The challenge of the project is: – To create a world free of carbon emissions, where power is plentiful, safe and truly green and where even the most remote village has Internet access and with light in every home, including aesthetic solutions for buildings. – To mimic the energy production in plant leaves, creating artificial […]
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The goals of this project included the analysis and the development of a wave energy converter capable of exploiting sea wave energy in order to generate electric power. Sea waves are one of the most interesting and well distributed renewable energy sources in the world. Given the current state of the art, all existing sea
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Widespread, real-time monitoring of aquatic environments is essential if we are to meet the management needs of climate change, environmental monitoring, emergency management, water resource limitation and the wider sustainability of industries such as tourism, fisheries and agriculture. In view of the continued and expansive impact of phenomena such as climate change and waterborne pollution,
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The two teams addressed an important and topical challenge: how to design a new residential or office building achieving the best energy performance at a certain extra cost, or minimizing the extra cost required to achieve a certain energy performance. To that aim, a number of specific data bases of the most important technologies for
With a seating capacity of two and a small footprint, a Personal Commuting Vehicle perfectly fully reflects the requirements in personal mobility of most commuters – because most trips are taken alone (In European cities, the average commute occupancy rate is 1.1-1.2 persons per vehicle). Moreover PCV should be as safe, stable, and energy efficient
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The project has been based on the evidence that the use of a fuel cell system can generate heat and power with high efficiency. The necessity of investigating a new path to energy conversion compared to thermal engines for power generation is related to the global energy problem which is becoming increasingly relevant. In fact,
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Climate debate and carbon dioxide emission reduction are fostering the development of — green policies — with the aim of improving environmental performance and putting global warming and the enhancement of resource usage at the top of the list of the world’s global challenges. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays a key role in this
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Three quarters of the global population are predicted to live in urban areas by 2050. Shortcomings of natural resources and increasing demand of user-friendly domotics make the design of innovative home environments imperative. The goal goes far beyond collecting different appliances, each independently designed. The real challenge is to design a synergic home environment in
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Green Move is a new project for an innovative electric vehicle sharing system in Milan founded by Regione Lombardia and developed by 8 departments and centers of the Politecnico di Milano. Vehicle sharing consists of the use of a shared car, taken from the user in a special parking area and left in the same
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The tourism industry is undergoing a deep transformation due to new and different activities that people are willing to perform. This trend is called experiential tourism, since travellers are increasingly organizing their holidays looking for an occasion to try and discover something new, rather than a full week relax. Nevertheless, relax is not completely excluded
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