Turbine blades get second wind in one-of-a-kind city building

Turbine blades get second wind in one-of-a-kind city building

The Niels Bohr parking garage was partially built using wind turbine blades saved from landfill

Wind turbines are essential to the global shift away from fossil fuels, but what happens when their blades reach the end of their service lifespan? Often, they end up in landfills, which obviously isn’t ideal. With that problem in mind, an architect has come up with a clever idea: using the retired rotor blades as a building material.

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Category: Architecture, Technology

Tags: Building and Construction, Recycled, Wind turbine, Parking