Clean Energy Structures
Our Mission
How we do it
we maximize energy generation and minimize energy consumption in the built environment.
What we do
It produces structures with free electricity, or, electricty with a free structure.
Integrated Solar
Robot Manufactured
Container Delivery
Expandable & Reconfigurable
Low Impact
Built by You
Generating New Ideas. Solving Big Problems.
A hydronic heating and cooling system can run through the Iron Matrix structure storing excess energy in thermal mass.
Iron Matrix can generate and store energy cheaper than fossil fuels.
Iron Matrix Home can Generate
kWh of electricity per day
dollars saved on annual Energy Bills
and kilograms of C02 each year
Why we’re different
In 2017, solar panels became cheaper than structural plywood. However, traditional building structures would stress a solar panel in unacceptable ways. Tempered glass can not be cut or subject to tension or compression.
Iron Matrix was designed to be a lower cost, strong structural steel framework that allows solar panels to be mounted directly to it.
Interior designs can be fully customized to create the look and feel of any traditional home.
The Iron Matrix Prototype
The structure was built to ‘lock-up’ in 100 days by only 2 people in 2017/18. No cranes, no scaffolding and no heavy equipment. All materials were transported down a 300 meter dirt track on a trailer behind a four wheel drive.
There are 41 solar panels in total. 30 on the North-East and North-West walls. It is estimated that these panels will have ~50% efficiency but are effectively free given they are as cheap as almost all other cladding materials. 11 more panels are used as solar awnings to provide ~30kWh of energy per day.
The prototype home will be 100% off-grid with a hydronic HVAC system and a 24 Volt DC power system throughout. It is located in a bushfire hazard zone (BAL 12.5) and will collect all rainwater.
Patented Design
The patented structural steel parts are removed from within the structure to create rooms during or after construction. Foundations are made from the same Iron Matrix steel parts, cut to suit the topography of any site.
Flexible
Expandable
They understand the energy of yesterday and the energy of tomorrow.
Futurist
Legendary futurists Tony Seba predicted the precipitous drop in solar energy generation cost. His new report 'Rethinking Humanity' once again looks into the future and cites #IronMatrix You can read the whole report here; https://www.rethinkx.com/humanity
Laying the Foundations
Our first residential project will a full solar roof is well underway. Foundations are all in within 2 weeks and ahead of schedule. This was a site with an unknown quantity of granite and clay but the piled foundations allow us to put an Iron Matrix foundation down on...
StoryBox
A single Iron Matrix cube with 8 square meters of LED screens on either side. This is to be used as an interactive 'space activation' piece outside Parramatta Train Station.
Scam Alert
It has come to our attentions that people are being solicited to invoice customers in the US on behalf of Iron Matrix. Please note that we currently do not operate in the United States. These email have been originating from emails @LronMatrix.com. The lower case "L"...
Battery Boxes
Iron Matrix steel used to make Standalone Power Systems (SPS) for off grid power generation and storage. 100% modular, transportable and hand built and installed without any cranes, earth works or heavy equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJF96xtM1fM
An Iron Matrix Suburb
Here's what an off grid Iron Matrix would look like and how we complete the renderings. 2 hours work compressed into 3 minutes. Music by Tom Wolf - I Need to Let You Go https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLudKfiHfww