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4HE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY
OF 4OKYO 0ROJECT
4HE 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO IS A WORKPLACE THAT EMITS ONE OF THE GREATESTAMOUNTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN 4OKYO 4O REMEDY THIS SITUATION THE 'REEN
5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO 0ROJECT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED WITH THE AIM OF REDUCING#/ EMISSIONS USING )4 4HE PROJECT LEADER 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO 0ROFESSOR(IROSHI %SAKI EXPLAINS THE BACKGROUND TO THE PROJECT AND ITS OBJECTIVES

4SURES TO THOSE SPONTANEOUSLY ADOPTEDv
4HE PROJECT COMPRISES ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURESTHAT USE COMPUTER NETWORKS OR 'REEN)4 )N *APAN ENERGY CONSERVATION HASBEEN ATTEMPTED SEPARATELY IN RELATIONTO EACH COMPONENT MAINLY WITH SEMICONDUCTORS OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES AND)NTERNET DATA CENTERS (OWEVER AD

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HE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO
0ROJECT IS THE 'REEN )4 CAMPUS
PROJECT THAT STARTED IN *UNE THISYEAR AT "UILDING .O  OF THE&ACULTY OF %NGINEERING 4HE SLOGANS
FOR THE PROJECT ARE hENVIRONMENTALMEASURES WITH INTELLIGENCE AND WISDOM THAT UTILIZE INFORMATIONv ANDhFROM COERCED ENVIRONMENTAL MEA4HE TEST BED "UILDING .O  OF THE &ACULTY OF %NGINEERING(IGHLIGHTING *!0!. THROUGH ARTICLES .OVEMBER )SSUEVANCED ENERGY CONSERVATION CAPABILITIES CANNOT BE USED UNLESS THESE MEASURES WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY 4O
GIVE AN EXAMPLE A HYBRID CAR THAT GETS
GOOD MILEAGE IS NOT ABLE TO CONSERVEENERGY IF IT IS DRIVEN INAPPROPRIATELY/NE OF THE GOALS OF THE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO 0ROJECT IS TO ACHIEVEENERGY CONSERVATION THAT EFFECTIVELYMAKES OPTIMUM USE OF CUTTING EDGECOMPONENTS WHILE USING THE INFORMATION NETWORK AT "UILDING .O  OF THE&ACULTY OF %NGINEERING AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO &OR THIS PURPOSE THEAIR CONDITIONING LIGHTING AND OTHER FACILITIES ARE MADE AS OPEN AS POSSIBLEAND ARE COORDINATED SO THAT THE SYSTEMCAN BE DESIGNED AS A WHOLE
4HE VISION AND MISSION OF THEPROJECT IS ENCOMPASSING NOT ONLY "UILDING .O  BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE CAMPUS OFTHE 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO THE CITIES IN*APAN AND %ARTH AS A WHOLE
4HE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO0ROJECT AIMS TO BE REGARDED AS A TECHNOLOGICAL CENTRAL PROJECT OF THE 5NIVER(OW THE 3YSTEM 7ORKS4HE MAIN DEMONSTRATION TESTS PERFORMED IN "UILDING .O  ARE AS FOLLOWS &IRST THE DATA ON THE OPERATINGSTATUSES OF THE LABORATORY EQUIPMENTTHE LIGHTING AND OTHER FACILITIES IN ADDITION TO THE DATA FOR THE ENTIRE BUILDING STRUCTURE ARE COLLECTED AND ANALYZED 4HE CONVENTIONAL CONTROLSYSTEMS OF BUILDINGS CONSIST OF SUBSYSTEMS FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING LIGHTING SECURITY POWER SOURCES AND SOFORTH THAT ARE BASED ON THE SEPARATETECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE SUPPLIERS !S SUCH IT WAS VERYDIFFICULT TO ENSURE DATA COMPATIBILITYAMONG THESE SUBSYSTEMS &OR THIS REASON THE PROJECT USES )0V THE NEXTGENERATION )NTERNET PLATFORM PROTOCOLFOR CONFIGURING THE )0 NETWORK THATCONNECTS EACH OF THE FACILITIES !NDNOT ONLY THE AIR CONDITIONING AND
