Rudy

 

 I was thinking the same thing when reading this, only people with plenty of excess green would want to spend money rotating 80 floors of a building, I’d be willing to bet the electrons are a lot less than .10 per KWH. Not joking here, why not rap the building in solar panels, it would definitely help during daylight operation. Actually I’m surprised no one has designed a building with cells on the outer wall surfaces, not just on the roof. It would sure expand the available surface area for solar exposure.

 

Jim

 

 

Jim,

 

Aside from wanting your input on how to keep the contact strips working efficiently, I’m surprised you don’t see this as green building. The only people who can afford to live there have to have a lot more of it than you or I (or anyone else with their finger up there nose for that matter) can ever hope to see.

 

Morphing with money ain’t my mainstay.

 

Rudy

 

Ralph

 

 Other than the use of “cement” (Ken explained to me over thirty years ago the difference) as the primary construction material, I don’t see where this would be that big a step in the evolution of high rise buildings. With the proper gear rations it doesn’t take that much of an electric motor to get a revolving floor in motion. I’ve seen a couple of the ones here in Houston, I don’t think they are over 20HP. All the utilities are in the core which for obvious reasons doesn’t revolve. Contact strips handle the power, and with the wireless control we have today, you can control the lighting same as a hardwire set up. It would sure be a waste of power, no “green” building here.

 

Jim