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Tokyo Metropolitan Public University
Corporation
Carbon Neutrality Promotion Plan
~Establishing a sustainable society to transcend the climate crisis~

Message from the Chairperson

Average global temperatures in 2022 were 1.16ºC above preindustrial levels. Various extreme weather events worldwide were attributed to global
warming. In its Sixth Assessment Report in 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that “it is unequivocal thathuman influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.”The latest discussions on climate change are based on active research on various tipping points—climatic turning points at which dramatic changes
may occur once a certain point is reached. The research suggests five tipping points, if not already breached, may lie very close ahead. This points
to the need to transform social systems before climate changes become irreversible. There is no time to waste. We face a climate andenvironmental emergency.
As part of efforts to respond to this crisis, the Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation issued a Climate Emergency Declaration on July 16,
2021, the first such declaration by a national/public university or college. The declaration sets forth our commitment to take a leading role in helping
to achieve a sustainable society, with the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Following university-wide discussions, we then developed a
Carbon Neutrality Promotion Plan, setting forth, as a socially responsible institution of higher learning, the basic direction for future efforts andspecific quantitative targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
This plan sets an ambitious target for Scopes 1 and 2 that exceed the targets of the national andmetropolitan governments: namely, to achieve carbon neutrality by the 2030s. For Scope 3, thedisclosure of information related to which is a clear social obligation, many issues remain to beaddressed, including the accuracy of the associated calculations and the challenges that lie ahead
in reducing emissions. Nevertheless, we believe we must calculate and assess emissions as best
we can and actively seek to reduce them.
The announcement of the plan marks just the first step in efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.
Moving forward, we will promote initiatives related to academic research, human resource
development and student activities, and energy management. The members of this Corporation
will work as one to achieve our goal of carbon neutrality.

Ryoichi Yamamoto, Chairperson, Tokyo
Metropolitan Public University Corporation
March 28, 2023
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Contents
1 Introduction• Background to and purpose of developing the plan
• Developments around the world, domestic, and in Tokyo• Actions by Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation

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2 Current status of
GHG emissions• Outline of Corporation• Actual GHG emissions (Scopes 1 and 2)• Trends in energy consumption• Estimates of Scope 3 GHG emissions (Minami-Osawa Campus)

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3 Basic Policy• Basic direction• Targets for reducing GHG emissions from business activities

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4 Achieving carbon
neutrality• Three elements in promoting the plan

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5 Initiatives to help
achieve carbon
neutrality• Road map• Examples of main initiatives<Energy Management>
Breakdown of reduction methods to achieve the target<Promoting human resource development and student activities><Promoting Academic Research>・・・・・・・18
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Introduction
Background to and purpose of developing the plan
The global warming attributed to the enormous volumes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted due to accelerated expansion ofhuman activity since the latter half of the 20th century now poses serious risks. One million species are said to be on theverge of extinction. Climate change and associated environmental issues are arguably beginning to impinge on the viability of
not just human life, but the life of all living creatures on Earth.
Against this backdrop, the Paris Agreement of 2015 and the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by theUnited Nations represent key milestones in determining the direction of future efforts. According to the Special Report on
Global Warming of 1.5ºC*1 compiled in 2018 by the IPCC, the 1.5ºC target will reduce climate risks significantly compared tothe so-called 2ºC target.*2 The goal of limiting the increase in global temperatures to no more than 1.5 degrees frompreindustrial levels has emerged as an international consensus.

Nevertheless, even if countries reduced GHG emissions as planned, a report by the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC) published in 2022 indicates we would fall well short of achieving the 1.5ºC target of the Paris
Agreement. Furthermore, reports suggest the 1.5ºC target will be breached by around 2030.

(Photo) Flood damage in Europe

Today, with a population of about 14 million, Tokyo emits about 60 million tons of GHG (CO 2 equivalent) and generates aboutfour million tons of waste annually.
The primary mission of the Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation (“the Corporation” hereinafter) is to explore andseek to achieve ideal forms of human society in large cities. Given the environmental impact caused by the high consumptionof resources and energy by major cities, it is quite natural that the Corporation would take the initiative in striving to establish
sustainable cities.
The Corporation has promoted environmentally-friendly initiatives through eco-campus and green campus activities, and has
also undertaken research on environmental innovations and urban environmental policies. We have developed this plan in
response to the current climate and environmental crises.