LIGHTING SYSTEMS BUT ALSO ALL OTHERELECTRICAL DEVICES SUCH AS PERSONALCOMPUTERS REFRIGERATORS AND 46S THATARE ALL EQUIPPED WITH MEASURING DEVICES TO COLLECT THE DATA ON ELECTRICITYCONSUMPTION ON A REAL TIME BASIS !NDTHE DATA ARE PROVIDED TO THE USERS
THROUGH )0V )N OTHER WORDS THE INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IS
BEING CONSUMED WHEN AND WHERE IS
MADE VISIBLE 4HE EFFECTS OF THIS VISUALIZATION PROCESS ARE THEN VERIFIED"ASED ON THE DATA COLLECTED WE CON
DUCT STUDIES ON WHAT KIND OF FACILITYMANAGEMENT AND CONTROL SHOULD BEPROVIDED )N OTHER WORDS WE TRY TOCLARIFY HOW THE AIR CONDITIONING LIGHTING SECURITY AND OTHER SYSTEMS CAN BECOMBINED IN ORDER TO CONFIGURE EFFECTIVE AND ENERGY CONSERVING SYSTEMS)T IS ALREADY POSSIBLE TO MONITORHOW MUCH ELECTRICITY IS BEING CON
SUMED BY EACH OF THE RESEARCH ROOMS
AND LABORATORIES IN "UILDING .O  "YTHE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR WE PLAN TOMAKE THE DATA AVAILABLE ON THE PERSONAL COMPUTERS OF EACH OF THE RESEARCHERS ENGAGED IN STUDY AT "UILDING .O
 4HIS IS SURE TO REDUCE THE ELECTRICITYCONSUMPTION 7E ALSO PLAN TO INSTALLMOTION SENSORS IN THE RESEARCH ROOMSAND LECTURE ROOMS THAT WILL BE COORDINATED WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING AND
LIGHTING SYSTEMS 4HIS WILL ENABLE THE
AIR CONDITIONERS AND LIGHTS TO BE TURNEDON AND OFF AUTOMATICALLY WHEN PEOPLEENTER AND LEAVE THE ROOM)T IS RELATIVELY EASY TO INTRODUCETHESE SYSTEMS IN A NEW BUILDING BUTRATHER MORE DIFFICULT IN EXISTING BUILDINGS )T IS FOR THIS REASON THAT THE EXPERIMENTS AT "UILDING .O  CAN SERVEAS A MODEL WHEN INTRODUCING THESESYSTEMS INTO OTHER EXISTING BUILDINGS)F THESE INITIATIVES WERE UNDERTAKEN THROUGHOUT *APAN THE STRUCTURE OFFACILITIES RELATED INDUSTRIES WOULDCHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY 4ODAY AN INEFFICIENT DIVISION OF WORK HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THE AREA OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WHERE EACH ENTITY USES ITS OWNTECHNOLOGIES )F THE SYSTEM WASOPENED UP COMPETITION AND THE SUBSEQUENT CREATION OF NEW INDUSTRIES WILL
LIKELY TAKE PLACE

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SITY OF 4OKYOS 4ODAI 3USTAINABLE#AMPUS 0ROJECT 43#0 WHICH AIMSTO REDUCE #/ BY  BY  AND BY BY  COMPARED TO THE LEVELSIN 4HE ANNUAL #/ EMISSIONS OF THE5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO WERE ABOUT  TONS IN  WHICH IS THEHIGHEST AMONG COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS ENTITIES IN METROPOLITAN 4OKYO )NFACT IT COSTS ABOUT SIX BILLION YEN
 MILLION DOLLARS EACH YEAR FOR THEELECTRICITY ALONE ! REDUCTION IN ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION LEADS NOT ONLY TO A
REDUCTION IN #/ EMISSIONS BUT ALSO INCOSTS )T IS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIALUNIVERSITIES IN *APAN AND THE PROJECTUNDERTAKEN IN 4OKYO WITH THE LARGEVOLUMES OF #/ EMISSIONS WOULD HAVEA SIGNIFICANT RIPPLE EFFECT ON OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND CITIES"UILDING .O  OF THE &ACULTY OF%NGINEERING WHERE DEMONSTRATIONTESTS ARE BEING CONDUCTED FOR THE'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO 0ROJECT ISA TWELVE STORY BUILDING COMPLETED IN
 4HIS BUILDING HOUSES A VARIETYOF FUNCTIONS INCLUDING LECTURE ROOMSOFFICES RESEARCH AREAS AND LABORATORIES 4HIS BUILDING WHERE A VARIETY OFUSERS USE A RANGE OF EQUIPMENT CANSERVE AS A MODEL FOR HOUSEHOLDS SMALLAND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES AND TENANT BUILDINGS WHERE THE IDEA OF ENERGYCONSERVATION HAS NOT TAKEN HOLD )NOTHER WORDS WE PLAN TO USE "UILDING.O  OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO AS ATEST BED FOR DISSEMINATING ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES INTO SOCIETY

