Posts for ‘Residential Wind’


The Basics of Wind Energy

Friday, Jun 26th, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
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Wind energy has been used for thousands of years to pump water, mill grains, and move ships across lakes and seas.  Windmills became a fairly standard fixture on farms across rural America during the 20th century.  Eventually, the windmill was used to generate electricity, and ultimately gave birth to more modern wind turbines in the [...]

TESS Collaborates with Studio 804 to Install Solar and Wind Systems

Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
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In a modest neighborhood near the Kansas University Medical Center, a new trend-setting home is generating almost all of its energy from solar and the wind.  The home was designed and built by Dan Rockhill and his students from the University of Kansas.  Studio 804, the university’s sustainable architecture program, is known for forward-thinking designs with [...]

Calculating the Lifetime Payback on Renewable Energy

Monday, May 4th, 2009 by Steve O'Rourke
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While many people love the idea of using clean, renewable energy from the sun and wind, they find the investment significant enough to think twice about the purchase.  The installed cost of a mid-sized wind turbine or solar photovoltaic (PV) system is about $20,000, and does not provide the same visibility or utility as a [...]

Net-Zero Energy Farm is Model for Sustainability

Saturday, Nov 1st, 2008 by Steve O'Rourke
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The Green Dirt Farm, located just north of Kansas City in Weston, Missouri, is a small community-based farm dedicated to producing healthy food in a sustainable environment.  The entire farm complex was designed to be a net-zero energy farmstead, producing 100 percent of the energy for the operation using a combination of solar and wind. [...]

Using Wind Energy in New Town at St. Charles

Thursday, Apr 10th, 2008 by Steve O'Rourke
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New Town, a mixed development of residential, retail and commercial, is a planned community with an emphasis on green living.  The entire 750-acre tract of prairie land was optimized to promote a five-minute walk anywhere within five neighborhood centers.  Homes are all built near lakes and canals, specifically designed to capture stormwater runoff from the [...]