(Photo) The Conference of Parties to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP)*1 An IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5ºC above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response to
the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. (Source: website of the Ministry of the Environment https://www.env.go.jp/press/106052.html)*2 A global goal to keep the increase in global average temperatures to well below 2ºC of preindustrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit this increase to 1.5ºC. (Source: website of the Decarbonization Portalof the Ministry of the Environment https://ondankataisaku.env.go.jp/carbon_neutral/about/)3

Introduction
Developments around the world
The goal of the Paris Agreement is to limit the temperature rise to no more than 1.5-2.0ºC above the preindustrial average. However, some studies indicate that even thecurrent level of global warming (1.1ºC above preindustrial levels) may have already passed several tipping points, including the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet.
To overcome the climate crisis, countries around the world have declared climate emergencies* 1 and set the goal of achieving carbon neutrality—that is, reducing net GHG(CO2 equivalent) emissions and absorption to zero—by 2050. Eighteen countries, the EU, and more than 2,300 local governments in 41 countries have issued suchdeclarations.*2

Domestic Developments
On October 26, 2020, Japan’s Prime Minister announced the goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. A declaration of climate emergency was passed by the House ofRepresentatives on November 19, 2020, and by the House of Councillors on November 20, 2020. More than 130 local governments have issued such declarations to date.
In addition, the number of local governments seeking to promote carbon neutrality is steadily expanding, with nearly 800 declaring net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050.

Developments in Tokyo
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government issued the Declaration of Tokyo’s Climate Crisis Mobilization in 2019, ahead of the national government. Efforts are underway toachieve carbon halving, or reducing Tokyo’s GHG emissions by 50%, by 2030 (compared to 2000 levels) and Zero Emission Tokyo by 2050 to help achieve the goal of net
zero global CO2 emissions.
In September 2022, the Tokyo Environmental Master Plan of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government was revised for the first time in some six years. The goal was todramatically strengthen and implement comprehensive measures targeting decarbonization and to resolve environmental issues in various fields, including restoring
biodiversity and establishing high-quality urban environments. The new Environmental Master Plan consists of “3+1 strategies”, the three strategies being “energy
decarbonization and sustainable resource use,” “realization of an environmentally symbiotic, prosperous society,” and “realization of a better urban environment”; and, as anadditional “zero strategy,” initiatives to deal with the impending energy crisis promptly.
Other efforts seek to strengthen initiatives to rapidly set in place the foundations for a decarbonized society, including the December 2022 amendment of the Ordinance on
the Environment to Ensure the Health and Safety of Tokyo Residents, which led to the establishment of a new system to ensure the environmental performance of certain
new small and medium-sized buildings, including those for housing purposes.
*1 Climate Emergency Declaration (CED). Official declaration by the administrative agencies of countries, cities, municipalities, etc. recognizing the serious impact of climate change and pledging action
A climate emergency has now been declared not just by local and national governments, but by various entities including universities, academic associations, museums, art galleries, and corporations.
*2 Based on statistics from the Australian NGO Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilization in Action (CEDAMIA) as of March 2023
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Introduction
Actions by Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation① Climate Emergency Declaration■ July 16, 2021

Issued a climate emergency declaration, a first by a national/public university or technical college.
(Issued jointly by the Chairperson of Tokyo Metropolitan University Corporation, President of Tokyo Metropolitan University, President of theAdvanced Institute of Industrial Technology, and Principal of the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology)≪Tokyo Metropolitan University Corporation’s Climate Emergency Declaration≫
With humankind facing a serious climate crisis, the Tokyo Metropolitan University Corporation hereby declares a climate emergency in order to take theinitiative in contributing to the realization of a sustainable society and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.
1. Develop action plans for mitigation and adaptation of the climate change and reflect these activities in our operations as well as in education, research,and campus life.
2. Collaborate widely with government and local authorities, other university corporations and related organizations, the general public, and private sector
corporations.
3. Develop human resources who will tackle the challenge of achieving carbon neutrality.
4. Collaborate and cooperate with three educational institutions and promote efforts for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including climate, byworking with faculty, staff and students throughout the Corporation.

