Solar Builder magazine, the leading publication covering solar photovoltaic construction in North America, has announced the winners of its 2014 Project of the Year awards. Projects are awarded in two categories — ground-mount and roof-mount — and chosen by Solar Builder readers. (View winning stories here!) The Ground-Mount Project ofRead More

Pinnipeds — the all-encompassing classification for seals, sea lions and similar semiaquatic marine mammals — just want to swim and play and eat fish and live with other marine mammals in peace. But sometimes unfortunate things happen — they may get trapped in nets, injured by fishing hooks or sufferRead More

Zoos do more than just offer a central place to see unique and exotic animals in replicated natural habitats. They are also proponents for conservation and research of animals and the planet we all share. The Toledo Zoo in Northwest Ohio is dedicated to caring for its animals — thoseRead More

If you could create the perfect community to live in, what would it look like? What would be essential to your happiness? A group from Bainbridge Island, Wash., asked these questions when embarking on a new housing development a few years back. Stacked apartment complexes and cookie-cutter houses had beenRead More

A 3.8-MW solar carport project spread across three parking lots is a big undertaking for any contractor, but especially for one with little carport experience. Oltmans Construction Co., a full service general contracting company specializing in commercial and industrial construction headquartered outside of Los Angeles, is no stranger to solarRead More

Plymouth Public Schools | Plympton, Massachusetts | 5.7 MW Developer/Contractor: Borrego Solar Modules: Yingli Solar Inverters: SMA America Mounting: SunLink Originally, the project plan consisted of eight to 10 smaller solar arrays across Plymouth Public Schools’ facilities, but old roof structures and harsh winters prevented rooftop installation. Instead, the plan shiftedRead More

JM Family Enterprises Inc. | Deerfield Beach, Florida | 150 kW Developer: JM Family Enterprises Contractors: Advanced Green Technologies, Advanced Roofing Inc. Modules: Suniva Inverters: Advanced Energy Mounting: SunLink JM Family Enterprises Inc. — South Florida’s largest privately-owned company (including subsidiary JM Lexus, the largest-volume Lexus dealership in the world) — engagedRead More