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.
Urban Wind Field Trials in Great Britain
By
Paul Gipe
The following documents were made available to the public in Great Britain. They refer to the field trials of several dozen micro and mini wind turbines installed on buildings in urban and rural areas.
Wind Turbines for use in Cities and Suburbs: Basic Wind Physics
By
Stephen Tullis
Presentation by Stephen Tullis, McMaster University.
Small-scale wind turbines in cities and suburbs: Current practice
By
Stephen Tullis
In this presentation, Stephen Tullis of McMaster University calls attempts to use Vertical-Axis Wind Turbines in urban environments “promising,” but notes they are too new to conclude much.
Wind Power Production in the Urban Environment
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Technical paper by S. Tullis and his students at McMaster University examining the wind flow around and over buildings. The work was funded by the Ontario’s Centres of Excellence.
Rooftop Wind Turbines at Montreal’s Biosphere
By
Paul Gipe
The building houses exhibition on water and now on energy. There are two wind turbines installed on the roof as shown in the photos below.
Cleveland’s Urban Wind Turbine
By
Paul Gipe
Cleveland’s Great Lakes Science Center installed a 225 kW Vestas V27 wind turbine in 2006 on the city’s harbor front …
