Wind Mill Redux

AeroVironment, Inc.: Media Player: Winds of Change Video

Remember how there used to be small homegrown windmills in farmhouses in the last century. They are coming back, with mighty leaps in technology, and are set to adorn your high rise.
The "Architectural Wind® Building-Integrated Energy Generation System" - a system by AeroVironment Inc. which takes a new approach to harnessing wind power using low-profile turbines designed to maximize electricity generation by taking advantage of the way wind flows over certain types of buildings. This small, modular wind turbine system designed for installation on buildings in urban and suburban areas. By eliminating the support tower, reducing noise and vibration, and creating a sleek and adaptable, modular 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 sleek, color-matched series of specially designed, highly efficient and low profile wind turbines, property owners can integrate Architectural Wind™ systems easily into new and existing buildings. Read on here