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  • Load Warriors: Experts discuss rooftop ballast installation best practices

    Installing a ballast racking system on a commercial roof isn’t necessarily any easier or more difficult than a ground-mount in terms of the planning and challenges, but you can’t accidentally void the earth’s warranty. There’s also less risk in a ground-mount mistake resulting in a PV system tumbling into aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SPI highlight: Seeing the massive rooftop array that powered the convention

    Maybe the coolest, or most appropriate, aspect of Solar Power International this year was the location itself — the Anaheim Convention Center — which is maybe the most eco-friendly and solar-friendly in the country. (The uncoolest, or most ironic, aspect was the single morning of rain Anaheim will probably see allRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GameChange mounting 25-MW of systems in landfills across three states

    GameChange Racking will be shipping 25-MW of its Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground Systems for installation on landfill sites in Maryland, Connecticut and New Jersey over the next two months. “Our Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System is suitable not only for landfill applications but also for rocky sites which make installing piles challenging,” said Derick Botha,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GameChange releases Gen4 Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System

    You probably already know about previous versions of the Pour-in-Place. Well, GameChange has announced a newer edition, the Gen4 Pour-in-Place Ballasted Ground System, that will be available for shipping in Q4 2015. The latest innovation features: • Even faster install. • Up to 25% less concrete due to optimized ballast distribution.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Mounting Challenges: Landfills, Brownfields, Water-Saturated Sites

    Landfills Two of the most common types of landfill construction and classification are sanitary (municipal waste) and construction, demolition and debris (CDD) landfills. Sanitary landfills are normally constructed under rigid environmental specifications and standards, including rubber membrane linings for leachate collection, ground water monitoring wells, methane gas monitoring wells andRead More — Solar Builder magazine