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MBMI Metal Buildings Goes Green with New Solar Panel Parking Canopy

MBMI Metal Buildings

Delray Beach, FL (PRWEB) February 8, 2011

MBMI Metal Buildings, supplier of pre-engineered metal buildings and accessories, in support of going green and energy efficiency, is proud to announce its construction of 6 T-Frame Parking Canopies entirely integrated with Solar Panels at Drew Ford in San Diego, California. The solar panels are attached to steel framing doubling as both a source of energy and a shading system for vehicles. MBMI promotes the use of solar panels to motivate other companies to also be socially responsible by building green. Investing in solar panels saves money in electricity and the actual expense is decreased with a 30-percent federal investment tax credit.

Clint Walker, President of Southwestern Solar Systems, contractor of the Solar Panel Parking Canopies and provider of the solar panels for this project, computed the following environmental impact analysis of Drew Ford’s solar panels:

    Panels will supply 18% of total energy usage
    Monthly electric bill will be reduced by 22%
    With rising electricity prices annual electricity bill savings will grow by 601% over 25 years
     Reduction of Green House Gas emissions by 5,199 tons of CO2 (Over 25 years)
    Equivalent to planting 207,972 trees

Commenting on MBMI’s green movement for energy efficient building, MBMI Engineer Ian Strompf says: “It’s becoming increasingly apparent to us that going green is beneficial for our environment and our customers. The current population, especially the youth, is showing immense interest in sustainability. Yes, there are additional costs to add solar panels to your building; but the returns on your investment from electricity savings and improved sustainability and social responsibility make it an advisable investment.”

For information on GREEN building with solar panels visit green buildings

For a free quote visit metal building quote or call toll free 1-800-293-2097

About MBMI Metal Buildings

MBMI, offering a wide range of great customer service, is among the leaders of metal buildings companies in the USA. MBMI specializes in steel buildings, custom designs, manufacturing, and fast delivery. Using state of the art technology and first class engineers MBMI builds economical custom buildings with ease. MBMI uses only the finest materials available to the metal buildings industry. Our staff is comprised of engineers, draftsmen, detailers and building designers with over 70 years of experience and know-how to put together the highest quality metal building in the industry.

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Read this: How To Use 3×6 Solar Cells To Build Solar Panel

If you’re new to building or want to start building your own solar panel to save money, then you found the right article to read. Going green is great, but buying photovoltaic panels can be very costly. Currently, PV panels prices are still high over .00/watt and slowly decreasing. That’s a great thing, but for now people like you and I need another alternative, a cheaper way to build it. So what materials are required and how do you build a solar panel?

First, you must purchase solar cells, which are the component inside a PV panel that generates power. Silicon solar cells come in multicrystalline and monocrystalline, the monocrystalline being the more pure and powerful cell. There are other types of solar cells as well, but the most common solar cells used to build DIY solar panels are the 3″ x 6″ multicrystalline solar cells. These 3×6 cells come with about 1.6 – 1.8 watts of power. 36 of these 3×6 PV cells can be used to produce one 60 watt solar panel, which is powerful enough to power a laptop. Usually these 3×6 solar cells are sold in 108 pcs and can produce 3 solar panels with a total of 180 watts of pure solar power.

Next, you’ll need to purchase solar ribbon or PV wires. These wires are used to connect and interconnect your 3×6 solar cells together in an array so they can be used to build your DIY solar panel. These solar ribbons are known as tabbing wire and bus wire. The tabbing wire is thinner in width and is used to interconnect the 3×6 solar cells together. While, the bus wire is wider in width and is used to connect the array of 3×6 solar cells together. The usually length of tabbing wire comes in 50 feet, while the bus wire comes in 10 feet.

When you receive the materials you can finally build your DIY solar panel with the 3×6 cells. So, how exactly do you connect the 3×6 solar cells together with the PV wires? It’s easier than you think. It’s basically connecting the negative terminals to the positives in a huge array of PV cells and then you get one set of negative terminal and one set of positive terminal.

If you take a look at the front facing side of your cells, the blue side is the negative (-) side with 2 white bus bars. Behind the PV cells is the positive (+) side with 6 square white bus wires. To start the connection of the cells, you get the tabbing wire and cut in 6″ lengths and then using a soldering iron, solder the tabbing wire onto the negative side or blue side of the wafer. The PV cell has two bus bars, so you must tab both the bus bars with the tabbing wire.

After you’re done, grab another piece and turn both cells around exposing the positive sides. With the already tabbed unit, get the extended tabbing wire and solder it onto the new cell’s positive bus bars. After they are soldered on, they should connect together without falling apart. Next, you will need to build 4 arrays of 9 PV cells. Once you’re done with building each array, you connect them together with the bus wire at each end of the array. There will be three parts at which each array will break; you will need to solder the bus wire to those areas.

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