Wind Mills
Or actually - finding a wind turbine - for electrification was one of the outcomes of a meeting Partizan Publik had with people from the Tolhuistuin about designing a self-powered Neighbourhood-Coffee-Bar-Bus.
1. Bus, Buiksloterham. 24 January 2010.
Inquiry with our friends from Design 99 in Detroit proved very usefull. Mitch Cope explained that for their Power House project they use the Air Breeze wind mill. Mitch also explained he's using a Deka 8a8d 225 amp/hr battery.
2. Power House by Design 99, 16 December 2009. Air Breeze on the roof.
3. Power House by Design 99, 16 December 2009. A Deka 8a8d 225 amp/hr battery.
In the Netherlands the Air Breeze is sold amongst others by Eco-Energy in Spaarndam. I remembered then that also artist Marjetica Portc did projects with wind turbines. She did a project at the Catherine Ferguson Academy in Detroit, but also more recently she did a project in collaboration with Vriza at the Piraeus buiilding in Amsterdam, entitled Wind Turbine and Look Out.
4. 'Look Out with Wind Turbine' by Marjectica Portc. 24 January 2010 Piraeus Building
5. 'Look Out with Wind Turbine' by Marjectica Portc. 24 January 2010 Piraeus Building
It will be an interesting assignment to figure out how to use a wind turbine for the electrification of the bus. But besides that we still have to do work on isolation, heating, the roof, the floor and furniture. Help and advise is more than welcome.
6. Bus, Buiksloterham. 24 January 2010.
7. Interior Bus, Buiksloterham. 24 January 2010.
8. Driver's Seat. 24 January 2010.
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