② Carbon Neutrality Promotion Plan Development Study Committee■ April 1, 2022

Establishment of the Carbon Neutrality Promotion
Plan Development Study Committee(consisting of faculty and staff of the Tokyo Metropolitan
Public University Corporation and each school)■ July 11, 2022
First committee meeting■ October 20, 2022
Second committee meeting■ November 17, 2022 Third committee meeting■ January 31, 2023
Fourth committee meeting(Opinions on the draft plan solicited from students, faculty, staff,
and other members of the two universities and one college.)■ March 10, 2023
Fifth committee meeting(Carbon Neutrality Promotion Plan Development Study Committee Members)
Chairperson
Director of Administration, Tokyo
Metropolitan Public University Corporation
Committee Members
Vice President, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Dean, Graduate School of Industrial Technology, Advanced
Institute of Industrial Technology
Vice Principal, Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial
Technology

Senior Director of Management and Planning Office, Tokyo
Metropolitan Public University Corporation
Senior Director of General Affairs Department, Tokyo
Metropolitan Public University Corporation
Senior Director of Administrative Affairs Department, Tokyo
Metropolitan University
Senior Director of Administrative Affairs Department, Advanced
Institute of Industrial Technology
Senior Director of Administrative Affairs Department, Tokyo
Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology

5Current status of GHG emissions
Number of students, faculty, and staff

Outline of Corporation* The number of students given for Tokyo Metropolitan University include those enrolled in organizations existing inor before the 2017 academic year (i.e., pre-reorganization). Number of staff include dispatched workers.

(As of May 1, 2022)[Name]
Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation (Public University
Corporation Tokyo Metropolitan University until March 31, 2020)

Number of students

10,950[Address]
2-3-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
International students byregion in academic year 2022

Chairperson

President (Vice Chairperson)

President (Vice Chairperson)

Total:
Administrative Organization
Director of Administration (Vice Chairperson)

Vice President (Executive Director),
Vice President

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Asia

France, UK, Bulgaria,
Russia503/5

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

The Graduate School of Industrial Technology

Faculty of Law

The Open Institute

General Affairs Department

Faculty of Economics andBusiness Administration

The LibraryIndustry-Academia-Public Collaboration Center

534

Africa5

Blue: Tokyo Metropolitan University
Brown: Advanced Institute ofIndustrial Technology* Number of international students
holding student visa

Egypt,
Madagascar

Faculty of Science

Administrative Affairs Department of TMU
Administrative Affairs Department of
TMU Hino Campus
Administrative Affairs Department of
TMU Arakawa Campus

Faculty of Health Sciences

Principal (Executive Director)

South Americaxxx

Administrative Affairs Department of TMCIT

International Center
Monozukuri Engineering Department

Organization for Research Promotion

Creative Engineering Course

Graduate School of Humanities

The Library

Graduate School of
Urban Environmental Sciences* Campuses of the two universities and one college located onland owned by the Corporation[Land area] (as of May 1, 2022)
TMU

Minami-Osawa
Hino Campus
CampusAIIT and TMCIT

TMCIT

62,439.6

Arakawa
CampusShinagawa Seaside
Campus, Kosen
Shinagawa Campus

Kosen Arakawa
Campus35,000.0

37,134.2

48,370.1

Total floor area (as of May 1, 2022)(Legend)Name(Acronym)Tokyo Metropolitan University

TMU

Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology

AIIT

Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology

TMCIT

Minami-Osawa
Hino Campus
Campus

Unit: m2

Total
610,985.2
Unit: m2

TMU

Graduate School of Management

Graduate School of Systems Design

Brazil, Mexico, Peru

0Land and total floor area

428,041.3

Graduate School of Law and Politics

Graduate School of Science10

Oceania

Administrative Affairs Department of AIIT

University Education Center

Academic Information Technology Center

0Management & Planning Office

Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences

Tokyo Metropolitan College ofIndustrial Technology

Tokyo Metropolitan University: 513
Advanced Institute ofIndustrial Technology:
31
Tokyo Metropolitan College ofIndustrial Technology:
61

