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YOKOHAMA, JAPAN –Tuesday, November 2, 2010 – The City of Yokohama will hold a demonstration and exhibition for the participants of APEC and media to coincide with the start of the APEC Leader’s Week from the 7th to the 14th of November. This is the first step of the “Yokohama Smart City Project (YSCP),” which is a collaboration project between the City of Yokohama and private enterprisesWith this exhibition, the City of Yokohama plans to explain in a simple way the smart city’s spirit of innovation and comfort that YSCP is aiming to achieve and to appeal the City’s overseas expansion possibilities in the future
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With this exhibition, the City of Yokohama plans to explain in a simple way the smart city’s spirit of innovation and comfort that YSCP is aiming to achieve and to appeal the City’s overseas expansion possibilities in the future.
※１ Accenture Japan Ltd., TOKYO GAS Co.,Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc., Toshiba Corporation, NISSAN MOTOR Co.,Ltd., Panasonic Corporation, Meidensha corporation etc.
【What is the Yokohama Smart City Project (YSCP)?】
The YSCP is the demonstrative project (FY2010 -2014), implemented by the collaboration of the private enterprises and the City of Yokohama aiming for the new urban creation by a Japanese-model smart grid system, to significantly reduce CO2 emissions and to achieve a dramatic introduction of renewable energy. The project has been selected as one of the “Next-Generation Energy and Social Systems Demonstration Areas” by Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry(METI).
The YSCP is aiming to introduce the system in the existing downtown areas, where renewing the infrastructure is not made easy, by leveraging Yokohama’s scale with 3.68 million citizens and diverse terrain.In yokohama,there are urban central areas such as the Minato Mirai 21 district,Japan’s leading port area,and the Kohoku-New Town,which is a large-scale development area,and the residential area where plenty of green and water resources are available.
By assembling the local enterprises’ knowledge that is “One-step away from the commercialization” and by cultivating the sustainable social system in the city where citizens make a living, the City of Yokohama aims to work on establishing the smart city model ahead of the world and on developing the solution universally applicable to the cities overseas.
【Demonstration and Exhibition】
To provide a solution to the challenges of 21st century, which are “climate change mitigation” and “dependency on fossil fuels,” the YSCP develops a comfortable eco-life style for citizens without any burden as well as a system in which the whole community can utilize the energy effectively.
At the exhibition, each technological element of the YSCP is embedded in the model home where the visitors can image the real living space.
The City of Yokohama will make the exhibition as visitor-friendly as possible so that the visitors would be able to hold great expectations for the future of the smart city by learning the outline of the smart city the YSCP provides, getting interested in the contents, and having real experiences of the smart city itself.
■ Duration: Sunday, November 7, 2010 – Sunday, November 14, 2010
■ Time: 10:00a.m. - 17:00p.m.
■ Location： “Yokohama Home Collection” Special Venue
（Address： 3-3 Minato Mirai, Nishi-Ku, Yokohama）
・ Club House（Administration Building）
・Sumitomo Forestry the 2nd Model Home
・ Sekisui House the 2nd Model Home
・Daiwa House Model Home
【Exhibition Overview】
○ Demonstration of CEMS（Community Energy Management System）
○ Exhibition and overview explanation of each HEMS（Home Energy Management System）
○ Introduction of smart BEMS（Building Energy Management System）
○ Concept Model House of the smart house
○ Model exhibition of each smart house
○ Exhibition of EV（Electronic Vehicle） and small mobility
【Registrations for Excursions and Media Tour】
Inspection tours are available for the APEC participants and media. Pre-registration is required and also presentation of the appropriate identification card is necessary. If an English translator is necessary, please apply for it at the time of pre-registration.
＜Excursions by the City of Yokohama＞
■ Date： Sunday, November 7 – Friday, November 12, 2010
3 times/day （10:00a.m.-,13:00p.m.-,15:00p.m.-）
※ Time is subject to change according to the progress of APEC special events.
■ Registration： Register at the City of Yokohama APEC information desk (located at the venue, Minato Mirai Station, Sakuragi-cho Station, and hotels) by 15:00 of previous day for the excursions you would like to join.
＜Media Tour by the City of Yokohama＞
■ Date： Monday, November 8, 09:00a.m.- / Tuesday, November 9, 13:30 -
※ This is a set tour that combines a tour to water treatment and sludge treatment facilities.
■ Registration： Same as the above
【Exhibition Partners】
＜Model House＞
Sumitomo forestry Co.,Ltd.,Sekisui House Ldt.,Daiwa House Industry co.,Ltd.
＜Yokohama Home Collection＞
Ryoju Estate Co.,Ltd.,Eightknot&Co.,Ltd.
※During the exhibition, the demonstration field for the “Smart Network Project” (MIC(Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)’s project, “Network Integrated Control System Standardization Promotion”) is open for visitors at 54 block area in Minato Mirai 21 district. (address: 5-1-17 Nishi-ku, Yokohama)
Please contact the following for further inquiries:
Climate Change Policy Headquarters of the City of Yokohama
Hideaki Inagaki, Manager for Climate Change Policy Division
Tel: 045-671 -2477