Wind Power. At one time, it was ineffficient. At one time, it was too expensive. Not anymore.
Eco Bottom Line is a proud distributor of The Urban Turbine. Traditional wind turbines are impractical for most uses. They require a great deal of space, do not produce much electricity for their cost, are a nuisance to birds, and are generally not a good renewable energy source.
The Urban Turbine changes everything.
The Urban Turbine is a low profile generator that does not use large diameter blades mounted atop large towers. Thus the low profile eliminates objections about visual blight, noisy blades, limitations in rooftop loadings, dangers of catastrophic failure of turbines mounted atop tall buildings, permitting problems, installation problems, and other issues. Mounting an Urban Turbine on any city rooftop presents no more of a logistical challenge than air conditioning units, water storage tanks, or supplies needed during building construction.
The Urban Turbine is a “plug and play” wind generator that, once mounted on a rooftop, can easily be connected to the building’s electrical system using a net metering inverter. As soon as the connection is made, the Urban Turbine is ready to deliver efficient, low maintenance power to the building. The Urban Turbine is effective in low wind conditions as well as in winds that would require a traditional wind turbine to shut down. Even areas of the country where wind is traditionally scarce can benefit from the "chimney effect" created by wind blowing through, over and around buildings in urban environments. In some urban areas where the street level wind averages only 5 miles per hour, this chimney effect might produce winds in excess of 20 miles per hour on certain rooflines. Winds at those levels are sufficient to make the Urban Turbine a great investment.
Adding to the attraction of the Urban Turbine is the fact that if a building’s electrical needs grow beyond the capacity of the first turbine, additional turbines can be stacked on top of each other. This provides extraordinary opportunities for architects to build Urban Turbines into the building design, whether it is on the roofs of smaller buildings, apartment houses, and office towers or on building corners of skyscrapers where immense wind power is available.
To see if your building is a good candidate for the Urban Turbine, please contact us.
The Urban Turbine changes everything.
The Urban Turbine is a low profile generator that does not use large diameter blades mounted atop large towers. Thus the low profile eliminates objections about visual blight, noisy blades, limitations in rooftop loadings, dangers of catastrophic failure of turbines mounted atop tall buildings, permitting problems, installation problems, and other issues. Mounting an Urban Turbine on any city rooftop presents no more of a logistical challenge than air conditioning units, water storage tanks, or supplies needed during building construction.
The Urban Turbine is a “plug and play” wind generator that, once mounted on a rooftop, can easily be connected to the building’s electrical system using a net metering inverter. As soon as the connection is made, the Urban Turbine is ready to deliver efficient, low maintenance power to the building. The Urban Turbine is effective in low wind conditions as well as in winds that would require a traditional wind turbine to shut down. Even areas of the country where wind is traditionally scarce can benefit from the "chimney effect" created by wind blowing through, over and around buildings in urban environments. In some urban areas where the street level wind averages only 5 miles per hour, this chimney effect might produce winds in excess of 20 miles per hour on certain rooflines. Winds at those levels are sufficient to make the Urban Turbine a great investment.
Adding to the attraction of the Urban Turbine is the fact that if a building’s electrical needs grow beyond the capacity of the first turbine, additional turbines can be stacked on top of each other. This provides extraordinary opportunities for architects to build Urban Turbines into the building design, whether it is on the roofs of smaller buildings, apartment houses, and office towers or on building corners of skyscrapers where immense wind power is available.
To see if your building is a good candidate for the Urban Turbine, please contact us.