North America

PCR, Indonesia, South Korea, Bangladesh,
Philippines, India, Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan,
Malaysia, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Qatar,
Siria, Turkey, Pakistan, Laos/ PCR

Executive Advisor to the President (Executive
Director), Advisor to the President

Faculty of Systems Design

605Tokyo Metropolitan University: 654
Advanced Institute ofIndustrial Technology:
27
Tokyo Metropolitan College ofIndustrial Technology:
124

EuropeOrganizational chart
Advanced Institute of Industrial
Technology

Number of staff

805

Tokyo Metropolitan University: 9,027
Advanced Institute ofIndustrial Technology:
243
Tokyo Metropolitan College ofIndustrial Technology:
1,680[Date of establishment]
April 1, 2005

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Number of faculty

Arakawa
CampusAIIT and TMCIT

TMCITShinagawa Seaside
Campus, Kosen
Shinagawa Campus

Kosen Arakawa
Campus34,139.5

31,496.2

Total

Graduate School of Human Health Sciences

166,916.3

33,734.9

29,635.3

295,922.2
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Current status of GHG emissions
Actual GHG emissions (Scopes 1 and 2)*1 as determined in accordance with GHG Protocol

Historical GHG emissions(Total for Corporation)

GHG emissions breakdown
for major campuses(t-CO2)

AIIT and
Kosen Arakawa Campus
Kosen Shinagawa
5.3%
Campus
6.3%

Other
2.0%

Arakawa
Campus
6.8%
Minami-Osawa
CampusHino Campus
13.4%

66.2%

(Academicyear)* Figures reported by Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation as specified by the Act on Rationalizing Energy Use(Energy Conservation Act) and the Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures
As with the figures reported under the Energy Conservation Act, the emissions factor adopted is as specified for the market
standard method (CO2 emissions factors, etc. for electricity contracted individually by each campus/office).

Approx. 15,000 t-CO2 equals
Absorption by approx. 1,700 haof artificial cedar forest

Emissions ofapprox. 5,600 households* Emission/absorption amountfor the last one year
Approx. 500 times theabsorption of Minami-Osawa
Campus’s Green Space

Academic year 2021
*1 International standard for calculating and reporting GHG emissions published in 2011
WRI WBCSD, Greenhouse Gas Protocol A Corpora te Accounting and Reporting Standard REVISED EDITION
https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/ghg-protocol-revised.pdf

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Trends in energy consumption(Historical energy consumption and breakdown for the Minami-Osawa Campus)

In the 2021 academic year, the Minami-Osawa Campus used 224,796 GJ of energy (calculated using the standard calorific value and carbon emissions factor byenergy source given in the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy’s “Comprehensive Energy Statistics”). Nearly 90% of this was electricity.
In terms of electricity consumption by location, the building housing lab equipment consumes a significant portion of this electricity (about 60-70%). By application,lab equipment uses a significant amount of electricity (about 30-40%), followed by air conditioning (about 30%) and lighting (about 20%).
Cold and hot water generators account for the majority of gas consumption (about 70%).

Energy consumption (GJ) in thelast three years and breakdown
300,000

consumption (GJ)
Energyエネルギー使用量（GJ)

250,000

200,000

224,555(-7.2%)

21,844 10%

208,308 (+7.9%)

187,451
150,00090%

Gas consumption during the2021 academic year:2585,496 m

224,796

90%

198,566
88%

Other
10.5%
Hot water
gas heaters
16.7%

100,000

Cold and hot water
generators
72.8%

50,00002019 academic
2019年度
year

Electricity consumption during
the 2021 academic year:
20,351,160 kWh

Gas26,230 12%
20,857 10%

202,710

Proportion by type of energy during the 2021 academic year

2020 academic
2020年度
year

2021 academic
2021年度year

Buildings housing primarily
science departments(with lab equipment)

