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SYSTEMS
AeroShade
TM
LIFE is bringing you green wind energy.
Project Manager: Mindy Sanchez
Lead Design: Stephen Arlington
Market Executive: Joe Munchel
Research Development: Lindsay Master
Problem Statement
The goal of our team is to build and
develop an architecturally appealing
integrated wind system that can be either
retrofitted to existing buildings or added to
new buildings.
 This product will also utilize and
incorporate existing C/S products and
customer base.
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Research
HAWT (Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine)
 VAWT (Vertical Axis Wind Turbine)
-Savonius
-Giromill
-Darrieus
 Wind Belt
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Genzyme Science Center
Framingham, MA
 230,000-square-foot
 Worcester, MA:
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◦ Average yearly wind speed: 10.9 mph
Mechanics of the AeroShade
TM
Advantages of the AeroShade
TM
•Easily retrofitted
•Aesthetically pleasing and discrete
•Uses Construction Specialties product
•CS Sun Control blades
•Customizability
•Substitute turbines with sun control blades
Results
BEFORE
AFTER
Return on Investment
AeroShade Cost Calculator
TM
•Uses Input Variables
•Cost per kWh
•Wind speed
•Number of Floors
•Building Area
•Sections of Aeroshade per Floor
•Years Installed
•Genzyme Science Center
•$ .177
•5 m/s
•6 Floors
•230,000 sqft
•175 Sections
•After 20 Years…
•Produces Cost/Output Results •Return On Investment
•Output per Installment
•% Energy Reduction
•Energy Savings per Year
•Years to Payoff Initial Costs
•Profit/Deficit after X years
•90,300 kWh per Year
•3.93% Reduction
•$15,985
•9.59 years
•$166,400 Profit
References
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http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/65/1/How-windturbines-work.html
http://www.windturbine-analysis.netfirms.com/
http://www.symscape.com/blog/vertical_axis_wind_turbine
http://www.awea.org/faq/vawt.html
http://www.ecologic-power.com/wind/vertical-axisturbine.php
http://www.urbangreenenergy.com/turbine.php?id=4
http://www.reuk.co.uk/Windbelt-Cheap-Micro-WindGenerator.htm
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/online/ccd/avgwind.html
http://www.genzyme.com
Acknowledgements
Construction Specialties
 John Klinger
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Thank you for the opportunity to work on
this Design Project.