Solar Solutions for both Commercial and Residential

Wine Storage
Recent advances in the building industry now makes it possible to rapidly construct buildings that maintain their internal cool climate while being completely powered by the sun. Our Solar-Cool buildings are the solution for vintners who are looking for an alternative to building underground caverns and cellars for the storage of wine.

Our buildings are highly secure, modular expandable, energy efficient and energy producing. This means they can operate in remote locations. Near the power grid, electrical energy not consumed by the air conditioning loads can be used on-site to run pumps and lights or sold to the local power company. The sun which grows the grape also aids in its production, processing and storage.

Our buildings are built on a concrete slab with tilt -up modular concrete walls or insulated oriented strand board wall panels.

A variety of floor plans exist from 20’ x 40’ to 40’ x 60’ and up. Floors can also have central drains. The insulated tilted roof has a southern exposure for the solar energy equipment.

A variety of modular wall panels, doors, skylights and low-energy light fixtures comprise the structural elements of the building. These include:

• Modular electric and water utility cores.
• Insulated Roll-up doors for easy access.
• Natural Daylight skylights.
• Low Energy Full-Spectrum fluorescent lights.

The building can store more than just wine in barrels. It can store vegetables, fruits and other perishables. It could house a whole food-processing operation, not to mention office and laboratory. Our objective is to provide a cool storage facility designed for the wine industry. We are ready to meet with you and discuss your particular requirements for your winery.

As general contractors, we are also available to help you retrofit and refurnish your existing facilities.