Total energy
consumption
224,796GJ

Electricity

64.3%

Buildings housing
primarily humanities
departments
Air
conditioningLab
equipment, etc.
36.4%

35.7%

16.9%

Lighting
15.1%

AirLighting
9.5% conditioning
Pumps, fans
18.4% and otherelectric motors
3.7%

電気
ガス
◼ Electricity◼ Gas

 Measures to address electricity are key to achieving carbon neutrality for the Corporation.
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Current status of GHG emissions
Estimates of Scope 3 GHG emissions (Minami-Osawa Campus)
Scope 1, 2, 3 emissions

Scope 3 emissions by category(t-CO2)(t-CO2)

Scope 2
9,015

Category 1
11,408

Scope 323,424

Category 2
7,651

Category 8
10

Scope 1
1,322

Category 7
1,725

Category 6
145

Category 4 Category 3
Category 5 331
1,693
461

Classification

Scope 3 (other emissions) total

Emission [t-CO2]

Ratio

23,424100.0%

Category 1

Goods and services purchased

Emissions associated with activities leading to and including the manufacture of goods, etc. necessary for business activities

11,40848.7%

Category 2

Capital goods

Emissions from the construction and manufacture of capital goods of each school

7,651

32.7%

Category 3

Fuel and energy-related activities notincluded in Scope 1, 2

Emissions associated with upstream fuel and electricity processes (e.g., mining, refining)

1,693

7.2%

Category 4

Transportation and distribution(upstream)(1) Emissions associated with the distribution (transportation, cargo handling, storage) of goods and services purchased during
the year in question from suppliers to each school(2) Emissions associated with distribution services (transportation, cargo handling, storage) other than those in (1) purchased
during the year in question (emissions associated with distribution services paid for by each school)

331

1.4%

Category 5

Waste generated in business
operations

Emissions associated with transportation and disposal of waste generated at each school

461

2.0%

Category 6

Business travel

Emissions associated with business travel by faculty and staff

145

0.6%

Category 7

Employee commuting

Emissions associated with commuting by faculty, staff, and students

1,725

7.4%

Category 8

Leased assets(upstream)

Emissions associated with the operation of assets leased by each school (except when calculated under Scope 1 or 2)

10

0.0%
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Basic policy

Policy(Mission of institutions of higher education)✓ Promoting academic
research

Development of industries,
corporations, etc.

Government
Local
governments
Communities
Corporations,etc.

Cooperation✓ Promoting human resource
development and student
activities

Energy management(Carbon neutrality at campuses)✓ Reducing GHG emitted frombusiness activities

Human resources capableof leading society[Target 1]
Target to achieve carbon neutrality (Scopes 1
and 2) by the 2030s

Steady implementation based on the target[Target 2]
Reduce GHG emissions (Scopes 1 and 2) by atleast 50% compared to the 2013 academic
year by 2030

Reducing GHG
emissions in Tokyoand hence in Japan

Reducing the
Corporation’s
GHG emissions

Establishing a sustainable society totranscend the climate crisis

Basic direction

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Targets for reducing GHG emissions from business activities[Target] *Scopes 1 and 2• Strive to achieve carbon neutrality by the 2030s• Achieve minimum 50% reduction compared to 2013 academic year by 2030.
* We will work actively on Scope 3 including appropriately calculating emissions and considering countermeasures.
* The targets will be revisited five years before 2030 (in 2025) in light of the difficulties posed by energy and resource procurement worldwide
during the 2022 academic year and the uncertain outlook for future electricity supply and other factors at the time the plan was formulated.

Direction of initiatives for carbon neutrality
for Scopes 1 and 2① Reducing energy consumption② Expanding use of low-carbon energy③ Increasing CO2 absorption and removal
volumes* What is carbon neutrality?
• Reducing overall GHG (CO2 equivalent) tozero• CO2 emissions = CO2 absorption and removal

Energyconsumption

CO2
absorption
andremoval=③(Conceptual illustration)①

CO2
emissions

CO2 emissions(= energy consumption
× CO2 emissions factor)②

CO2 emissions
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Achieving carbon neutrality(1) Promotion
Framework

Eco-Activities
Promotion
Committee

Considering
initiatives

Implementing
initiatives(2) Information
Dissemination
Dissemination Environmental

Grasping
results

Existing committees such as
the Eco Campus and Green
Campus Promotion
Committee will be
reorganized. A newcommittee will be establishedas the organization to drive
the initiatives in order topromote carbon neutrality
and reliably achieve thetargets.

