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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.

Haiku ceiling fans