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Effective Action on Global Warming Prevention
Effective Action on
   Global Warming Prevention
by the Japan’s Electrical and Electronics Industries
                       Our Initiatives for Creating a Low-Carbon Society

       Liaison Group of Japanese Electrical and Electronics Industries
                       for Global Warming Prevention
                       The Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association (JEMA) / Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA)
            Japan Business Machine and Information System Industries Association (JBMIA) / Communications and Information network Association of Japan (CIAJ)
Association for Electric Home Appliances (AEHA) / The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA) / Japan Lighting Manufacturers Association (JLMA)
Effective Action on Global Warming Prevention
1                                  Initiatives for Medium-and-Long Term
                                       -Contribution to medium-and-long term CO2 emission reductions by technological innovation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Global Warming Prevention

     Awareness of Global Warming                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Leading High-efficiency Technologies for                                                                                  Technological Development in
     (Predicted amount of CO2 emissions in the medium-and-long term and reduction scenarios)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Thermal Power Generation                                                                                                  the Renewable Energy
IPCC*1 stated in its fourth report that, in order to suppress the temperature rise to within 2˚C by the end of the 21st century, greenhouse gas emissions have to                                                                                             For thermal power generation (coal, oil, and natural gas), which supplies                                                                                       Road map for technological development of solar power generation
be reduced after the peak in 2020 and to be halved compared to the 1990 level by 2050.                                                                                                                                                                        almost 70% of the electricity consumed in the world, we have been working                                                                                       For solar power generation, we are advancing development of modular
However, energy-derived CO2 emissions had increased by as much as 50% as of 2009, and IEA*2 predicts that CO2 emissions in 2050 will be almost 1.9 times                                                                                                      on improvement of power generation efficiency by technological                                                                                                  technologies that embrace new technologies to form cells, cooling
the current level and the average temperature will rise by 6˚C if no countermeasures are taken (6˚C Scenario). On the other hand, it indicates a view that                                                                                                    development such as increase of steam temperature and pressure,                                                                                                 mechanisms, solar concentrating systems, and so on with the aim to
technological innovation and promotion of the diffusion of                                                                                                                                                                                                    pulverized-coal combustion, and combined operation of gas turbines and                                                                                          enhance panels’ power generation efficiency and resource-saving. To
energy-saving products and services would enable halving                                                                                    Technological innovation and                                                                                      steam turbines.                                                                                                                                                 disseminate them, we are also engaged in developing appropriate systems
                                                                                                                                            promotion of the diffusion of
CO2 emissions by 2050 and suppressing the rise of average 60                                    6˚C Scenario
                                                                                                                                            low-carbon / energy-efficient                                                                                     As a result, the efficiency of domestic thermal power generation is currently                                                                                   for power system interconnection, such as energy storage functions and
temperature to within 2˚C (2˚C scenario).                                                                                                      products and services                                                                                          among the best in the world. Furthermore, we are advancing technological                                                                                        demand and supply control utilizing IT technologies.
*1 IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
                                                                                                                    50
                                                                                                                                                       40Gt-CO2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Energy supply and CCS                     development to improve the efficiency by integrating solid oxide fuel cells
                                                                                                                                                        in 2020                                                                                               with combined gas turbine systems, and so on.
                                                                                           CO2 emissions (Gt-CO2)