(3) Financing

Preparations for future carbon offsets, etc.
Additional financing methods for conducting carbon
offsetting and other measures in the future will be studied
to address GHG emissions that cannot be reduced evenafter undertaking systematic facilities maintenance,
improvements, etc. with subsidies from the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government, existing reserve funds, etc.

reports,
website, etc.

To society at large

Three elements in promoting the plan

Promoting awareness ofcarbon neutrality among
students, faculty, and staff
through information
dissemination, thereby
accelerating the initiatives.
The fruits of our initiatives will be
actively disseminated outside
our universities and college,
thereby fulfilling our social
accountability and improving
our brand power.
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Initiatives to help achieve carbon neutrality
Road map* To be revisited five years before 2030 (in 2025) given the uncertain outlook for electricity supply and other factors at the time the plan
was formulated

Energy-saving activities andcampaigns(Reduction of GHG)

Energy Management

2023

Retrofitting with energysaving equipment
Introducing in-house power
generation equipment

External procurement of
renewable energy(offsite PPA, etc.)
Use of new technologies, etc.

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

2030 ～

Further promotion of energy-saving activities at each campus
Promoting awareness of energy conservation among students, faculty, and staff
Systematic renewal to equipment contributing to energy conservation, including retrofitting with LED lighting
Implementation

Additional implementation
Depending on the status of external procurement of renewable energy

Examination of methods

Swift implementation once prospect for procurement is established

Cooperation in verification tests for new technologies, etc., and examining and implementing other energy-saving and energy-creating methods

Carbon offsets

Examination

Implementation

Providing a learning environment
Promoting human resource
development and student activities

Supporting environmental activities
Strengthening awareness of climate change and climate crisis
Promoting research at the department, research center, faculty etc. of the two universities and one college

Promoting academic research

Collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
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Initiatives to help achieve carbon neutrality
Energy Management
As of academic year 2022, the Corporation is charged with achieving the (ideal) target of reducing average annual energy consumption per unit over the last five years by atleast 1% per year, as required by the Act on Rationalizing Energy Use (Energy Conservation Act). The Minami-Osawa Campus is required by the Ordinance on the Environment
to Ensure the Health and Safety of Tokyo Residents (Tokyo Metropolitan Government Environmental Security Ordinance) to reduce the average annual emissions of specified
GHG emissions between academic years 2020 and 2024 by at least 27% compared to the standard emissions amount.
The Corporation has systematically undertaken various energy-saving activities at each campus (i.e., eco-campus and green campus activities). In addition to continuing toengage in energy-saving activities, we will actively promote the procurement of renewable energy to improve the likelihood of achieving our GHG emissions reduction targets.

Energy-saving activities and campaigns• Use of energy-saving diagnostics
We will examine operating procedures at facilities and other issues with thegoal of reducing inefficient and wasteful energy consumption based on energysaving diagnostics conducted by an external company. We will incorporate theresults into energy-saving activities.

• Temporary closures of offices in the summer, etc.
We will implement office closures during periods of the summer and winterwhen no classes are held. (These dates were first set during the 2022
academic year at the Tokyo Metropolitan College of Industrial Technology andelsewhere.) We will also track the resulting effects on students, faculty, and staff,
including inconveniences and negative impacts on work.

• Strengthening awareness by visualizing power
consumption
We will visualize real-time electricity consumption at the Minami-Osawa
Campus and disseminate this information at the Tokyo Metropolitan University
website, thereby strengthening awareness of efforts to shift peak power
consumption among faculty, staff, and students.

