Inside2Outside announce 2011 Competition

It is with great pleasure that Inside2Outside are able to announce their 2011 Competition and prize. The competition is completely unique from any previous competition Inside2Outside has run, and the prize reflects this.

Inside2Outsides sister company SKYShades UK have a Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2011. SKYShades has kindly agreed to allow Inside2Outside to use some of the garden as prizes for the winners of Inside2Outside’s 2011 competition.

The Show Garden is being designed by Marney Hall, a multi-award winner at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden will have Tensile PV powering some of its features, and will be a good showcase of the Tensile PV technology.

There will be two overall prizes, one will win the Herb Garden and the other will win the Meadow and Wildlife Border from the show garden.

There are four design categories; the winners of each will receive £50 garden centre vouchers donated by Inside2Outside. The categories are: Wildlife, Flower, vegetable and sustainable. There will also be prizes for the short listed finalists generously donated by our charity partner Orangutan Foundation.

To enter the Competition applicants will be asked to design a 10m by 10m garden. They will be asked to provide a full colour drawing or painting of their design. The entries will be short listed and then judged by Marney Hall.

The 2010 winner of the competition won a free Qube Canopy from Inside2Outside, and Inside2Outside continue to reward schools for their excellent work with the yearly competition. The 2011 competition will be launched in early 2011.

Inside2Outside are experts in the design, manufacture and installation of canopies, shelters and walkways. They have been installing canopies for over 10 years, and their trademark Qube Canopy is synonymous with quality. Thanks to some exciting developments in the solar power industry, Inside2Outside can now combine their canopies with thin-film photovoltaics. This exciting new product is called Tensile PV.

Solar Power - Enhance your Canopy

Thanks to some fantastic technology, Inside2Outside are able to apply thin-film solar panels onto our canopies. The joining of solar power with tensile membrane structures makes perfect sense, after all, why not capture the rays of sun that hit the canopy roof to generate power?

As a result of this power can be generated by the canopies. This gives the canopies some unique benefits to the customer - the customer can generate electricty which they can use to reduce energy bills. As well as this, the customer can generate an income from the energy produced thanks to the Government Feed-In-Tariff scheme which guarantees to pay the producer of the renewable energy for a number of years!

Not only do you get these benefits from the solar panels, but you will also get the advantages from having a canopy providing shade and shelter for all weather outside.

Why choose a canopy

Canopies and tensile membrane structures are an increasingly popular choice of building as a more spacious, sturdy and aesthetically pleasing alternative to a regular building.

Why are conpies so popular, and so well used?

There are a number of reasons why. As mentioned earlier, they are aesthetically pleasing, and due to the make up of the structure they can be built and installed very quickly. Further to this, canopies allow those using them to enjoy the outdoors in all weathers. Canopies from Inside2Outside protect from the harmful UV rays of the sun whilst still letting light through to allow the area underneath the canopy to be cool and light. Not only this in rain, the canopy being waterproof will prevent those underneath getting wet.

The flexible nature of the tensile membrane material means that a whole range of shapes and sizes of canopies can be made. From very small up to airport roof's, the potential for canopies is enormous.

Inside2Outside have been manufacturing canopies for many years and are advancing the canopies they design, manufacture and install. With our be-spoke canopies that come with a range of optional extras we fill the nedds of our customers.

Check out the various canopies we offer by looking at the product pages or by looking at the galleries and see how tensile membrane structures from Inside2Outside can be the ideal solution for your outdoor covered area needs.

 

Smoking Shelters

The smoking shelter is a modified version of our Qube structure and comes with a safe and practical solution which is fire retardant. Though there is no obligation to provide outdoor covered space for smkoers, we understand that most proprietors regard them as essential, which is why our smoking shelters feature Plexiglas half side to give smokers all the benefits of the Qube as well as protection from the elements in line with new legislation.

What's more, they're designed to your exact needs to make the most of your chosen needs. We believe that this makes our shelters completely unique and a great long-lasting alternative to the ready-made structures available elsewhere

View Inside2Outside Videos on YoutTube

Find Inside2Outside on You Tube to see more about the products we offer as well as the installation process. As part of Inside2Outside continuing development we are going to be adding further videos to our You Tube channel.

Tell us what you think about Inside2Outside's videos by finding us on You Tube!

Carbon Reduction and Solar Farms

Carbon Reduction
Reducing our Carbon Footprint is essential today. In most places carbon
emissions from electricity usage are the greatest carbon footprint
component. Green energy, such as Solar Power will lower the carbon
footprint considerably.

There are a number of factors which can affect how much you reduce
your Carbon Footprint. These factors include:

• Type of Tensile PV chosen
• Size of Tensile PV installed
• How you manage your power usage

Utilising Tensile PV to reduce your Carbon Footprint will help to reduce Carbon emissions and help to achieve the Government’s aim of reducing Carbon emissions greatly.

