Green Air, The Way to Go

March 18th, 2010

Inhabitat: Prepare to be blown away: the latest addition to London’s skyline is a striking modern skyscraper that is heralded as the world’s first building with wind turbines built in! Nicknamed “The Razor”, the 148 meter-tall Strata tower is topped with a trio of turbines that will produce enough power to meet 8% of its energy needs.

We’ve seen skyscrapers studded with wind turbines before, but the Strata is the first building to integrate turbines directly into its facade. Developed and contracted by Brookfield Europe, the tower is a tricky engineering feat indeed, especially granted the gusty blasts of wind that construction crews had to deal with while raising it.

The Strata: World’s First Skyscraper With Built-In Wind Turbines [Inhabitat]

Posted by Steven Teo @ 12:37 AM | Design, Society & Environment | Article Link | 1 Comment
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One Response to “Green Air, The Way to Go”

Knobs says:

March 20, 2010 at 8:01 PM

If buildings can generate their own power to be used internally, that would perk up the Green Revolution, as nothing else.