*2 IEA: International Energy Agency                                                                                                                                                                                  CCS (0.24Gt-CO2)
                                                                                                                    40                                                Total amount of emission                       Increase of power generation                                                                                                                                                                                 Phase             Market preparatory phase            Market development phase         Mass spread phase
                                                                                                                                                                      reductions 6.29Gt-CO2                          efficiency and fuel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     conversion (0.56Gt-CO2)                                                                                                                                  Integrating with fuel cell systems                                    Cell-forming technologies (new structures, new materials, flexible substrates, and multi-junctions)
                                                                                                                    30                                 34Gt-CO2                                                      Nuclear energy (0.22Gt-CO2)
                                                                                                                                                        in 2020                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Development          Module technologies (low-cost, cooling mechanisms, and solar concentrating systems)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Renewable energy (0.95Gt-CO2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Energy efficiency of thermal power generation ()
                                                                                                                    20                                                                                                    Energy demand                                                                                                                                                                                                             System technologies (low-cost construction and cooperation with the local communities and other energies)
                                                                                                                                                       2˚C scenario
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         60                                                              1700˚C class
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Improvement of energy                                                                              Gas turbine combined                                (57%)                                                 Social            Demonstration of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Infrastructure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Regional energy
                                                                                                                    10                                                                                               efficiency by end use (3.38                                                                        cycle (GTCC)                                                                                                                                                    improvement for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 systems            smart community
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        interactive communication
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Gt-CO2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1500˚C class                                                            Integrating with fuel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Fuel conversion by end use
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               1350˚C class                                         1600˚C class
                                                                                                                     0                                                                                               (0.94 Gt-CO2)                                                                                                                                                                    cell systems            Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from NEDO, “PV2030+” and Japan Photovoltaic Energy
                                                                                                                    1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050                                                                                                                     50                                                                                                                           Association, “JPEA PV OUTLOOK 2030”
                                                                                                                                                                                                     year
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Integrated coal gasification
                                                                                                                    Source: IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 “Scenarios & Strategies to 2050”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Conventional thermal power                          combined cycle                                      Floating off-shore wind turbine systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             generation by                           power generation (IGCC)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Development of off-shore wind power generation, where the strong wind can
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      pulverized-coal combustion                                          1300˚C class-demonstration
     Contribution to Energy Supply                                                                                                                  Contribution by Facilitating Diffusion of                                                                                                            40                                                                               plant (41%)                         be expected stably, is in progress worldwide. Particularly for the large off-shore
     by Technological Innovation                                                                                                                    Energy-efficient products and Services                                                                                                                                                  1200˚C class-demonstration plant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (40%)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              floating wind turbine system that is appropriate for the steep submarine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              topography of Japan, we have participated in demonstration
IEA estimates that CO2 emissions will decrease by approximately 2Gt in                                                                     Approximately 30% of energy consumed in the world is used as electric                                                                                                                                                                                                              projects (2 MW and 7 MW) off the coast of Fukushima and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         30
2020 through improving efficiency of thermal power generation,                                                                             energy by our products (motive power by motor, heat source by lighting,                                                                                                                                                                                                            have been working on its commercialization.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1990            2000                2010                  2020           2030                                year
disseminating renewable energy such as solar power generation, and so on                                                                   ICT and heat pumps).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from Agency of Natural Resources and Energy                                                                                                       Demonstration projects of floating off-shore wind
as low-carbon technologies for energy supply.                                                                                              We have achieved low-carbonization and energy-efficiency in various                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      turbine systems for reconstruction of Fukushima
In addition to such technological development, we will contribute to                                                                       scenes where energy is used, through developing high-efficiency products                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 by a consortium of industries, governments, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    the academic sector (image figure)
medium-and-long term CO2 emission reductions by advancing development                                                                      and providing their combined systems and services. We will be also
of technologies to capture and store CO2 (CCS* 3 ) from exhaust gas of                                                                     contributing to achieving secure, safe, and comfortable urban infrastructure
coal-fired thermal power, and so on.                                                                                                       by smart grids, intelligent transportation systems, and so on utilizing IT                                                                                      Achieving High Efficiency of Lighting                                                                                    Energy-efficient Technologies of Data Centers
*3 CCS: Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage
                                                                                                                                           technologies.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Luminaires have been improved in energy efficiency through transitions                                                                                          Energy consumption of data centers in 2020 is predicted to become
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              from incandescent lamps to fluorescent lamps, then to Hf fluorescent                                                                                            approximately 4 times that in 2005. Energy consumption in buildings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              lamps, and further to LEDs. Development of luminaires for LEDs is in                                                                                            breaks down into 50% for IT equipment, 40% for air-conditioning, and the
                              Power generation
                                                        Efficiency improvement                                                                                                      Low-carbonization                                                         progress towards 2015 with the aim of doubling the energy efficiency                                                                                            rest for lighting, and so on*4.
        Energy supply side

