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The technology industry in Japan still plays an important role and is gradually moving towards sustainable housing development, including using technology towards the goal of not using fossil energy.
In April 2014, the Japanese Government adopted an energy policy to encourage zero-carbon homes – Zero Net Energy Houses (ZEH), aiming to become a new building standard by 2030.
Net-Zero housing not only minimizes emissions, but can also regenerate energy for continued use. Incorporating technological innovations, Japan is constantly moving towards a greener, more sustainable future. If before, houses in Japan only had a useful life of 35 years before being “damaged and rebuilt”, now the country of the rising sun is exploiting sustainable housing. This sustainable development is completely productive and is a great test of the future of housing in Japan.
Here is an eco house that has made significant improvements in energy efficiency such as: using LED lights to save electricity, insulation and air conditioning to reduce household energy use…
Sekisui House is one of Japan’s largest homebuilders, and a pioneer in the movement towards energy-free sustainable housing.
MUJI House is also one of the units responding to the zero-energy movement, demonstrating a bold move in the field of architecture when launching Vertical House based in Tokyo, Japan. The house meets all the needs of residential living in a small plot of land. Designed in the dense urban context of Tokyo, the three-story prefab house has no interior walls and doors, and features large north-facing windows to let in light. Subdivided floors and an open floor plan encourage interaction, connection and movement.
After the launch of Vertical House, MUJI continues to “put on shelves” another set of living spaces in minimalist “huts” of different scales. Each hut is like a place to hide from the hustle and bustle of life. There are many materials to make these huts such as Konstantin Grcic’s aluminum hut, Jasper Morrison’s bamboo tent and Naoto Fukasawa’s wooden tent.
The house makes significant use of ecological technologies, such as high-insulating plastic panels, additional insulation and ventilation systems for overall heat exchange, ensuring high insulation performance.
Although aiming for energy-saving construction, the inherent coziness by using some wood materials in the house cannot be ignored. With calculations to minimize emissions, the house has balanced the use of light and space.
“Transustainable House” by SUGAWARADAISUKE Architects is also another example of housing architecture that pursues sustainability. The house fulfills the four main characteristics of urban housing: small building area, diverse lifestyles, constantly updating townscape, and artificial thermal environment.
CARBON CENTRAL WITH “NET ZERO”: WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Climate change has changed the agenda of business leaders, and so has the concept of Carbon Neutral. Carbon-neutral means that in order to achieve a zero-carbon result for a company, place, product, brand or event, it is first necessary to measure, and then reduce emissions to a level that can be achieved. possible and then offset the remaining emissions with an avoidable or equivalent emissions. This can be achieved by purchasing enough Carbon Offset credits to make a difference.
In contrast, Net Zero is a more ambitious goal that applies to the entire organization and its value chain. This means cutting carbon emissions indirectly from the first suppliers in the value chain to the end user, a significant effort in a world where companies do not control the entire chain. their value.
HOW TO ACHIEVE “NET ZERO”?
Widespread adoption of the “Net Zero” goal worldwide is an important element of climate action. Meanwhile, research has shown that to avoid adverse effects In terms of climate, carbon emissions need to be halved by 2030 and reach zero emissions by mid-century.
At the national level, reaching Net Zero requires drastic reductions in business-as-usual emissions, with the removal of carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Some of the world’s largest economies, including Japan, the UK and France, have set net zero emissions targets by 2050, and the EU has placed this goal at the heart of the European Green Deal.
In the corporate context, the operational definition of “Net Zero” is generally seen as a state in which activities in a company’s value chain have no net climate impact due to carbon emissions. This involves setting and pursuing a science-based 1.5°C emissions target across the entire value chain from the environment. atmosphere to neutralize any remaining hard-to-remove emissions (and only those).
In addition, this sustainable house is calculated for the durability between interior and exterior. While the interior responds to changes in the lifestyle of the occupants, the exterior responds to changes around the area. The project has created a unique look but still has a close relationship with the surrounding context.
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