add multiple smart systems or features at a later date. A central wiring. . .
A Comprehensive Spring Electrical Maintenance Checklist For A Safer Home
Make Sure To: Limit Extension Cord Use. These are meant to be used as short-term solutions. If you have had extension cords in use for a while or if you rely on them, consider having more outlets installed in your home instead. You should also. . .
Stop! Call An Electrical Contractor For These Household Electrical Repairs.
Signs That You Need To Call An Electrician Frequently Tripping The Circuit Breaker. If you frequently experience blown fuses or your circuit-breakers trip often, your circuits are likely drawing more current than they can provide. Regularly blown. . .
Top 5 Questions You Must Ask Before Hiring a Commercial Electrician
Virtually every business requires electricity for some aspect of their operations, which is why it’s always helpful to work with a licensed commercial electrician you can trust. From exterior lighting repairs to lighting design and installation,. . .
4 Things to Look for in an Electrical Contractor
Are you looking to hire an electrical contractor for your residential lighting needs? Here are the top four things to look for when hiring a lighting specialist. Making sure that the electrical systems in your home are running correctly is. . .
Spring Cleaning For Your Yard: Tips From Our Handyman Service Experts
Whether you’re planning on using your yard for entertaining or as a relaxing family gathering area, it’s likely to need some spring cleaning after another one of Calgary’s long winters. Here are our top-tips for getting your yard warm-weather. . .
Fluorescent Man Lighting Offers On Call and Monthly Maintenance
Lighting plays an important role in every work place. Ensuring your employees are able to see what they are working on helps reduce errors as well as eye strain. If your business includes a retail environment than ensuring your sales floor and. . .
The Fluorescent Man Advantage
Having adequate lighting is integral to everyday operations, both at home and at the office. So when the lights go out it can cause major disruptions. That is why we always do our best to keep your lights on and functioning properly. Professional. . .
Secure Homes and Businesses with Exterior Lighting
On Halloween all the little boys and girls will don their costumes and alight into the night in search of fun and treats. With winter approaching and the days getting shorter it is important to make sure the exterior of your home or business is. . .
The Importance of Keep Your Lighting Intact
Lights. You don’t even give them a passing thought, until they go out. They help you to see your work, your home and your world. Here at Fluorescent Lighting Man we recognize the importance of quality lighting solutions to your life. Whether you. . .
Calgary Handyman Services: 5 Home Projects That Require A Handyman
Some people are just born handy, where others need some help. Regardless, most people don’t realize that you can hire skilled handymen to help you with all kinds of general home repairs, allowing you to focus on more important things. Hiring. . .
Fluorescent Man Lighting: Calgary’s Top 5 General Home Repairs
Homeownership is a wonderful achievement we all strive for, but it requires a great deal of responsibility. As our homes age, the need for general repairs and home improvement projects increase. The good news is that most home repairs are. . .
Blue LED Light Invention Wins Nobel Prize!
Overview: LED lights are being recognized by the Nobel Foundation! The invention of the blue Light Emitting Diode has won this year's Nobel Prize for physics. Surprised? Read the blog below to find out why you shouldn't be. It was. . .
Fluorescent Man Lighting Has a Brand New Ride!
Batman has the Batmobile. Iron Man has his suit. Now fluorescent Man has the Light-Mobile. You've probably seen firemen in Hollywood movies utilizing their laddered firetrucks to snatch people from the high windows of burning buildings. Now. . .
Calgary Lighting Maintenance
Our cars need it. Our bodies need it. Even our lawns need it. We’re talking about maintenance. However, when it comes to your company’s lighting system, maintenance tends to get pushed back until it’s too late. To prevent any lighting fiascos,. . .
The Truth Behind LED Light Savings
The word on the street is that Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are highly energy efficient and save users big time money. But do they? The answer is both yes and no. Like many questions that involve money, it depends on the situation. Fluorescent Man. . .
A Energy Efficient Solution: Compact Fluorescent Lamps
With falling oil prices in Calgary, your business needs to save on any costs that it can. No matter what the economic trend is, your business needs to become more efficient, and one of the best places to start is with your energy bill. At. . .
Maintenance of Outdoor Lighting Systems
It’s springtime in Calgary! And in typical Calgary form, the weather is unpredictable. One week it’s unseasonably warm, then the next, it’s frosty, and if you’re not careful, the fluctuations in weather can damage your outdoor lighting. . .
Why Choose Fluorescent Lighting?
For many home and business owners, Fluorescent light bulbs are still a preferred choice when it comes to lighting systems. Fluorescent Man Lighting in Calgary installs lighting systems that use fluorescent light bulbs, which are more energy. . .
Recycling Fluorescent Light Bulbs
Tragically, light doesn’t last forever! While stars undergo supernovas before fading away, luckily, your fluorescent light bulbs don’t go out with a similar bang. But what do you do with your old bulbs? Most often, fluorescent light bulbs end up. . .
New Calgary Lighting Plan to Increase Safety
Overview: Apparently it’s a hazard just to walk across the street in Calgary, as the rule “pedestrians have the right of way” seemingly no longer applies on crosswalks. A Calgary city councilor has brought to surface the alarming number of. . .
Home Lighting in Calgary: How New Lights Can Help Sell Your Home
Overview: Man has been trying to harness the power of light since the dawn of time. Fast forward to 2015, and homeowners have the capability of harnessing light via their home lighting system. New lighting fixtures can increase the value of your. . .
Industrial Lighting Safety Tips
Overview: If you are designing and installing a new lighting system or retrofitting an old one, there are key factors you need to take into consideration. For example: The age of the lighting system? Lighting levels? Where to place the fixtures? . . .
Why It's So Important To Maintain Your Lighting
At Fluorescent Man Lighting we’re Calgary lighting specialists and that means we know just how important it is to maintain your lighting. Do you? Lighting is something many feel they shouldn’t have to deal with and that’s why lighting. . .
How To Dispose of Your Old CFL Bulbs
Fluorescent lighting is a great option for many businesses due its energy efficiency and bulb lifespan when compared to regular incandescent lighting. But like all lights fluorescent bulbs do eventually stop producing light, and regardless of. . .
Lighting Maintenance in Calgary
Overview: Offices and workplaces need to have a proper amount of lighting for people to be productive and alert. The basic premise for any business or home lighting is for ideal levels of lighting at a minimum cost. Read the blog below for tips on. . .
The Cost of Doing Business: Tips for Reducing Costs
Overview: If you are a small business owner or you’ve just started a small business, there are both start-up costs and overhead that can cause financial difficulties. Read the following blog to get a few simple tips on reducing unnecessary. . .
Calgary Lighting Repair: How To Keep Your Lights Healthy During The Holidays
Overview: With Christmas and the holidays just around the corner, it can be easy to forget about your lights this time of year. But by following a few simple tips, you can keep lights in top shape and avoid unnecessary lighting repairs. As. . .
T5 Fluorescent Lighting Versus Metal Halide: What's The Difference?
Overview: If you own an industrial facility, factory or warehouse then there's a good chance you're using Metal Halide lights. While these bulbs can produce some great light, they're probably costing you more money that necessary. At. . .
T8 Fluorescent Lights - Lower Your Energy Bills and Improve Your Lighting Today!
Overview: If your office, building or house is currently using T12 fluorescent bulbs or even incandescent bulbs, one of the easiest ways to save energy and money is to replace your bulbs with T8 fluorescent lighting. If you like protecting the. . .
New Study Highlights The Importance of Correct Office Lighting
Professor Dino Pisaniello from the University of Adelaide has recently raised concerns about various factors in the workplace. Among them was the length of time employees were spending stationary, as well as the quality of light they were working. . .
Top 5 Seasonal Outdoor Lighting Tips
Overview: If you're thinking of lighting up your house this Halloween or for the festive season in general, then you'll find that a little goes a long way! To find out some seasonal outdoor lighting tips, check out the blog below. With. . .
Calgary Tower Gets New LED Lighting Installation
Overview: The famous Calgary landmark that you all know and love is getting a lighting makeover! The lighting system that normally lights up the downtown Calgary Tower is being completely overhauled and will be replaced by a new, more energy. . .
Ford Chooses LED Lighting Installation
Overview: This year Ford Motor Co. begun a $25 million project to swap out its existing lighting system for LED lighting. For more information, check out the blog below. Ford Motor Co. has recently started a $25 million investment project. . .
Choosing LED Lighting or Fluorescent Lighting?
As Calgary lighting specialists, we provide a variety of different indoor and outdoor lighting solutions, including LED and fluorescent lighting. Both LED and fluorescent have their advantages and disadvantages – but which suits you and your. . .
Service Your Outdoor Lighting: There Is No Better Time Than Now!
Summer in Calgary can be lovely, but as we all know winter is always just around the corner and before you know it we’ll be faced with another 8 months of snow. At Fluorescent Man Lighting we’ve had plenty of experience maintaining outdoor. . .
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