                              and transmission                        High-efficiency Coal-fired                         High-Efficiency              Innovative solar                Advanced nuclear         Carbon Dioxide Capture                         compared with that of fluorescent lamps (75 lm/W).                                                                                                              Besides raising device power-saving and virtualization to improve the
                                                                      thermal power generation                           Superconducting              power generation                power generation         and Storage (CCS)
                                                                                                                         Power Transmission                                                                                                                   Furthermore, next-generation high-efficiency lighting systems are also                                                                                          utilization efficiency of IT equipment, technologies of air flow simulation to
                                               High-efficiency LNG-fired
                                               thermal power generation                                                                                                                                               Bio-plants                              under development utilizing semiconductor technologies such as organic                                                                                          “visualize” the room temperature of data centers and so on have been
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      (fuel conversion)
                                                                                                                                   Intelligent                                                                                                                light emitting diodes.                                                                                                                                          introduced to advance the energy utilization efficiency.
                             Transport Secondary batteries and charging stations for                                               transportation
                                                                                                                                                              Smart City
                                          plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles                                                     systems                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Luminaires for white                         *4 GIPC, “Survey and Estimation Committee Report (2013)”

                                                                                                       Energy management systems                                                                    Nuclear power    Thermal power                                                                                                                                                 LEDs 150lm/W
                             Industries Innovative materials, manufacturing and                        (High-Efficiency information
                                                                                                                                                                                      Factories                                                                                                          150                              Improvement of phosphor materials
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Energy-saving technologies for IT equipment                           Energy-saving contribution by service provision
                                          processing technologies
        Energy demand side

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Hydro-                                                                                       Improvement of internal quantum efficiency
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Energy efficiency (lm/W)

                                                                                                                                                               Households                                                                                                                                                                                                              Twice
                                          (semiconductors and nanotechnology)                          device and systems)                                                                                                  power                                                                                      Improvement of light extraction efficiency                   as much as                                       Power-saving technologies for devices
                                                                                                       HEMS:Home Energy Management System                                                                                                                                                                                  Nano concavo-convex structure                            the current                                                                                                               Virtualization technologies
                                                                                                       BEMS:Building Energy Management System                                                  Smart Grid                                                                                                                      and flip-chip mounting
                             Commercial / Energy-saving household appliances and                       FEMS:Factory Energy Management System                                                                                                                                                             100                            Current level
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        level
                              Residential high-efficiency lighting (LEDs and
                                          next-generation high-efficiency lighting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Luminaires for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     High-efficiency cooling technologies                                     Cloud computing technologies
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Renewable     Solar                                                                                                    fluorescent lamps 75lm/W
                                          system with semiconductor technologies)                                         Stationary fuel cells                Cities and offices                                energy     power                                                                                                                                                                                                    High-efficiency power source technologies
                                                                                                                                                                                    Eco-cars             Wind power                                                                                             Luminaires for
                                          Super-high-efficiency heat pumps                                                                                                                                                                                                                                50
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  white LEDs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    OLED                                                        Energy-saving technologies in facilities
                             Cross-cutting issues
                                                       High-performance power storage                                    Power electronics                                                                                                                                                                15       Incandescent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  lamps 12lm/W                                                                                                       Visualization technologies for the electricity and temperature
                               Development of innovative technologies for electrical and electronic equipment and systems is expected to be advanced in both the energy demand and energy supply sides.                                                                                                              2008                            2012                      2015                 2018        2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       year          Airflow analysis technologies

Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from “Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Cool Earth Energy Innovative Technology Plan (2008)”                                                                                                           Source: Japan Lighting Manufacturers Association (formerly Japan Luminaires Association)                                                                            High-efficiency operation technologies for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     air-conditioning and power distribution                          Inside of a data center
Effective Action on Global Warming Prevention
2
                                    Initiatives for Greenhouse Gas Emission                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Reductions
                                    in the Commercial and Residential and                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Industrial Sectors
                                    -Contribution to greenhouse gas emission reductions and promotion of high-efficiency product                                                                                                                                                                   manufacturing

     Development and Promotion of Energy-Saving                                                                                               Improvement of energy efficiency of home appliances
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Investments in energy-savings and accumulated energy-savings since 1997
     appliances                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Promoting Energy-Efficient Manufacturing                                                                                                                                              800                                                                                                                                                                       800

     (Continuous initiatives to improve energy-saving performance)                                                                                                           LED lamp                           LED ceiling light                      Air conditioners                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Annual investments (line graph): left-hand scale

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Annual investments in energy-savings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                700                                                                                                                                                                       700
                                                                                                                                                                             (LED light bulb, approx. 10 W)     (74W ×1 unit)                          (2.8 kW class)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Accumulated energy-savings (bar graph): right-hand scale

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Accumulated energy-savings
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                600                                                                                                                                                                       600
As many home appliances and some of office equipment are designated                                                                                                          Energy-saving: (approx.) 80%       Energy-saving: (approx.) 38% less      Energy-saving: (approx.) 14%                   We formulated a voluntary action plan for global warming prevention and

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    (10 thousand t-CO2)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (100 million yen)
                                                                                                                                                                             less energy than general           energy than ring-type fluorescent      less energy compared 2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                500                                                                                                                                                                       500
as target devices of the Top-Runner Standard* 5 under the energy-saving                                                                                                      incandescent light bulbs (54 W)    lighting fixture (30W × 4 units)       from 2001                                      have been investing as much as approximately 30 billion yen annually in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                400                                                                                                                                                                       400
law, we have been engaged in enhancing energy-saving performance                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      energy-saving efforts since 1997. As a result, we achieved a reduction of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                300                                                                                                                                                                       300
significantly by a steady step towards improvement of energy efficiency,                                                                                                                                                                                                                              almost seven million t-CO2 emissions in total by 2011.                                                                                                                                    200                                                                                                                                                                       200
reduction of standby power consumption, and so on through development                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 And continuous promotion of our initiatives has enabled us to reach the                                                                                                                   100                                                                                                                                                                       100
and introduction of innovative technologies.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lowest level of greenhouse gas emissions per sales amount in the fields of                                                                                                                 0                                                                                                                                                                        0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Televisions                      Household refrigerators                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1997   1998    1999   2000   2001   2002    2003   2004                  2005                                  2006      2007     2008   2009   2010     2011
Through these initiatives, we will continue to contribute to energy-saving                                                                                                                                                      (32 V-type liquid crystal TV)    (401 – 450 L)                        devices, home electric appliances, etc., in comparison with other companies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fiscal year
                                                                                                                                      Electric toilet seats                                       Personal computers                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Source: Japan’s EE Industries
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Energy-saving: (approx.)         Energy-saving: (approx.)
and CO2 emission reductions in the household and residential sectors.                                                                 (instantaneous type)                                        Energy-saving: (Expected                                                                            in the same businesses around the world.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                55% less energy                  65% less energy
                                                                                                                                      Energy-saving: (approx.)                                    approx.) 80% less energy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                compared 2011 from 2006          compared 2011 from 2001              We will continue to expedite the manufacturing of products with proper                                                               Unit of GHG emissions per sales amount in 2010
*5 Top-Runner Standard: The standard mandates improvement of energy consumption of home appliances                                    15-60% less energy                                          compared 2011 from 2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           (in comparison with overseas companies in same business)
                                                                                                                                      compared 2011 from 2001
   in household and automobiles beyond products currently on the market                                                                                                                                                                                                                               energy efficiency by not only innovating production processes and improving
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Devices (semiconductors and LCDs)                                                                                        Household appliances

