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  • Tiny Storage Space Transformed Into a Comfortable Apartment

    With the apartment shortage in urban areas, coupled with the rising prices, it’s nice to see architectural solutions that make the most of tiny spaces. One such solution is certainly the recently completed renovation of a storage space into a comfortable apartment in Stockholm, Sweden by local architect Karin Matz. With some innovative design ideas,…

  • AET to Unveil Shade Cover, Mounting Kit for Solar Inverters

    AET (Applied Energy Technologies), a preferred supplier of utility-scale racking systems and one of the top 10 solar racking companies in the United States, is pleased to announce the unveiling of its Rayport-I shade cover, a protective cover for its innovative solar inverter mounting kit for string inverters. AET’s Rayport-IRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fronius USA Expands PV Array on Headquarters Roof to 211 kW

    Fronius USA recently hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of ITRAC, the Innovations Test Research And Application Center, significantly expanding the rooftop PV array above its 400,000-square-foot manufacturing plant and U.S. headquarters in Portage, Indiana. The PV system was expanded to 211 kW. The facility, housing Fronius USA’sRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • DOE Updates National Energy Standard to 90.1-2013

    New code to increase commercial building efficiency. More…

  • Solar FlexRack Introduces New Ballasted Ground-Mount Solution

    Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals, announced it will introduce at SPI 2014 in Las Vegas the FlexRack Series B, its latest ground-mount system for installing ballasted PV solar on landfills, brownfields and water-saturated terrain where no, or little soil penetration is allowed. With the new Solar FlexRackRead More — Solar Builder magazine