| The AeroCam makes every high rise a potential generation station. Until now, entering the wind energy market has been prohibitive due to the real estate requirements; cost to purchase, install, and maintain turbines; and noise, size, and visual pollution associated with conventional horizontal axis wind turbines. The BroadStar AeroCam, however, is pioneering a new market for power generation – urban wind. Within the canyons of typical downtown environments, powerful wind drafts are created as the air hits building surfaces and moves upward. The AeroCam can handle the turbulence of these built-up environments, making it ideal for placement atop familiar and abundant urban structures, such as high-rise buildings, commercial rooftops, and parking garage structures. It is small enough to fit easily around rooftop perimeters, capturing the wind currents at their point of highest velocity. The AeroCam can reliably extract energy from currents as gentle as 6 mph to winds in excess of 80 mph.
The physics of airflow make the AeroCam ideal for low-rise buildings. The AeroCam is also an ideal power generation solution for low-rise urban and suburban environments, such as office buildings, warehouse complexes, corporate or college campus structures, shopping malls, and freestanding retail sites. To optimize both energy generation and aesthetics, the AeroCam can be concealed within architectural enclosures that may be used to concentrate airflows to increase the wind speed – producing even greater energy productivity and efficiency and, as a result, deliver a faster return on investment. |
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