A building 1200, comprising a wind-energy-conversion system 1205, comprising a first substantially vertical converging nozzle 522, a second substantially vertical converging nozzle 524 that extends into the first substantially vertical converging nozzle 522, an energy extractor 1151 fluidly coupled to the first substantially vertical converging nozzle 522, the wind-energy-conversion system for converting wind outside the building to energy, the energy extractor comprising one or more nonrotating generators and optionally one or more turbines, one or more actuators coupled to at least one of the first substantially vertical converging nozzle 522 and the second substantially vertical converging nozzle 524, and a controller coupled to the one or more actuators coupled to the at least one of the first substantially vertical converging nozzle 522 and the second substantially vertical converging nozzle522. The controller is configured to send signals to the one or more actuators coupled to the at least one of the f
