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From China, Solar-Powered Pergolas
In my rural area, you can buy ready-made sheds. You still need to prepare a foundation, and site the shed in an area accessible by the truck that will deliver it, but it's a popular-enough option that they're a common sight in yards.In China, a company called Ombra is producing a less utilitarian and more sophisticated version. The Ombra Solar Pergola is a pre-fab structure with glass walls and solar-panel-festooned louvers on the roof. The idea is that you can add extra outdoor living space (or for restaurants, dining space) that can generate its own electricity for lighting and climate control. The design is modular, so multiple units can be connected to create a contiguous interior space. As with those Boxabl pre-fab houses, my main gripe with this design is the flat roof. That's fine for Nevada or Arizona, but would be problematic, long-term, for any region that gets rain or snow. That hasn't stopped "design lovers" from lavishing praise on the structures; the Solar Pergola has won an iF Design Award, a Red Dot Design Award and the Gold Prize at this year's Milan Design Awards. Given the current state of international trade, fat chance we'll see these 'Stateside.
In my rural area, you can buy ready-made sheds. You still need to prepare a foundation, and site the shed in an area accessible by the truck that will deliver it, but it's a popular-enough option that they're a common sight in yards.
In China, a company called Ombra is producing a less utilitarian and more sophisticated version. The Ombra Solar Pergola is a pre-fab structure with glass walls and solar-panel-festooned louvers on the roof. The idea is that you can add extra outdoor living space (or for restaurants, dining space) that can generate its own electricity for lighting and climate control.
The design is modular, so multiple units can be connected to create a contiguous interior space.
As with those Boxabl pre-fab houses, my main gripe with this design is the flat roof. That's fine for Nevada or Arizona, but would be problematic, long-term, for any region that gets rain or snow.
That hasn't stopped "design lovers" from lavishing praise on the structures; the Solar Pergola has won an iF Design Award, a Red Dot Design Award and the Gold Prize at this year's Milan Design Awards.
Given the current state of international trade, fat chance we'll see these 'Stateside.