Retrofitting with energy-saving equipment, etc.
• Retrofitting with LED lighting equipment

Estimated
reduction effect2,129 t-CO2

We will retrofit with LED lighting at the five campuses
managed and operated by the Corporation, namely
Minami-Osawa Campus, Hino Campus, Arakawa Campus, Shinagawa Seaside
Campus, and Kosen Shinagawa Campus and Kosen Arakawa Campus.
(Impact)

Conventional equipment

LED Fixtures

Reduction rate

FLR40 model for 2 lamps

86W

LED-embedded lighting
fixture25W

Approx. 71%

FHP32 3-lamp squarebase light

88W

LED square base light

43W

Approx. 51%

Incandescent bulbs

54W

LED bulbs

7.5W

Approx. 86%

Source: Tokyo Metropolitan Center for Climate Change Action (Cool Net Tokyo) Textbook on Energy Conservation Measures byIndustry (School Facilities <Revised Edition>)• Repairing and upgrading aging equipment
With a medium- to long-term perspective in mind, we will repair and upgrade
aging facilities and equipment, such as air conditioning equipment to provide astable environment conducive to learning and research for students and faculty.
We will consider the energy-saving performance of the equipment to beinstalled when making these improvements. This will be done systematicallyand steadily while carefully monitoring the impact of the measures. This, in turn,should further reduce GHG emissions.
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Initiatives to help achieve carbon neutrality
Introducing in-house power generation equipment
 Implementing solar power generation
on campus

Estimated
reduction effect
103 t-CO2• Installing solar carports
We will install solar carports in the parking lots around the athletic field at the
Minami-Osawa Campus to supplement power consumption on campus.

External procurement of renewable energy
Reduction target
11,813 t-CO2

 Examining and implementing renewableenergy procurement methods such as
off-site PPAs

We will compare and examine various methods, such as off-site PPAs, in-house
power generation using campus rooftops, and changing electric powercompanies and will promptly implement the method procuring more renewableenergy and offering more advantages.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government Model Project to Promote the Adoption of Solar Carports,
Hachioji Water Supply Office (Cool Net Tokyo seminar materials)• Enhancement of existing solar power generation systems
We will increase the capacity of the existing solar power generation system at
the Minami-Osawa Campus from 10 kW to 20 kW.

• Installing rooftop solar panels
We will install solar panels with a power generation capacity of 20 kW on theroof of the new building to be constructed on the Hino Campus to supplement
power consumed on campus.

Owned by othercompanies(Offsite Corporate PPA)

Exclusive lines/
power utility’s grid

Offsite equipment(Outsideconsumer’s site)

Renewableenergy value
Electricity
value

Consumer claiming
procurement of
renewable energy

Contractually guarantee power source mix

A method in which another company (power generation company)
installs solar panels outside the campus site and transmits electricity
to the campus on consignment.
There are many variations. Initial costs and maintenance are often
borne by the other company (power generation company), making it
possible to reduce initial costs.

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Initiatives to help achieve carbon neutrality
Breakdown of reduction methods to achieve the target(t-CO2)*1 BAU emissions
BAU (Business As Usual)emissions are an estimate of theamount of emissions that will result
from a natural stance where no
special measures are taken.
The Corporation expects this toincrease after the construction of
the new building on Hino Campus.

16,057(340)-5,967 (approx.
37%)
50% reduction line

*2 Promoting energy conservation
Reductions due to equipment
upgrades, appropriate managementof room temperature and lighting,and revision of operational methods
such as strengthening awareness.
*3 Introducing in-house power
generation equipment
Reductions due to the Corporation
generating renewable energy itself
by, for example, installing solar
panels on land and buildings owned.

-

Base year
emissions(actual 2013
academic year)

BAU emissions(2030s forecast)

Promoting energy
conservation

Introducing in-house
power generationequipment(within Corporation’s site)

External procurementof renewable energy(offsite PPA, etc.)

Offsets(amount equivalent toemissions from burning
gas and other fuels)*4 External procurement of
renewable energy
Reductions due to switching toprocuring non-fossil energy, such as
through off-site PPAs and switching
to renewable energy plans offeredby power producers.

