Architectural Wind AVX1000
Architectural Wind is a small, modular wind turbine system designed for installation on buildings in urban and suburban areas.
By eliminating the support tower to reduce noise and vibration and creating an adaptable housing that installs quickly and easily onto buildings without penetrating the roof, AV defines a new category of wind energy systems that adds value to buildings and demonstrates clean energy at work.
With a stylish series of efficient and low profile wind turbines, property owners can integrate Architectural Wind™ systems easily into new and existing buildings. See the case studies for Boston’s Logan International Airport, New Jersey Adventure Aquarium, and the Kettle Foods Factory.
Whereas photovoltaic systems are typically located on rooftops, out of sight, Architectural Wind is designed to install easily onto the building parapet, operating in plain sight as an attractive complement to the building's architecture. Additionally, based on its proprietary system design, Architectural Wind turbines rotate at low wind speeds, resulting in a form of "kinetic architecture" that communicates clearly the generation of clean energy. Working alone or in tandem with other renewable energy technologies, Architectural Wind is designed to offer an attractive return on investment and cost per kW of installed capacity
Here’s how it works. When wind hits the side of a building, it travels upward at an increased rate of speed. As a result, the wind patterns at a building’s parapet generate more energy than those on the flat section of a roof, and that means more energy. For instance, this increase in wind speed can result in up to a 30% increase in energy production. Architectural Wind takes advantage of this “chimney effect” of rapidly rising wind by mounting our wind turbines on the parapets of buildings rather than on their roofs.
Downloads:
Cabazon Yield Data – this report summarises the yield and wind data for a single AVX1000 turbine at the Cabazon site in California.
You can watch the Architectural Wind turbines in action in the Winds of Change Video:
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