【Prizes｜獎項】Distinction｜優選

【Country/Region｜國家或地區】Taiwan｜台灣

【Group/Designer｜設計團隊/設計師】Ming Chi University of Technology / National Taipei University of Education｜明志科技大學 / 國立臺北教育大學: Lin Yu He｜林于禾, Li Chih Yun｜李旨昀, Wu Yi Chen｜吳宜蓁, Chen Zih Jin｜陳姿妗, Chuang Chu An｜莊筑安

【Description｜作品介紹】

Problems caused by today's wind farms. It will produce low frequency noise causing health problems. The next ecological impact is that flying animals can be killed by the blades of the turbines. In addition, wind turbines need to be installed at a certain height, range and orientation to produce a steady flow of wind. Finally, large areas of land or sea are required. Whirl, which utilizes wind and sun to generate electricity, is small and noiseless, and can be installed in windows or on the exterior walls of homes in a modular fashion. Wind blowing on the elastic body of the vertical cylinder creates turbulence at the back, causing it to vibrate and generate electricity. When the sun is high, the device generates electricity through the soft and transparent solar panels on the device, which also partially blocks the sunlight from the interior of the house, and then transmits the electricity to the home for use. Through Whirl, the home power generation device has a different way, and do not have to worry about the noise, but also can beautify the appearance of the building, manufacturing and maintenance costs are not high, to achieve the benefits of environmental protection.

Whirl 家用綠能發電機，可以運用風能和太陽能進行發電，不受環境空間限制，只需一面牆或一扇窗戶即可安裝發電，體積小、無噪音，可以安裝在住宅的窗戶、陽台或是外牆，既美觀又具有功能性，模組化的方式組裝，依照安裝空間可以上下左右增加。 運作的原理是利用風吹到裝置上，垂直的圓柱體具有彈性，當風吹過時，會在機身後方形成渦流，使機身產生左右搖擺的振動，產生電力；如果室外太陽較大時，可以將裝置上的葉片展開，上方有軟性透明的太陽能板，既可以遮擋一些陽光又可以運用太陽發電，所產生的電能再傳送到住家，可做一般家庭用電，也可做緊急備用電。