This manuscript reports on the recent progress and the remaining materials challenges in the development of coated conductors (CCs) for power applications and magnets, with a particular emphasis on the different initiatives being active at present in Europe. We first summarize the scientific and technological scope where CCs have been raised as a complex technology product and then we show that there exists still much room for performance improvement. The objectives and CC architectures being explored in the scope of the European project EUROTAPES are widely described and their potential in generating novel breakthroughs emphasized. The overall goal of this project is to create synergy among academic and industrial partners to go well beyond the state of the art in several scientific issues related to CCs' enhanced performances and to develop nanoengineered CCs with reduced costs, using high throughput manufacturing processes which incorporate quality control tools and so lead to higher yields. Three general application targets are considered which will require different conductor architectures and performances and so the strategy is to combine vacuum and chemical solution deposition approaches to achieve the targeted goals. A few examples of such approaches are described related to defining new conductor architectures and shapes, as well as vortex pinning enhancement through novel paths towards nanostructure generation. Particular emphasis is made on solution chemistry approaches. We also describe the efforts being made in transforming the CCs into assembled conductors and cables which achieve appealing mechanical and electromagnetic performances for power systems. Finally, we briefly mention some outstanding superconducting power application projects being active at present, in Europe and worldwide, to exemplify the strong advances in reaching the demands to integrate them in a new electrical engineering paradigm.
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UK Health and Social Work Centre got design awards - 1 views
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The Renfrew Health and Social Work Centre in Renfrew, UK, designed by Scottish practice Holmes Partnership, has scooped three design and architecture awards.
Butterfly Houses project Got shortlisted for Earth Awards 2010 - 0 views
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The Butterfly Houses project in Thailand, designed by Norwegian non-profit architectural practice TYIN Tegnestue, has been shortlisted under the social justice category for the Earth Awards 2010 to be held in London on 16 September 2010.
Does a Big Economy Need Big Power Plants? - 0 views
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This evolution made sense at first, because power stations were costlier and less reliable than the grid, so by backing each other up through the grid and melding customers' diverse loads, they could save capacity and achieve reliability. But these assumptions have reversed: central thermal power plants now cost less than the grid, and are so reliable that about 98 percent to 99 percent of all power failures originate in the grid. Thus the original architecture is raising, not lowering, costs and failure rates: cheap and reliable power must now be made at or near customers.
ISO-DIS 26262 - A New Draft Standard For Road Vehicle Functional Safety - 0 views
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"Safety-related electrical and electronic systems are an increasingly important aspect of automotive product development - a trend accelerated by the increasing electrification of vehicle architectures and the implementation of new innovations in intelligent transport technologies.
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"The first series production cars to incorporate 48V technology in one form or another have hit the road in recent times, and further integration of 48V architecture is expected in the very near future. The Bentley Bentayga and the Audi SQ7 are the first two vehicles to incorporate a higher voltage electrical system, and the industry as a whole is gearing up for further development in the coming years."
Copper Demand in Europe Seen by KME Showing Few Recovery Signs - 1 views
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Copper demand in Europe is showing little sign of rebounding outside of Germany, according to KME Group SpA, which makes parts out of the metal for uses from architecture to medical equipment.
Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems - 0 views
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Back in 2011 the five premier German car manufacturers, Audi, BMW, Daimler, Porsche and Volkswagen, announced their agreement to jointly incorporate a variety of architectural components for on-board power networks into their vehicles. The five OEM’s expressed their intention to implement a 48-volt power supply, and appealed to suppliers to actively engage in research and development of components for vehicles with a 48-volt electric system.
Alice Anderson Wraps Everything In Copper Wire ... And We Mean Everything - 1 views
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"Artist Alice Anderson has chosen copper wire as her material of choice and has proceeded to use it to wrap several objects - including a telescope, a flatscreen TV and even a set of stairs. The process is delicately handled so even details like the knobs on an electric guitar are visible through the copper thread."
Right Time For architects To Present themselves. - 0 views
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Latvian flag carrier airline airBaltic has launched an international design contest inviting architects to submit design concepts for a new terminal at Riga International Airport in Riga, the capital of Latvia.
'City Skills for Life' at the Romanian Cultural Institute - 0 views
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Lining the walls of the Romanian cultural Institute, hang large photographic displays of gritty urban scenes, mounted on torn and wrinkled paper. The exhibition 'Innermost Recess' explores the unchartered territory inside the iconic building that is Ceausescu's People's Palace.
Tomorrow's Virtual World - New City (VIDEO) - 0 views
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Think of it as an advanced ‘Second Life’ for architects and designers where they can experiment with visualization, architecture, design, information and simulation that would not be possible in reality.
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Why travel when this type of technology exists.
» Eco-friendly next-generation mobile homes | Emerging Technology Trends | ZD... - 0 views
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Usually, mobile homes are not associated with terms such as long-term quality or environmental friendliness. Now, a professor of architecture at Mississippi State University (MSU) wants to change this. He has developed the concept of the GreenMobile home, an ultra-affordable and ecological-minded, factory-built housing unit. The first prototypes of these homes, which could be used as regular houses or for disaster relief housing, should be built in March 2008. And their cost is expected to be in the $50,000 range. Not too bad, especially if the value of these houses increases in the future as expects the development team. But read more…
The "Energy Plus" Building Produces All Its Own Power : MetaEfficient - 0 views
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The “Energy Plus” office building, to be located outside of Paris, is designed to produce all its own energy for heating, lighting and air conditioning. This zero-energy building, according to the designers, will be the greenest office building ever created. It will accomplish this by having more solar panels on its roof than any other building - producing enough energy to power the entire building and still feed extra back into the grid.
Taiwan's first zero-carbon building flaunts 13 green building design methods - Educatio... - 0 views
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The Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center, which costs TWD87,000 ($296,1) per 36 square feet, adopts 13 different green building design methods, including five natural ventilation energy-saving methods, two equipment reduction methods, and five equipment energy-saving technologies and renewable energy technologies.
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The new Mulberry shop on London's New Bond Street features a concrete floor, display stands made of oak batons and an 8.7m-long polished brass cash desk. The 5,400 feet of retail space features an open and informal layout set on one level.
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Whimsical Copper Creations
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