Jan
15
Adobe Goes Green(er), Installs Wind Power
Powerhouse Adobe just installed 20 wind turbines at their San Jose headquarters! Pretty awesome… I love that giants like Adobe, Google, Dell and Intel are taking huge steps in the green movement. Green is good. Green is great. Green is also sexy. Okay, maybe I can’t pull off that last one without a giggle and smirk…
Anyway, since Adobe headquarters isn’t exactly located in an open field, there was a bit of improvisation. You know those gigantic, white, pinwheel wind turbines? Adobe didn’t install those. Rather, the company installed vertical generators called Windspires. These turbines feature a propeller-free design, which, in turn, allow easier integration amongst tight areas (such as metropolises). Although wind may be difficult to harvest in the city — with all the tall buildings and what not, Adobe installed these turbines on the 6th floor rooftop garden to take advantage of a wind tunnel that was created after a third tower was added to their San Jose campus.
According to NBC Bay Area, the Windspires at Adobe are only enough to power 10 average-sized homes. That’s nowhere near the amount of power needed for Adobe headquarters, but it’s a great start. Some of the energy generated by the turbines will even be powering the electric cars in the basement!
More information about Windspire can be found on their company website, http://www.mariahpower.com. Ha, I know… Mariah Power; it’s a rockin’ name. The company takes their name from the song, “They Call the Wind Mariah.” Mariah Carey was also named after that song — it’s from the Paint Your Wagon musical. Fancy how I know that, eh?
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