Solar Farms

Using Tensile PV as a solar farm is a fantastic way to cover large areas with Solar Power. The Tensile PV can be spread across huge areas and provide an ideal area to utilise as a Solar Farm. Solar Farms offer a cost-effective and attractive way of covering large spaces with Photovoltaics. It is ideal for farmers or those with vast areas of unused land. With a solar farm you are able to:

• Utilise unused space to generate an income
• Store electricity for personal use
• Electricity generated can reduce energy bills

Customer Satisfaction

Keeping out customers happy is one of, if not the most important thing when it comes to business. Inside2Outside upholds this ideal to exceptional standards.

In line with this Inside2Outside in launching a new customer satisfaction form which will be send to customers after they have had thier canopy installed.

Why has Inside2Outside done this?

As a company Inside2Outside are dedicated in giving their customers the best possible service available. The new customer satisfaction form will allow customers to express their views on all matters from their initial involvement with the company to the installation.

Doing this will not only continue to improve and maintain cgood customer relations but also ensure Inside2Outside provides an exceptional and ever increasing standard of service.

Look out for the new customer satisfaction form for April.

 

I2O Competition 2011

Plans are already in place for the 2011 competition.

This years competition saw the winner recieve a free school canopy. The prize for the 2011 competition is extremely exciting and falls in line with the fantastic developments Inside2Outside are currently in the process of implementing.

The prize will remain secret until the competition is launched, but it is truly worth entering. Keep tuned to find out more news about the up coming competition as it comes on.

Tenisle PV Press Release

Inside2Outside are leaders in the design, manufacture and installation of canopies, shelters and walkways. Inside2Outside have added to their existing range of products with the introduction of Tensile Photovoltaics (Tensile PV) which combines the tensile membrane material with photovoltaics (solar power).

What is it?

Tensile PV is a simple combination of Tensile Membrane Fabric with photovoltaics. Our Tensile PV uses thin-film, lightweight and flexible PV with our tensile membrane structures. Ideal applications of it are:
• Canopies
• Walkways
• Roofs

There are a number of options out there for those interested in solar power. Large, bulky photovoltaics are commonly available from many places. However, there are key characteristics that make Tensile PV stand out from other solar options.

Why Tensile PV?

Not only do you reap all of the benefits of having a shade structure, in that you receive protection from the sun, rain, snow and wind, but you gain added benefits from the photovoltaics. How?
• It produces renewable energy that will generate an income through the Government Feed-In-Tariff scheme (www.energysavingtrust.org.uk for more information)
• It saves money on electricity bills
• It is lightweight, flexible and aesthetically pleasing
• It has unique characteristics; generating electricity from lower light levels than previous PV available; meaning it is less reliant on the sun to be able to produce electricity, and thus ideally suited to the UK
• Tensile PV can reduce your Carbon Footprint
• It is future proof – keep your system up to date with Tensile PV

Further to this, schools can use Tensile PV to aid them with their curriculum and help them to achieve sustainable schools status. Tensile PV is an exciting, new product which brings a range of benefits to those who use it.

Tensile PV Canopies can pay for themselves

• Our structures save energy by providing shade
• Harvest energy from the sun as electrical energy for your own use or for the national grid
• Use electricity produced to reduce your energy bills

Inside2Outside providing schools with free canopies that generate renewable energy

Forward thinking schools WANTED for funded pilot projects

Inside2Outside is putting its money where its mouth is. Inside2Outside are looking to provide the installation of a number of Tensile PV canopies throughout the country to prove the concept. All we ask in return is that you let us use the data for our research and use your installation to publicise how well the product is doing.

This would make an ideal National Curriculum Project – your year groups can interrogate all the data obtained for the project (All data collected from the Tensile PV structure). It will aid your:

- Sustainable Curriculum
- Mathematics Curriculum
- Science Curriculum
- Geography Curriculum
Why not access data from other schools in the UK taking part in the project to compare geographical variances. You can use this information to discuss/teach the reasons for your regional variances. Teach/learn/discern the other benefits of a canopy, e.g. solar shade, insulation and how these facts can affect power use within a classroom.

A number of other solar companies are offering to install solar panels free into schools and homes. This is paid for by the Feed-In-Tariff scheme and the companies will make a lot of money from the scheme. This is a good idea and it will help those who don’t have access to credit, to benefit from solar power. However, it is much more beneficial (to schools in particular) to purchase the system and to collect their FIT’s.

Please do contact us if you would like to discuss this. We will send out one of our area managers for your project. They will work with you and your local authority to determine the size and location of your new covered outdoor area to suit your needs best.

We are offering free panels, but we are also offering outdoor covered areas, paid by the electricity harvested by the structure and you retain the ownership of structure. Plus, of course, your school will benefit from the FREE use of our outdoor structures. The canopy can bring you benefits such as a:
- Shaded Area
- Covered Car Park
- Outdoor Eating Area
- Outdoor Play Area and more...
For more information contact Inside2Outside on 01480 498297, or email admin@inside2outside.co.uk or visit our website www.inside2outside.co.uk