Material and manufacturing strategies
Ceiling fans traditionally use flat sheets of wood or fibre board for blades. These are generally non-recyclable and require some sort of surface finishing such as veneer or paint. The EVO1 Prevail from Fanaway blades are injection molded from recyclable plastic that does not require surface finishes and is not limited to being flat, allowing for the complex curves required for the blades to overlap on each other when in the closed position at the same time, providing an aerodynamic cross section to provide greater air flow.
The mechanism that controls the function of the blades is designed to be static while the fan is spinning. The toothed gears only move marginally in the opening or closing process & the plastic materials selected for these parts are highly resistant to wear lasting for many thousands of operations.
The blades are designed to overlap and rest on each other when not in use. This eliminates any stress on the joins reducing the risk of material fatigue or failure.

Application of sustainable resources and principles
Most of the parts in EVO1 Prevail from Fanaway are made from recyclable materials, the blades are made from plastics, the down rod, upper dome and mechanism base are made of metal and the light dome is made of glass.
The EVO1 Prevail blades are designed to use less energy to provide more airflow at a low cost. This increasingly efficient design makes EVO1 Prevail a more attractive solution to cooling a room, further reducing the need for power hungry air conditioning.
The lighting unit uses the latest technology in low energy lighting.  The T5 circular tube runs from an electronic ballast making it extremely efficient and bright, low power long life fluorescent tube to reduce the total power requirements.

How to clean the Fanaway Fan
It's very easy to clean the blades of the Fanaway fan, simply pull the blades out when the fan is turned off. You need to hold onto two blades and slowly pull them out in the same direction that the blades would usually open, the mechanism is fairly tight so you need to use a bit of pressure to pull them out. Make sure you pull both two blades at the same time as pulling one could cause damage as the pressure is too much over the 1 blade. Once you have them out you can wipe them down with warm soapy water or Windex on a cloth.

Downloads
  Fanaway Brochure (PDF)
  Dimensions (PDF)
  Operations Manual (PDF)

EVO1 – Prevail
Specifications
  4 scimitar shaped acrylic fan blades
  Fan sweep is 47 inches or 1194mm
  Overall unit is 18.7 inches or 475mm in diameter
  Net weight 11.7 kgs
  16 inches or 408mm diameter opaque glass light dome
  Motor 153mm diameter x 15mm shaft (14 poles)
            High Speed - 52 Watts, 255 RPM
            Medium Speed - 23 Watts, 185 RPM
            Low Speed - 11 Watts,130 RPM
  Low energy lighting - T5 40Watt fluorescent tube ring
  Materials/Colours
            Brushed chrome finish with clear acrylic blades
            Chrome finish with clear acrylic blades
            White finish with clear acrylic blades