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Possibly Ireland’s most eco-friendly solicitors?

When Caolán and the team at Doyle & Company solicitors in Blanchardstown decided to lower their carbon emissions they understood that Solar PV would be an ideal solution for them.  The offices use a fair amount of electricity during the day, but are relatively low users at night.  This meant that Solar PV would appear to be an ideal solution for them.  However, the roof space on their office was limited and could only fit very few panels.

From discussing their situation with the team at Ecoplex, they decided to call Solar Structures.  Together we conducted a site survey and it became apparent that the South facing area behind the office could be upgraded through a solar veranda.  The veranda would create an additional covered area for the team to sit out under and would keep them relatively dry as they went out to their cars.  Most of all, the solar PV brise-soleil awning would reduce the offices from overheating in Summer and would give them an optimum solar pv deployment.

We at Solar Structures, the experts in upgrading outdoor spaces via Solar PV, are very grateful to both the team at Doyle & Company and to Conor Deasy and the team at Ecoplex energy for working with us on the special project.

If you have a project that needs a special solution, talk to us at Solar Structures.

A patio awning re-imagined

At Solar Structures, our goal has always been to create beautiful outdoor spaces while optimising the return on a client’s Solar PV investment.

In a recent project for a homeowner in Co. Limerick we were able to create a covered outdoor patio area that can be used as a family space no matter the weather.  Our specially selected panels allow for a dappling effect underneath.

The total output from this array is just over 6KWp.  In addition, the ‘brise-soleil’ panel array provides additional shading during the Summer months to prevent the large South facing open-plan room from overheating.  

All our solutions are made to measure for each site and all our structures are designed and fabricated by our team in Co. Galway.  We partnered with JFW renewables on this special project and we would like to thank the homeowners for their vision and their trust in us.

If you have an outdoor space that might need upgrading, or just an interest in looking at an innovative Solar PV deployment, get in touch.

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Patios re-imagined

This 21 panel steel pergola, facing due South, with just over 8.5KWp capacity, is now covering a beautiful patio area in Co. Galway.

The dappling effect of our specially selected PV panels gives the whole structure a light, elegant feel.

Please contact us if you would like a case-study on this or any of our other innovative projects.

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Making hay while the sun is shining

With our latest project, we wished to show the potential of using SolarPV arrays to upgrade outdoor spaces.

In this case the agricultural sheds were in an East West orientation and the client only required a modest number of panels.  The solution was a series of supports to allow the panels to be optimally oriented, while also creating additional covered space underneath.

We thought that this solution shows the possibilities of innovative Solar PV deployments.  For more ideas and inspiration, join us on our journey at Solar Structures. 
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Perfect panel orientation while protecting the rubbish bins

We just thought to highlight another recent project, which enabled the home-owner to orient his new Solar array due South for maximum generation.  Our galvanised steel structure has created the perfect space for storing his bins underneath, protected from the wild weather of the Wild Atlantic Way.  That said, after two weeks of non-stop sunshine, the wild weather seems to be a world away.

This project has 10 420W panels and was undertaken in conjunction with JFW renewables.  We would like to thank the homeowner for taking this journey with us.

An eco-friendly solar clothes dryer in Co. Limerick

While people have been drying their clothes on washing lines for centuries, we thought to give this age-old tradition a new twist by creating a Solar PV covering!  In actual fact, the addition of washing lines is a simple addition to our structures and can reduce the use of tumble dryers in our homes.

This 18 panels, 9×2 panel array, was installed in partnership with JFW renewables.  We would like to thank the homeowner for their trust and vision on this project in East Co. Limerick.

The structure itself can generate up to 7.38KW and should reduce the electricity unit bill at the home significantly.

The gable ends are clad in larch and the entire project took around 11 weeks from start to finish.

For more innovative projects, join us at solarstructures.ie

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