Green Wind Power Tower in Argentina
Latin America already has the first green building, the Céfira Tower, located on Mar del Plata, a seaside town in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
The building has been named after Cérifo, the Greek god of the winds because it can get power form the sea wind thanks to a windmill placed on the flat roof. The turbine can generate 4,5 kilowatts of wind power, more than enough to cover the needs of the share spaces.
Besides the wind generator, the tower makes the most of the sunlight, because 80% of the facade is pure glass. The building also has intelligent lights that automatically turn off when they aren’t needed.
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The whole idea of this green building was developed by two young engineers Francisco Moreno Ocampo (29 years old) and Franco Tocagni (28), and the project was completed in a year.
The building, which is already habitable, has seven floors and all the apartments have an excellent view of the sea. The apartments cost about the same price as a regular building next to the sea, which means that something ecological is not necessary expensive. The construction company assures that they will give each owner a handbook about taking care of the environment.
Most of the apartments are already sold and the Ocampo & Toagni ares thinking about making similar buildings in Uruguay and Turkey.
Via | LaNación
Image Mauro V. Rizzi | La nación
Another example of how the rest of the world seems to understand what the leadership in Washington does not.
Yankees found oil in Gulf of Mexico - All environmental bets are off! Hummers will make a come-back! Watch for Caddies big enough to use Smart cars for spare tires, and Suburbans with V-12 engines for housewives to go shopping! There is no turning back now! Gain weight, get a Mack truck for your commute in safety and scrap that Asian car while you still can! Goddamn! We will eat corn fed beef forever! Our Asses will be so big we will have to hire Chinamen to wipe them! McMansions were a trial run! Walk-in fridges for all! bowling allies in every house, indoor pools, outdoor pools, even servants quarters complete with dance-pole for the young girls and as massage parlor in every household! We need servants, Lots of servants, can’t be black anymore, willing to try yellow? America boom times from the Gulf of Mexico, wee wee wee all the way home!
Interesting.
But before blessing this project I would like to know what kind of insulation and covers they use for the windows which form 80% of the building sides. If not taken into account this problem would result in huge expenses in temperature regulation both in winter end summer.