A "smart city" will incorporate "green" technologies, which will be energy efficient and thus more economical for residents, is expected to be built by 2014 in Japan. The aim of the program ...
"Sustainable Smart City Foutzisagoua» (SST), which is an initiative of Panasonic and other eight Japanese conglomerates, is to create a city that produces 70% fewer carbon emissions compared to 1990 levels.
The SST will be built in an area of 190 acres where once stood a factory Panasonic. In fact, it is a town in the seaside town Foutzisagoua, 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo. It consists of 1,000 houses and other buildings, which will be equipped with solar panels, "smart" appliances, household fuel cells and batteries guarantee the savings of hundreds per year. The plans also provide for the installation of chargers for electric vehicles and of course the creation of green spaces in the city center and beyond.
List of "under discussion" features the city are also plans for joint use of cars, installing devices that work by wind, but also provide first class health services and care for the elderly residents of SST.
In the past, Japanese giants from Sony and Toshiba as the Toyota and Honda are involved in the development of "smart homes" or systems that utilize energy efficient technologies. But the first time the idea is applied to scale the city. Indeed, anticipating the success of the venture, Panasonic has already announced its repetition in other areas of Japan.
Posted by 9MOHAMED0 on Tuesday June 21, 2011
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