(IROSHI %SAKI! JOINT RESEARCH CONSORTIUM HASJUST BEEN FORMED TO IMPLEMENT THE'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO 0ROJECT
4HE CONSORTIUM IS LED BY THE 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO AND CONSISTS OF .AGOYA5NIVERSITY +EIO 5NIVERSITY 4OKYO-ETROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT )4 RELATED.0/S AND ABOUT THIRTY COMPANIES4HE PARTICIPATING ENTERPRISES INCLUDEBUILDING OWNERS DEVELOPERS GENERALCONTRACTORS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OFFICES AND EQUIPMENT VENDORS "Y ALLOWING DIVERSE ENTITIES TO PARTICIPATEOR BY MAKING THE PROJECT OPEN IT HASBEEN POSSIBLE TO CLEARLY SET THE OBJECTIVE OF DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES THATSOCIETY GENUINELY NEEDS FOR THE PROJECT!S PART OF THE PROJECT WE WILL PREPARE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS THAT ENABLE THE INTERCONNECTION OF DIVERSESENSORS AND ACTUATORS AND PREPARESPECIFICATIONS FOR PROCURING ENERGYCONSERVING FACILITIES "Y REFERRING TOTHESE SPECIFICATIONS THE COSTS FORCONSTRUCTING ENERGY CONSERVING BUILDINGS CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED INTHE FUTURE!LTHOUGH CURRENTLY THERE IS NO
STANDARD BENCHMARK FOR THE EFFECT OFENERGY CONSERVATION BENCHMARKSPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ESTABLISHED
THROUGH THE PROJECT )T WOULD THEN BEPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TO OBTAIN OBJECTIVEDATA RELATED TO ENERGY CONSERVATION)F CERTAIN ENERGY CONSERVATIONMEASURES PROVE TO BE HIGHLY COSTEFFECTIVE AND PROVIDE ECONOMIC BENE(IGHLIGHTING *!0!. THROUGH ARTICLES .OVEMBER )SSUE3#)%.#%SUING EVACUATION WARNINGS IN THE CASE
OF LOCAL TORRENTIAL RAIN ,IVE % HASSPREAD OVERSEAS AS WELL TO EIGHTEENCOUNTRIES AND REGIONS MAINLY IN !SIAINCLUDING 4HAILAND )NDONESIA #HINAAND )NDIA*UST AS ,IVE % EXPANDED OVERSEASTHE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYO 0ROJECTALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONFIGURATIONOF A SENSOR NETWORK THAT WILL SPREAD
OVER THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 4OKYOAND THE REST OF THE WORLD #REATING THE
SPACE TO SHARE THE DIGITAL IN
FORMATION COLLECTED USING THE
SENSORS CAN LEAD TO THE CRE
ATION OF NEW WAYS OF USINGTHE DATA)NVERTING A WELL KNOWNSAYING *UNICHI 2EKIMOTO OF
3ONY #OMPUTER 3CIENCE ,ABORATORIES SAYS hINVENTION ISTHE MOTHER OF NECESSITYv4HIS MEANS THAT AN INVENTIONCAN BE USED IN A WAY THAT ISTOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE
ASSUMED BY THE INVENTOR )T IS
IMPORTANT TO SPOT THE SEEDS%XTENDING THEAND USE ALL YOUR WISDOM FOR.ETWORK TO THEUTILIZING THEM
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7ITH THE 'REEN 5NIVER0RIOR TO THE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY
SITY OF 4OKYO 0ROJECT ALSOOF 4OKYO 0ROJECT SOME ENTINEW WAYS TO USE THE SYSTEM
THAT GO BEYOND ENERGY CONTIES HAVE ALREADY PROVIDEDSERVATION CAN BE CREATED BYENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES THAT
MAKE USE OF THE )NTERNET AND
FORMING A SPACE WHERE INFORSENSORS IN SOME PROJECTS &ORMATION RELATED TO ENERGY CON
EXAMPLE THE 4OKYO -ETROSERVATION IS SHARED !N EX
AMPLE IS URBAN PLANNING
POLITAN GOVERNMENT INTRODUCED )0V FOR THE BUILDING5RBAN PLANS OF THE FUTURE
