Sunco Blog - All About LED Lighting!

If you’ve ever stood in the light bulb aisle holding a box, squinting at “BR30” and “BR40” wondering what that even means, you’re not alone. This is actually one of the most Googled lighting questions, and somehow most of the answers still manage to be confusing. Let me fix that. What Does BR Even Mean? BR stands for Bulged Reflector. The bulge is the...

A typical day in the life of an electrician today looks very different than it did even a decade ago and varies between roles. While the core of the job always remains fairly hands-on, the tools, technology, and expectations have evolved significantly. To get a real picture of what that looks like, we spent some time talking to Mark Webb, a journeyman electrician with 14 years in the trade, currently working on a...

Energy efficiency is one of those topics that sounds great in theory, but in practice, building owners and contractors want to know one thing: does it actually pay off? The answer is yes, but only if you focus on the right upgrades, in the right order, with a clear-eyed look at the numbers. Let's break down the upgrades that consistently deliver real, measurable returns.  Start With Lighting  One...

There’s a number that’s been floating around construction news lately, and I want to talk about it, because depending on who’s saying it, it either sounds like a disaster or barely registers as a shrug.  Single-family housing starts dropped 2.8% in January 2026. They’re down 6.5% compared to this time last year. Permits for new single-family homes just hit their weakest level since last August. And 40% of builders said they cut prices last month—the...

Let me tell you something that should make every contractor, electrician, builder, and construction professional sit up a little straighter. The construction industry needs to attract an estimated 349,000 to 500,000 net new workers in 2026. Not by 2030. Not eventually. This year. And that number doesn’t include the workers we need to replace the ones retiring. That’s just the gap between demand and...

I’ll be honest, the first time someone told me that tariffs had added $10,900 to the cost of building a single home, I thought they were being dramatic. They were not. If you’ve priced out a job lately and felt like you were losing your mind, you’re not alone. Construction input prices rose at a 12.6% annualized rate in just the first two months...