Building-Integrated Wind Turbines

While building-integrated wind turbines do not produce as much renewable energy as their larger tower-mounted counterparts, building-integrated wind turbines provide a very visible, dynamic demonstration of renewable energy technology. At the LEED Silver certified Global Institute of Sustainablility at Arizona State University, home of the nation’s first school of sustainability, parapet mounted horizontal axis wind turbines provide a dynamic renewable energy technology that is readily understood by building occupants and visitors. In spite of the larger energy output of the roof mounted solar array, everyone talks about the turbines.