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ITSNEED TO FACILITATE EFFICIENT SOMAIN OFFICE 4HIS ENABLED THECIAL ACTIVITIES BY OPTIMIZINGTHE ENERGY FLOW &OR THAT PURCENTRALIZED MONITORING ANDCONTROL OF LIGHTING ELECTRICITYPOSE INFORMATION RELATED TO
DISASTER PREVENTION AND OTHERENERGY NEEDS TO BE COLLECTEDAND CITIES MUST BE PLANNEDSYSTEMS FROM THE CENTRAL! MEASURING DEVICE TO COLLECT THE DATA ON ELECTRICITYMONITORING ROOM OF THE MAINBASEDON THE INFORMATIONCONSUMPTION OF ELECTRIC DEVICES ON A REAL TIME BASISOFFICE BUILDING RESULTING IN4HIS IS A PARADIGM SHIFT INURBAN PLANNING )F THIS WEREENERGY CONSERVATION AND A RETICIPANTS 4HE PARTICIPANTS HAVE USEDDUCTION IN THE PERSONNEL COSTSTO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THETHE INFORMATION FOR EDUCATIONAL PRO0ANASONIC %LECTRIC 7ORKS #O
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT CAN BE SAVEDCONFIGURED A LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEMGRAMS PUBLIC SERVICES AND BUSINESSES
3PEAKING OF h4HINK GLOBALLY ACTTHAT UTILIZES )0V FOR LIGHTING FIXTURES
4HE CITY OF +URASHIKI IN /KAYAMALOCALLY v THE 'REEN 5NIVERSITY OF
4OKYO 0ROJECT IS INDEED AN ATTEMPT TO
IN THE "EIJING /LYMPIC 0ARK WHERE THE0REFECTURE IN WESTERN *APAN WHICH IS
MAIN STADIUM IS LOCATED 4HE SYSTEMINCORPORATE INFORMATION INTO LOCAL SYSAN ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPANT IN THE PROJ
HAS EFFICIENTLY CONTROLLED AND MONIECT HAS INSTALLED THE METEOROLOGICALTEMS WHILE RETAINING GLOBAL SENSITIVITYTORED THE   LIGHTS LOCATED IN THEMEASUREMENT UNIT MAINLY AT TWENTY
SEVEN SCHOOLS IN THE CITY 4HE CITY
VAST AREA MEASURING  KM BY  KMFROM A REMOTE LOCATION 4HE SYSTEMGOVERNMENT HAS USED THE UNITS TO COL(IROSHI %SAKI IS A PROFESSOR IN THE 'RADUATE 3CHOOL OFAIMS TO RESULT IN A  REDUCTION INLECT THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR IS)NFORMATION 3CIENCE AND 4ECHNOLOGY AT THE 5NIVERSITY OF 4OKYOTHE USE OF ENERGY)N THE PROJECT NAMED ,IVE % IN
DIVIDUALS UNIVERSITIES ENTERPRISESLOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND OTHER PARTICIPANTS HAVE INSTALLED METEOROLOGICALMEASURING DEVICES CONNECTED TO THE)NTERNET AT MORE THAN  LOCATIONSNATIONWIDE SINCE  THROUGH WHICHMETEOROLOGICAL DATA SUCH AS TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY ATMOSPHERIC PRESSUREAND RAINFALL ARE COLLECTED ON A REALTIME BASIS AND PROVIDED TO ALL THE PAR

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FITS ENTITIES WOULD ADOPT THE MEASURES
%NERGY CONSERVATION METHODS THAT RE
QUIRE RESTRAINT ON THE PART OF THE PEOPLECANNOT BE DISSEMINATED /NE OF THE IM
PORTANT GOALS OF THE PROJECT IS TO EXPANDCORPORATE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTE THEIR FUNCTIONS WITH LESS ENERGY
THROUGH INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND INNOVATION INSTEAD OF RESTRAINING CORPORATEAND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES &OR ENTERPRISESTHIS COULD ENHANCE THEIR INTERNATIONALCOMPETENCE 7E NEED TO CONFIGURE AMODEL THAT PROVIDES BUSINESSES AND OTHER ENTITIES WITHBENEFITS WHILE ALSO BEING KINDTO THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT4HE PROJECT IS LED MAINLYBY INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIAWITH NO FINANCIAL ASSISTANCEPROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT4HE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT WENEED TO REMAIN INDEPENDENTFROM THE GOVERNMENT IF WEARE TO MAKE IT A GENUINELYSUSTAINABLE PROJECT

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