Green Options » green tower http://greenoptions.com/tag/green-tower Posts tagged 'green tower' Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:03:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Green Wind Power Tower in Argentina http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/09/green-wind-power-tower-in-argentina/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/09/green-wind-power-tower-in-argentina/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:03:35 +0000 Martín Cagliani http://ecoworldly.com/2008/09/09/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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