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Major wind research facility set for London

An artist's rendering of the new WindEEE building.

Western will build a $23.6-million wind research facility in London’s newly established Advanced Manufacturing Park, located off campus near Highway 401.

Known as the ‘WindEEE Dome’ the building will be the world’s first hexagonal wind tunnel that will allow
modeling of destructive wind systems to improve the safety and engineering of structures, and can help model how best to harness wind energy as a future source of power. This facility has the potential to create a wind engineering regional industrial cluster.

The Wind Engineering, Energy and Environment Dome construction will begin late this fall and should be operational by June 2012. The Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Ontario Research Fund have committed to partially funding the project, with remaining funds to come from private donations.

The Advanced Manufacturing Park is a partnership with the City of London and Fanshawe College involving an area of 125 acres, 28 of which have been transferred to Western by the City.

For more information about supporting WindEEE, contact Kevin Goldthorp at 519-661-3858 or krg@uwo.ca.

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