Philadelphia — As the country faces stay-at-home orders, business closures and social distancing guidelines due to the spread of COVID-19 across the U.S., Action Services Group found itself facing a unique opportunity to help its customers and Resource Partners. Ted Stouch, founder and owner of Action Services Group, found that with his internal workforce of experienced project managers that specialize in turnkey national rollouts with strict deadlines and a database of over 2,700 Resource Partners across the U.S., Action Services Group was in a position to help slow the spread …
Ted Stouch
— Interview with Ted Stouch — R&R: Where are you based and how long have you been in business? Ted Stouch: Action Services Group is headquartered in the Philadelphia suburb of Aston, Pennsylvania. Incorporated in 1991, we started as a national lighting and signage company. In 2001 we added our LED retrofit and electrical service lines, focusing our business goals on providing an exceptional customer experience. R&R: What is your title? Stouch: President and CEO. I am the founder of Action Services Group and have been with the company …
— By Ted Stouch — Parking area liability: are you vulnerable? In a retail or restaurant setting, a dark and foreboding parking lot or garage is a business owners’ worst nightmare. While a perfect setting for a horror movie, in real life, an unlit or poorly lit parking area is a recipe for disaster. Assault, robbery, rape and even murder are a few of the rampant occurrences plaguing parking areas across the U.S. They have low lighting, shadowy expanses and distractions, which make for a tempting invitation for criminals. According …
— By Ted Stouch — The financial benefits of converting parking lot lighting to LED. Anyone who has been in any part of the facility business, for even a short amount of time, has read, talked about or spoken to someone on the benefits of converting their facilities’ lighting to LED. For those of us on the service and project side of LED retrofits, we talk about the same concepts over and over. Retrofitting to LEDs will save on energy consumption, save on maintenance, and your lighting performance will …