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The idea is simple and nice. Take a wind mill and put some colorful LED lights on it so everybody can see. The so called Siemens SuperStar was created by multimedia artist Michael Pendry for the company and was displayed till January in Munich (close to the Allianz Arena). Pendry convinced both Siemens and the Stadtwerke München (Munich City Utilities) to let him install this art piece on one of the utilities’ wind turbines. It was created to showcase and promote sustainable energy and green innovation. Passing cars on the motorway could find this a little bit distracting, but it looks good.

9.000 OSRAM LEDs were superglued to a wind turbine in just under two weeks. Thanks to smart energy systems like smart grids and power highways, it only consumes as much energy as a hair dryer! The 9.000 LEDs put out as much light as 20.000 Christmas candles.

I think it´s pretty amazing that a project like this was done in Munich, a city which is known as a conservative city, but Munich’s Mayor, Christian Ude, has been an enthusiastic proponent of the energy-efficient spectacle from the start and hopes his city will be the first of its size to meet all energy requirements from renewable sources.

via Andreas Brendle

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Stagnacy signifies shortfall and change is good. This is what officials from Munich city maybe thought when they decided to color the underground station »Münchener Freiheit« in NEON.

Yellow is the seasonal trend color of 2009… Uhm yes, but my eyes all go funny… I understand that underground stations should look more positive, friendly and bright, but we have to look at our underground station everyday… Neon yellow e-v-e-r-y-d-a-y! Oh my god, this will give me eyestrain.

However, my favourite underground station in Munich is still »Westfriedhof«, which was designed by the german industrial designer Ingo Maurer.