McLean's Nuggets

The development of a clean, plentiful and low‐cost alternative energy source is the holy grail of the 21st century. Ken Yeang looks into his crystal ball and asks whether the future could lie in nanoenergy and the proliferation of numerous personal nanogenerators ‐ attached to buildings, individuals...

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Published in:Architectural design 2009-03, Vol.79 (2), p.136-137
Main Author: McLean, Will
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
'dwell time' visually dynamic public projects
air-purifying blocks
Andy Cameron
Andy Cameron, Federico Urdaneta, Carlo Zoratti and Hans Raber
Angela Murray (Department of Chemical Engineering
Angela Murray (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham)
Arduino microprocessor
Carlo Zoratti and Hans Raber
Centre Pompidou
energy-producing paving system
Federico Urdaneta
Hengelo
HG Wells
high-value detritus
Jason Bruges
Kees van der Graaf
London's Big Ben
Mitsubishi Industrial group
Move On Up Daniel Hirschmann
Not Pedestrian Dr Beau Lotto (University College London)
Our streets are paved with platinum
photovoltaic paving stones
pressure-pad sensors
prototype road paving system
Robert Hooke
Shoreditch Trust
success of the small viewed closer
The Beacon project
titanium dioxide
Tuned Stairs
University of Birmingham
University of Twente
useful 'scale' reference
visual acuity
Visual Acuity Cedric Price
waste glass products
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Summary:The development of a clean, plentiful and low‐cost alternative energy source is the holy grail of the 21st century. Ken Yeang looks into his crystal ball and asks whether the future could lie in nanoenergy and the proliferation of numerous personal nanogenerators ‐ attached to buildings, individuals or under bridges. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0003-8504
1554-2769
DOI:10.1002/ad.872