Wind Simplicity's Windancer small wind turbine wins International Design Award (IDA)

LOS ANGELES, CA, September 23, 2010 (Press-News.org) Canadian company Wind Simplicity has won an International Design Award (IDA) for its high-efficiency, compact, noise-free small wind turbine - the Windancer.

Wind Simplicity was awarded the IDA's first prize for alternative-energy-source equipment product design for sustainable living and environmental preservation. The Windancer, the company's winning entry, may be seen here or via these links:

http://ida.us/winners/catwinner.php?compName=PRODUCT%20DESIGN&level=pro&compNum=IDA%2009

http://ida.us/winners/zoom2.php?eid=9-3786-10&cat=Alternative%20Energy%20Source%20Equipment

The IDAs received 1000 entries from 52 countries and involved a vigorous judging process. The awards celebrate the world's most visionary designers and promote the appreciation of design worldwide.

According to the designers, thinkers and entrepreneurs who created the International Design Awards in 2007 as a response to the lack of recognition and celebration for smart and sustainable design, "the IDA exists to recognize, celebrate and promote legendary design visionaries ... in architecture and interior, product, graphic, and fashion design."

"IDA aspires to draw attention to the iconoclasm of designers worldwide conceptualizing and producing smart solutions to design problems. It is rare and multidisciplinary by design, aligning designers internationally with cross-disciplinary inspiration and dialogue."

Jurors included Qingyun Ma, Dean of Architecture, University of Southern California; Gwynne Pugh, Pugh+Scarpa Architects; Kahi Lee, Host, HGTV's "Design on a Dime" and Style Network's "My Celebrity Home"; Rido Busse, Chairman, German Industry and Trade Board; John Dunnigan, Chair, Department of Furniture, Rhode Island School of Design; and Brandusa Niro, Editor-in-Chief and Founder, Fashion Week Daily; and other leaders and editors in the design fields.

This IDA 2009, announced in March 2010, is the fourth award by won by Wind Simplicity, since the company's inception in Ontario Canada in 2007, in addition to 2 finalist titles and 2 honourable mentions:

National Energy Globe Award 2009
1st Place Green Dot Award 2008
Gold Design Exchange Award in Engineering 2007
Finalist ISRI Design for Recycling Award 2010
Finalist 2009-2010 CME NRC-IRAP Ontario Regional Award for New Technology

As an IDA winner, Wind Simplicity will receive publication in the 2009 International Design Awards art book, to be distributed to museum bookstores; promotion to 100,000 design professionals and potential clients worldwide; year-long coverage on the International Design Awards website; and critical acclaim by a distinguished panel of judges.

Past winners of the IDAs have included James Dyson and British Airways Club World seat re-design.

Wind Simplicity is the designer, manufacturer and turnkey installer of the high-efficiency, compact, noise-free Windancer horizontal-axis wind turbine (3 kW, 7 kW and 23 kW) http://www.windsimplicity.ca.

For further information about Wind Simplicity contact:

Sharolyn Vettese
Wind Simplicity Inc
416.227-9463
info@windsimplicity.ca
http://www.windsimplicity.ca

Wind Simplicity Inc designed/manufactures and provides turnkey installation of the Windancer high-efficiency, compact, noise-free horizontal small wind turbine (3 kW, 7 kW or 23 kW).

For further information about Wind Simplicity Inc contact:

Sharolyn Vettese, CEO and Inventor
Wind Simplicity Inc
416.227-9463
info@windsimplicity.ca

http://www.windsimplicity.ca