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> roofs of warehouses And parking lots.

• mschuster91 10y ago
  Parking lots are dangerous to build over, for two reasons: 1) people cannot drive. The amount of dents or other damage from incompetent drivers done to a concrete-built park house is crazy, I don't want to imagine the damage they'll do to tiny aluminium/steel constructions holding the panels 2) people cannot drive. They underestimate their vehicle height all the time - just google for "can opener bridge". Just a couple days ago a truck driver massively damaged the lighting in a Munich tunnel because he forgot that the excavator on the flatbed was higher than the truck...
  • Xylakant 10y ago
    > They underestimate their vehicle height all the time There's a simple way to fix that: Have a solid steel bar slightly lower than the max clearance at the entrance. People that can't drive will notice there without causing further damage.
    • kbenson 10y ago
      Not to mention multi-level parking lots, which have height restrictions imposed by the structure itself. I'm sure most people wouldn't mind having the top level covered as well.
  • devicenull 10y ago
    There is no reason to make them tiny: http://solairegeneration.com/project/rutgers-university/ http://solairegeneration.com/project/rutgers-university/ You just build the solar panel mounts like you would usually build lighting mounts (big concrete bases). Height is less of a concern in some parking lots (where it's virtually all cars)