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 RESPECT FOR THE PLANET
 Big Ass Fans started in agriculture, making
 enormous, seven meter diameter industrial ceiling
 fans to cool off cows so they could produce more
 milk. Since then we’ve extended that to solutions
 for human productivity and lots more as we
 moved into commercial and residential spaces.
 Our Haiku ceiling fans only use one-third the
 energy of a typical ceiling fan and by their very
 nature are sustainable. Haiku fans supplement

 or replace air conditioning, which is an incredibly

 energy-intensive means of cooling. With a fan,

 you’re becoming more energy efficient,
 and reducing your costs at the same time.
 Ceiling fans haven’t really changed for about
 100 years. They are an existing technology that

 we’re familiar with in terms of how they operate

 and what the effects are. Traditional fans have
 lots of moving parts that generate heat and
 tend to rattle and shudder. But we’ve aimed
 to change that.

 The solution is a high torque, direct-drive

 magnetic motor, with fewer moving parts.
 This means there’s very little heat generation,
 and because of the permanent magnets,
 they’re virtually silent. The blades are shaped
 differently - rather than flat panels, they’re
 aerodynamic moving more freely and shifting

 large volumes of air. The net result of this is an
 incredibly efficient fan. Conventional fans start

 around 90 watts whereas our fans start at

 2 watts, and the maximum wattage for our

 standard fans is 30 watts. So just consider that
 in comparison to a standard 60 watt light bulb
 for example. The energy savings are huge –
 and from a cost perspective, if you ran the fan
 24/7 for a year, you’d be looking at about $24.

























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