segunda-feira, agosto 25, 2008

grande ano, 1976

além do meu nascimento, em 76...

... a band of architects, community activists and volunteers - some of whom had to be plied with beer, one activist recalls - managed to equip a five-story apartment building at 519 e. 11th st. with solar panels and a 40-foot windmill. the solar panels heated the building's water, and the 2-kilowatt windmill, hooked into the main electric grid, powered the lights in the hallways and lobby - a move that simultaneously conserved energy and unnerved con edison, architect travis price recalled.


"we wanted to show that renewable energy could work in an urban scenario", said price, who now works in washington.

tá?

e só semana passada o prefeito bloomberg sugeriu que moinhos de vento poderiam ser instalados em topo de arranha-céus em manhattan.

via ny post.

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