* Plan to be revisited five years before 2030 (2025) given the uncertainty regarding the outlook for future power supply and other factors at the time the plan was formulated.
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Initiatives to help achieve carbon neutrality
Promoting human resource development and student activities
We will provide an educational environment in which areas related to climate change and overcoming the climate crisis, such as the environment, resources, and energy, canbe learned.
We will promote voluntary activities outside the classroom to develop human resources who will lead a sustainable society to transcend the climate crisis. Specifically, we will
support initiatives that promote climate actions, such as activities by students, faculty, and staff to reduce environmental impact, offer volunteer programs, etc.

Providing a learning environment• Offering highly specialized curricula, etc.
We will continue to offer curricula that contribute to the development of environmental
human resources at our two universities and one college taking into account thecharacteristics of each school.
At Tokyo Metropolitan University, we will continue to offer specialized courses related
to the climate crisis and carbon neutrality, including global environmental issues,climate change, the relationship between the environment and energy, renewableenergy, and energy conservation methods.

• Program of Arts and Sciences
At Tokyo Metropolitan University, we will offer specific theme-based programs (theProgram of Arts and Sciences) consisting of related liberal arts courses, foundationalcourses, general seminars, and language courses selected across humanitiessciences disciplinary boundaries from diverse educational programs, leveraging thecharacteristics of a comprehensive university to cultivate the ability to respond flexibly
to change (i.e., broad education, multifaceted cognitive capacity, etc.).
We will establish “Resources, Energy, Environment” under this concept as one of thespecific themes.

(Themes) Disaster and epidemic prevention
 Resources, energy, environment

Support for environmental activities• Support for environmental activities
We will assume a portion of the expenses for initiatives promoting climate
actions (actions to overcome the climate crisis), including activities undertaken
by students, faculty, and staff at the two universities and one college to reduce
environmental impact.
The particulars of such support will be reviewed by the Eco Activity Promotion
Committee.

• Community volunteer program(Matsuki Hinata Green Space Program)
We will offer a program jointly with the Hinata Ryokuchi society for the study ofcitizens, a community organization with which we have an agreement, using
the Matsuki Hinata Green Space on the Minami-Osawa Campus as the site forone of the volunteer activity programs organized by Tokyo Metropolitan
University.
These activities will provide instruction on the impact of a derelict satoyama on
the ecosystem and other social issues and help cultivate human resources
who can voluntarily and proactively tackle these issues.

 AI and humans

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Promoting Academic Research
Each department, research center, faculty, etc. of our two universities and one college engages in research activities that contribute to overcoming the climate crisis from avariety of perspectives.
We also collaborate with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on many occasions and contribute to solving various issues facing the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as its thinktank. We will further promote such research in the future and help solve the global climate crisis.

Promoting research• Promoting research activities related to the climate crisis
Our two universities and one college are educational institutions with different
characteristics. Each conducts distinctive research across a wide range offields and in-depth specialization.

[Examples of Research Themes]
Climate change, ecosystems, energy, resources, materials,
environmental impact analysis, CO2 capture and utilization, etc.
Against this backdrop, Tokyo Metropolitan University (as one example) is
pursuing research for the realization of a hydrogen energy society that does notemit CO2 and research on technologies that directly reduce CO2, such as
capturing CO2 from the atmosphere.
We will continue to actively contribute to the future of the global environment
and the progress of science and technology through research activities in orderto realize a sustainable society to transcend the climate crisis.
We will also actively publicize such research through using various media,
including our website, symposiums, etc.

Cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government• Tokyo Research Initiative for Sustainability
In January 2022, the Tokyo Research Initiative for Sustainability was establishedat the Corporation to strengthen research and study capabilities that will help
solve environmental and other SDGs issues.
From an academic perspective, the Initiative explores issues to help solve issues
pertaining to the administration of the municipal affairs of Tokyo under the themeof sustainability, and also works diligently on studies to help achieve carbon
neutrality, including effective energy use.

Image of matching between administrative needs and seeds of research
Tokyo Metropolitan
Government
Presentation ofchallenges
Commissioning researchand studies

Administrative challenges in realizing
a sustainable society
Planning andproposal for researchand studies

Tokyo Research Initiative for Sustainability
Research and studies into policy issues of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
regarding sustainability from an academic perspective

Joint studies

Commissioned projects

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