UH Manoa Wind Turbine
from the University of Hawai`i Website…
The PacWind SeaHawk vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) is being donated by the Energy Management Group to UH Manoa for installation on the roof of Saunders Hall, home to the Sustainable Saunders Initiative – a collaborative effort among faculty and students to pursue workplace sustainability.
“This is a small demonstration and testing site that is vital to move UH Manoa to the forefront of research and education in these fields”, said Professor David Nixon, chair of the Steering Committee for the Sustainable Saunders Initiative and Professor in the Social Sciences Public Policy Center.
“We’re grateful and excited about this incredible new technology,” said Shanah Trevenna, student coordinator for the Initiative.
Richard Figliuzzi, President of Energy Management Group noted that, “We’re pleased to support the Sustainable Saunders Initiative. It’s a great opportunity to contribute to a program with the viable prospect of substantial outcomes including education for tomorrow’s leaders, research and renewable energy for UH Manoa in a rigorous physical and intellectual environment. We’ll be gaining valuable real-world experience with our vertical axis wind turbine. After our study, there is the prospect that the educational-scale program can likely be ‘scaled-up’ to match facility-scale specifications.”
Original link to official press release:
http://www.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhnews?20080227114112