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Unit of GHG emissions per sales amount (t-CO2/M$)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      energy-consumption efficiency but also by enhancing physical- distribution

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Unit of GHG emissions per sales amount (t-CO2/M$)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 400                                                                                                                    50
Power Consumption by Home Appliances in Household (2009)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Company E (USA)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      efficiency and promoting energy-saving measures in offices of all kinds.                                                                                                                                                           Company A (Taiwan)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 350
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Company F
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Company B (Korea)                                                              40                                (Netherlands)
                                                                      Household                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  300
                                                                     refrigerators
                                                                            14.2%                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Promotion of Energy-Saving Measures                                                                                                                                                   250                                                                                                                    30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Company G (Sweden)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Company C (USA)

                                                                                                                                               Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from Agency of Natural Resources and Energy and                                                          by IT Solutions                                                                                                                                                                       200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Company D (Korea)                                                                          Top-level performance
                                                                                                                                                       Association for Electric Home Appliances                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Top-level performance                                                                                  20
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 150                                                                                                                                     in the world
                                                            Approx.                       Lighting                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    in the world

                          Others                         4,618                           equipment                                                                                                                                                                                                   Energy-savings by cloud computing systems                                                                                                                                                   100
                                                                                           13.4%                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        10
                         49.9%                   kWh per household                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Energy-savings can be achieved by integrating client server systems, which                                                                                                                  50
                                                   Electricity usage                                                                                                          Promotion of Energy-Saving of                                                                                           used to be placed in each office, into the servers of data centers to                                                                                                                           0                                                                                                                  0
                                                per household in 2009                 Televisions                                                                             Office Buildings by LED Lighting                                                                                        considerably reduce the number of servers.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Domestic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    companies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Overseas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         companies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Domestic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       companies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Overseas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           companies
                                                                                          8.9%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      One successful example shows that the number of servers decreased by                                                               Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from each company’s financial report and the carbon
                                                                                  Air                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Disclosure Project
                                                                                                                                             Use of high-efficiency LED lighting that has high energy-saving performance                                                                              almost 90% as a result of integrating the client server systems in six offices
                                                                              conditioners
                                                                                                                                             and adoption of lighting design appropriate for each usage enable
                                                                                7.4%                                                                                                                                                                                                                  worldwide into one data center.                                                                                                    Energy-savings by air-conditioning monitoring systems
                                                                                                                                             acceleration of energy-savings of the entire office building.                                                                                                                                                                                       Data centers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        We are significantly contributing to
                                                                                   Electric toilet seats 3.7%                                An office that accomplished full LED installation in the ceiling lighting has
                                                                              Computers 2.5%
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Deployment instructions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        reducing energy-losses in factories
                                                                                                                                             successfully reduced the expense of lighting to almost one-third that of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and offices by rapidly optimizing
Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from Agency of Natural Resources and Energy                                               fluorescent lighting by                                                                                                                                                 User                         Portals
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Automatic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             deployment                                                 air-conditioner operations using
                                                                                                                                             using personal control,                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Resource pools
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Servers                        centralized control by IT.
      Promotion and diffusion of                                                                                                             motion sensors, and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Storage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Networks                       Examples include improved
                                                                                                                                             daylight sensors at the
      Solar Power Generation                                                                                                                 same time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Users                                                                                                              room-temperature settings, mode
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Virtual platforms
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        selectors, ON/OFF control, timer
Introduction of solar power generation has been promoted rapidly in recent
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Source: Japan’s EE Industries                                                                                                     control, and demand control.
years with support by the “Purchasing Surplus Electricity Programme,” the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Source: Japan’s EE Industries
“Feed-in Tariff Scheme,” and so on. Given the circumstances, we have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Energy-savings by remote teleconference solutions                                                                                  Efficiency improvement of physical distribution systems by IT
initiated mass production of solar cells promptly and expedited to cost
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Source: IINO BUILDING - The grand prize of “Energy saving and                      The introduction of high-resolution and high-sound-quality teleconferencing
reduction and heighten efficiency.                                                                                                                                                                                         effective lighting design award 2011”, Ministry of                                                                                                                                                           Energy-savings for physical distribution are ongoing through improvements in load
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      enables smooth remote communications and significantly reduces the energy
For Mega-Solar power generation system that is expected to expand in the                                                                                                                                                   Environment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        efficiency, the expansion of joint transportation, and the efficiency enhancement of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      otherwise needed to travel, as well as the travel expenses and time.
future, we will work on facilitating the spread as well as reducing the cost                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            transportation and delivery networks. And, by installing digital tachographs on
                                                                                                                                             Shipment transitions of solar power for domestic electricity
of the entire system by developing high-efficiency and large-capacity power                                                                  (for household use and business use)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       transport vehicles, we are increasingly “visualizing” the improvements.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Before system introduction (5.7t-CO2)
conditioners, and so on.                                                                                                                                                      4,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  From Tokyo to Osaka: one person travels by Bullet Train                                                           Data on speed, distance, time, arrival and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Results of                                                                 Vehicle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    departure, idling, sudden starts, engine speed, etc.                                                                       transportation                                                               masters
                                                                                                                                                                              3,500                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Each office
                                                                                                                                             Shipment amount (thousand kW)

