METALAB » PV POD http://www.metalabstudio.com Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:21:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 PV-POD installation at Houston Permitting Center http://www.metalabstudio.com/2011/06/pv-pod-installation-at-houston-permitting-center/ http://www.metalabstudio.com/2011/06/pv-pod-installation-at-houston-permitting-center/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:45:06 +0000 admin http://www.metalabstudio.com/?p=2052 Our first PV-POD application has been installed on the roof of the new Houston Permitting Center opening soon.  The building will house the new Green Building Resource Center and the roof will be viewable from penthouse in the central staircase.  This installation will expand with to include more solar and wind turbines on the roof.

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]]> http://www.metalabstudio.com/2009/08/mold-fabrication/feed/ 0 Trip to the Rotomolder http://www.metalabstudio.com/2008/12/trip-to-rotomolder/ http://www.metalabstudio.com/2008/12/trip-to-rotomolder/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:18:37 +0000 admin http://www.metalabstudio.com/blog/?p=154 Chris Boyer from SRE joined us to visit a Rotomolding Shop in Burnet, Texas.  We discussed prototyping the “PV POD” which is a project we are developing with industry partners and the UHCOA GBC (Green Building Components Grant Initiative).  It’s an impressive operation and exactly the process and material for our application.

Link to video of molds cooling after leaving the oven…


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