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division meetings on:<br />
energy & sustainable development<br />
The aviation industry reduces emissions<br />
Alternative fuels, pilotless aircraft and smarter air-traffic control are<br />
a few of the ways the aviation industry is meeting the requirements<br />
for better economy and reduced environmental impact. At<br />
a meeting in november arranged by ivA's division vii a number of<br />
projects in progress at saab and<br />
volvo Aero were presented. The<br />
swedish civil Aviation Administration<br />
(lfv) described what is required of future flight<br />
systems. one point made at the meeting was that development in<br />
the aviation industry today to a large extent involves international<br />
cooperation.<br />
Power transfer systems of the future<br />
soon sweden<br />
will have significantly<br />
more wind<br />
energy and many<br />
small electricity<br />
producers around<br />
the country. This<br />
situation puts new<br />
pressures on the<br />
power grid and<br />
energy companies. This point was made at<br />
a meeting of ivA's division ii. A situation<br />
where we have more wind electricity and<br />
numerous small producers increases the risk<br />
of disruption. The electricity industry therefore<br />
needs to use information and communication<br />
technology to improve security and<br />
flexibility.<br />
Vehicles of the future<br />
many of the hopes<br />
for better traffic<br />
efficiency and reducedenvironmental<br />
impact relate to<br />
more frequent traffic,<br />
shorter stops<br />
and more efficient<br />
route planning, particularly<br />
in today's<br />
growing cities. new technology for air-traffic<br />
control, which allows for more frequent and<br />
fewer energy-consuming take-offs and landings,<br />
could significantly reduce the climatic impact<br />
of flights. At a seminar arranged by ivA's<br />
division ii, leading developers talked about<br />
the future for vehicles, when the sustainable<br />
technology requirements increase.<br />
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Climate-smart wood construction<br />
development in wood construction has picked up speed in<br />
recent years. in just five years the number of multistory buildings<br />
with wooden carcasses has increased from three to thirteen percent.<br />
These figures were presented at a meeting in february<br />
arranged by ivA's division iii. The reason this trend has<br />
taken off is the increased interest among construction<br />
companies. The need for training in wood construction<br />
and standardisation of methods within the industry have been<br />
met by increased cooperation between industry and universities.<br />
More structured nuclear research<br />
nuclear technology<br />
research in<br />
sweden could<br />
be improved. The<br />
structure of the<br />
research today is<br />
fragmented according<br />
to lennart<br />
Billfalk from vattenfall,<br />
who expressed<br />
this opinion at a meeting in september<br />
arranged by ivA's division vii.<br />
lennart Billfalk wants to see more work<br />
in the lab. more international cooperation is<br />
also needed. several people at the meeting<br />
were doubtful about having an industrial research<br />
institute for nuclear power, preferring<br />
to leave this to the universities.
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