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First Wind Powered Federal Building

Posted by Hemos on from the woosh-woosh-blow dept.

Roached writes "I ran across an article in our local paper about the United States' first wind powered federal building. It mentions that although the facility will have a slightly higher cost per Kilowatt Hour, they will have the long term benefit of pollution free energy at a stable price."

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  1. intersting article by 216pi · · Score: 3, Informative

    there is a very intersting article from new scientist including pics about wind powered buildings..

  2. broken URL by Inominate · · Score: 3, Informative
    New URL, what kind of horrid site design is this where links change that often?


    http://www.pressconnects.com/tuesday/news/stories/ ne081302s10797.shtml

  3. Kilowatts vs. Kilowatt-hours by DavidYaw · · Score: 2, Informative
    The building now uses 500,000 kilowatts of energy per year.

    ...customers must purchase a minimum of... 200 kilowatts of power...

    Am I the only one that got really annoyed by their interchanging of kilowatt and kilowatt-hour? (For the non-electrical types: kilowatt is a measure of flow, not of total energy. Saying that a building uses 500,000 kilowatts per year is like saying that your car gets 20 miles per gallon per day. )