{"id":14139,"date":"2012-01-30T12:28:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sustainablog.org\/?p=14139"},"modified":"2012-01-30T12:28:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-30T18:28:17","slug":"used-shipping-container-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/used-shipping-container-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning a Used Shipping Container into a Factory: re:char's Reused Production Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So what can you do with an old shipping container? Start an indoor farm<\/a>? Build a mobile strip mall<\/a>? These are just a couple of the more unique ideas I’ve come across; there are many<\/em> others.<\/p>\n

This weekend, while reading Fast Company<\/em>‘s interview with\u00a0Jason Aramburu<\/a>, the CEO of re:char, I was struck by (among other things) the company’s design for a shipping container-based factory for its “Climate Kilns<\/a>” (“a small pyrolysis system capable of generating biochar or fuel charcoal”). The idea’s ultimately very practical: according to Aramburu, “In places like rural Africa, it’s really hard to import and transport finished goods efficiently,” so the social enterprise start-up decided to create a mobile production space for its signature product that could be moved to the places where re:char would sell its kilns.<\/p>\n

So. how do you turn a shipping container into a factory? re:char’s CTO Luke Iseman did a presentation at Austin’s Dorkbot in December, and shared it on the company blog<\/a>\u00a0(where you can also just look at his slides if you prefer):<\/p>\n