Israel: On the roof, wind turbines to bring power

Tel Aviv residents are likely to encounter a new sight on local rooftops in the coming years. No longer will there just be the walls and fences on high-rise rooftops that currently surround the various devices and machinery, but there will also be wind turbine farms that will supply part of the building’s electricity needs.

One Tel Aviv high-rise building will soon install wind turbines from the Alte Company, which develops methods for utilizing alternative energies in high-rise buildings. This will be an experimental project, in which the ability to exploit wind

energy will be used to supply part of the building’s electricity needs.
This weekend there will be an opportunity to get acquainted with the concept of utilizing wind energy in residential buildings, as part of the “Batim Mibifnim” (houses from within) project in Tel Aviv. It will enable visits to different homes throughout the city, and provide a chance to see various architectural projects. Alte Company representatives will show imaging of the project in their offices and explain its principles.

According to the company’s founders, Architect Erez Elah and economist Guy Shahar, they are in contact with several developers to build wind turbines on several future homes in the city. They also hope to export the idea to other countries, and to obtain approval to build such a turbine farm on a state-of-the-art building to be built in Louisville, Kentucky.

Haaretz