Foster rethought this completely and realized huge savings in structural mass and energy consumption could be made by shifting the utilities underground, leaving a floating roof and walls that could open to natural daylight.

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In contrast, systems that simply combine structural elements with power and energy devices, such that each set of materials are acting independently, provide no advantages in system efficiency.

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Putin acknowledges the need for structural reform to promote investment outside the energy sector.

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The Fed also noted signs of the troublesome structural unemployment, highlighting labor shortages in energy and IT sectors.

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Large scale building integrated structural sheeting, massively networked for smoothing variability in renewable energy will allow for much greater integration of renewables sources.

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The Fed also pointed to signs of structural unemployment, noting labor shortages for qualified workers with specific skills, particularly in the energy and IT sector.

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"Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power) should continue its efforts to improve the reliability of essential systems, to assess the structural integrity of site facilities and to enhance protection against external hazards, " the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday.

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Structural funding is seen as vital for supporting projects to boost the region's economy, like green energy and other infrastructure schemes including road improvement.

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Research opportunities include research in the areas of compact energy storage and pulsed power, aerothermal protection systems for flight vehicles, high-strength and dielectric structural materials, and system interfaces between high-power loads and platform power distribution networks.

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