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  • Gehrlicher Solar Breaks Ground on 3-MW Solar System on Landfill Site

    Gehrlicher Solar America Corporation, in cooperation with Main Street Power Company Inc., an owner and operator of solar assets, MS Solar Solutions Corp., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, project developers Syncarpha Capital and Brightfields Development LLC along with the […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • New Compact MV Power Platform Introduced by SMA

    SMA has introduced an improved, re-engineered version of its Medium-Voltage Power Platform. The new Compact MV Power Platform is an integrated, comprehensive power conversion solution for utility-scale PV plants in the North American market. It maximizes energy production while minimizing […] — Solar Builder magazine

  • SHADE is Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium

    Team ASUNM, a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and University of New Mexico, has come together to address the inefficiencies of urban sprawl and to create a model for sustainable desert living that has been dubbed SHADE (Solar Home Adapting for Desert Equilibrium), which is an entry in the Solar Decathlon 2013 competition that…

  • Delaware Hospital Expansion Uses Innovative Prefab Technologies

    Featuring a five-story atrium lit by natural sunlight at its entrance, the expansion of the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware incorporates significant amounts of prefabricated modules and materials into its construction. Project executive and prefabrication manager for Swedish builder Skansa USA, Marty Corrado, hired Rob Whartnaby as foreman and superintendent to build…

  • House in the Mountains Features Green Roofs and 2013 AIA Housing Award

    High in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, the roof planes of this guesthouse are both meadow and super-insulated envelope, blending structure into scenery to be nearly imperceivable from a road above the site while preserving the view from the main house. New York architectural firm GLUCK+ has designed the “House in the Mountains” for which…