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  • House That Moves With the Wind

    Architects Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley have taken the idea of living with nature a whole step further with their newest creation. ReActor, as their project is called, is not just a house, but could also be considered a work of art. The home rests atop a 15 ft (4.5 m)-tall concrete column and can…

  • Top Solar Projects of the Week (Nov. 14 – Nov. 18)

    Adhesives company shows solar commitment with display panel The 30 kW solar installation created by Velo Solar on the roof of Chemique Adhesives in Kennesaw, Ga., has begun operation. The array sits atop the North American headquarters of Chemique Adhesives, a company with revenues of about $17.5 million per year andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Check out this solar+storage microgrid housed in a shipping container

    Pure Power Solutions has completed a plug-and-play approach to solar+storage microgrids for remote locations with a system using standard shipping containers and energy dense, non-toxic battery technology from SimpliPhi Power. The first system is now operational at Vacherie Ranch, a 450-acre agricultural and recreational retreat located in Western Sonoma County,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Geostellar partners with a national Baptist church to ramp up community solar sales

    Geostellar continues in its quest to change the way solar systems are sold, this time with a unique partnership involving Progressive National Baptist Convention (PNBC), a Baptist denomination with an estimated membership of 2.5 million people, and Together Solar, a developer of shared-solar energy generation projects. The goal here isRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New Shipping Container Hostel Built in Vietnam

    This interesting cargotecture creation was recently completed by the company TAK Architects. It is a hostel located in the Vietnamese ocean resort town of Nha Trang and is comprised of a stack of three recycled shipping containers, which where painted in bright colors and contain family-sized and multi bed dormitory style rooms. The so-called Ccasa…