Another shining example of the ‘green energy’ & sustainability movement not living up to the hype. Via This Is London:

The 43-storey Strata Tower in Elephant and Castle was completed two months ago incorporating three wind turbines on its top which were supposed to provide eight per cent of residents’ electricity.

But the turbines have barely moved, according to its new residents. They also claim the single boiler down the side of the building is overheating their flats.

Resident Nathan Wheelhouse said: “When I left my house the other morning it was 28C at 7.30am — it’s tropical in there. The cold and hot water pipes flow next to each other. I feel like I’m in an eco experiment that has gone wrong at the design stage. I only moved in two weeks ago and I am not enjoying it.”

The £113 million tower is 31 per cent occupied, with about 280 of the 408 flats empty. A spokesman for developer Brookfield Europe said the warmer side of the building was caused by movement of the sun. (emphasis added)

The developers claim the HVAC and water temperature issues are due to the low (31%) occupancy of the building.

One last observation.  The residents at this development are there to make a statement about ‘green living’ and ‘sustainiblility’ more than anything, and if they are complaining, you know it has to be bad.

*28 degrees Celsius = 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit