• The Strata Tower in London powered by inbuilt wind turbines

  • Strata.jpgThe Strata Tower in London is sparkling new and has made a point to take the breath away of people who come across it. Well, besides just looking great, the tower in the city of London is a green building too, incorporating the use of wind energy to power it up. And no, it doesn’t need any of those gigantic wind turbines set around it for its clean energy. The Strata Tower accommodates three in built turbines that grasp the way the wind blows and power up the building. Standing 147 meters high, the building adds a lot of green to the city skyline. The £113.5m Strata is just the first of two more towers like it to follow. The turbines aren’t really noisy at all, and do not cause residents to stuff balls of cotton in their ears. The Strata’s wind turbines manage to generate enough energy to satisfy 8% of the 43-storey building’s energy needs.


    Incorporating wind turbines like these in a building’s design has never been put across so efficiently before, making the Strata Tower in London a symbol of green energy usability.
    [guardian]

    Posted in Topics:Architecture, Tags: , on July 21, 2010