Rooftop and Urban Wind
This category is primarily about how not to or where not to install wind turbines–of any size. There are legitimate urban wind installations. These are typically commercial-scale turbines sited to best advantage within urban agglomerations. However, there is an unfortunate proliferation of “rooftop urban wind” projects that are nothing more than architectural greenwashing.
Wind turbines at Boston’s Museum of Science
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Ben Polito
It was interesting to compare the behavior of the various turbines.
New US Rooftop Wind Turbine Lab
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The Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Science, is installing a rooftop Wind Turbine Lab in the summer of 2009.
Small-scale wind turbines in cities and suburbs
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Presentation at the CanWEA conference i 2007 by S. Tullis at McMaster University.
Aerovironment’s AVX 1000 Rooftop Turbines at Logan Airport
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Paul Gipe
AeroVironment has installed 20 units of its AVX 1000 rooftop turbines on a building at Boston’s Logan International Airport. The 20 kW installation, part of what AeroViron[ment calls its “architectural wind system” contributed to the building’s obtaining a LEED Gold certification.
Building Integrated Wind
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Paul Gipe
Related to the interest in rooftop mounting of small wind turbines is that of integrating wind turbines into the building structure itself.
