Bornay Two Blade Small Wind Turbines By Preston

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Bornay Two-Blade Small Wind Turbines

from Green Building : Jetson Green by Preston

It’s been a while since I’ve seen anything new in the world of small wind, but I recently noticed that Bornay turbines from Spain are now distributed in the United States.  The company has several models, including two-blade models rated at 600 watts, 1500 watts, and 3000 watts, and a three-blade model rated at 6000 watts.  The Bornay 1500, for example, is about a nine-foot turbine that weighs 90 pounds and cuts in at winds of six mph.  The 1500-watt kit is sold for $20,000 by Electrex Industrial Services.

[+] Video: how Bornay produces small wind turbines.

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Bright Cargo Container Casa in Chile By Preston

Bright Cargo Container Casa in Chile

By Preston Topics: Container Design, Modern architecture Comments (1)

This bright orange home was made with two 40-foot and three 20-foot shipping containers in Santiago, Chile.  Due to our publication of various shipping container homes, the architect, Rubén Rivera Peede, shared Liray House with Jetson Green recently, and you’ll find more vibrant photos and a floor plan below.

As background, the owners wanted an earthquake-resistant home at an affordable price, and Peede was able to deliver a design to suit those needs using the container units as the structure.  Proyecto ARQtainer built Liray House in three months for about $75,000 USD.

The three short containers have the living room and kitchen, while the two long containers have the bedrooms and bathrooms.  The home was raised off the ground and plumbing was placed in the crawl space.

Original container flooring was removed and replaced with hardwood flooring.  Existing container doors were used to structure the balconies.  The builder installed energy-efficient windows, insulated the walls and ceiling with spray-applied cellulose to avoid thermal and acoustic bridges, and then finished the interior with drywall.

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