Posted by Cindy on
October 28, 2009
No one could have predicted the wild success of the social networking sites. In the past five years, they’ve utterly transformed the way we do things in the world. Where at one time, they served as bulletin boards where we could log in and talk to people who had the same interests as we did, we can now connect to a stunning number of people all across the world, sharing interests, news, videos, and a whole generation is learning how to flirt across international borders. It’s a great step forward for cultural understanding, and a great way to take part in the flow of information. It’s not just people who are connecting, either. Far-looking companies like Canada’s TransGlobe Property Management, are using these resources as ways of connecting with their clients in new and meaningful ways.
They’ve always made it easy for their customers, and have a sleek and user-friendly database that allows potential residents to browse through thousands of listings of residential and business properties in Canada’s communities. They can now connect with potential customers on Twitter and Facebook, to provide them with more information, as well as posting splendid videos of the properties on youtube, so they can see more clearly what the buildings and the grounds really look like. It’s stunning to think about how this information can now move so freely. In the past generations, phone calls and meetings would have dominated the calendar, and now these things can be done in a few simple steps. That means that companies like TransGlobe Property Management can use their time and resources for more essential things. Things like taking prompt and courteous care of maintenance calls, and for participating in neighborhood charity events. This way, businesses can use their time to really get to know the communities and the customers they serve, and that’s a step forward for all of us.
Posted by Cindy on
August 19, 2009
One of the most basic of problems for the energy created by a wind turbine, is that the wind does not constantly blow, and this could result less energy production than the standard power plants or nuclear power plants, which harness up to ninety percent of the available energy. One of the best wind turbines, will at its optimum harvest just thirty percent of the energy that is potentially available. This has caused many of the production companies building turbines today to step up and find ways to increase the productivity of each turbine.
One of the aspects that the designers are focusing on is the length of each individual blade. Longer blades can increase the energy stored. Standard wind turbines today are designed with three blades that had before been three hundred and five feet in diameter. The newer designs will reach up to three hundred and thirty feet in diameter. This increases what is called the sweep area, the circular motion of the air that provides the energy for the wind turbine to capture. This increase constitutes an eighteen percent increase in the size of the turbines.
If the wind constantly blew and blew hard, then the size of the blades does not make a difference. Even at moderate rates, the energy output of each turbine is elevated. When the wind blows at the rate of seventeen miles per hour, the larger length blades will have the output go up by almost eight percent, as opposed to the smaller blades. The larger blades do not turn faster, but the energy they capture from the air that passes over them increases.
This is a great new aspect in that this can mean that areas that are not high wind will still be able to utilize this alternative form of energy. But there are some limits to consider, such that when the blades get longer, the more difficult it becomes to transport the blades from the factories in which they are built, to the top of the hills where the turbines are usually placed. And the production of these blades is much more expense. However, the benefits have been seen in the newer wind plants in the US states of Washington and Minnesota, as well as throughout the country of Denmark.