 An example of the structure of solar power generation systems                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Conferences: 19 times/month,                                                                                                        Digital tachographs
                                                                                                                                                                              3,000                                                                                                                                    1.8 h/conference                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Data capture                                                              Registrations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Distribution of paper documents:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Input on web
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       30 pages × 6 sets/conference      CO2 emission
                                                                                                                                                                              2,500
            Power                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Tokyo      Use of a PC and a projector:    reductions by 75%                                              Osaka                                                                                                                                         Results                                                                 Vehicle
            generation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (40 W+250 W) × 89 h/month                                                                                                                                                                                                                     data                                                                   masters Registrations
                                                                                                                                                                              2,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 of forklifts
                                                             Power                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     After system introduction (1.4t-CO2)                                                                                                                                                               Memory cards           Connected to vehicle
                                         Transforming        transmission                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           data
   Solar cells
                                         equipment
                                                                       Electric power
                                                                                                                                                                              1,500                                                                                                                   High-resolution and high-sound-quality teleconferencing systems that offer a realistic atmosphere                                                                                                                          management systems                                                                           Searches
                     Power                                             systems                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               and outputs
                     conditioners                                                     Tokyo Electric Power Company, Ukishima Solar
                                                             Power supplies           Power Plant (7MW)
                                    Discharge   Charge                                                                                                                        1,000
            Power                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Optical communication
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Vehicle operation results                                                     Vehicle documentation
            generation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   systems                                                                                                                                                                                      Number of working days                                                        Contents of vehicle inspection
                                                                                                                                                                                500                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 certificates and specifications
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Card readers                                Driving distance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Fuel consumption                                                              Expiration dates of NOx and PM Laws
   Solar cells
                     Power                                                                                                                                                        0                                                                                                                   Tokyo                                                                                                           Osaka                                                                                                                           Fuel economy, etc.                                                           Vehicle registries
                                     Rechargeable battery                                                                                                                               2000                                    2005                                     2010    2011 2012
                     conditioners                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Conferences: 17 times/month             Use of teleconferencing systems          Use of networks                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Lists of registered vehicles
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Fiscal year         Assembly meetings: twice/month,         396 W × 2 sets × 1.8 h/conference        2 Mbps × 1.8 h/conference
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             1.8 h/conference
                                                                                     Tohoku Electric Power Company, Hachinohe Solar             Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from Japan Photovoltaic Energy Association,
Source: Japan’s EE Industries                                                        Power Plant (1.5MW)                                                “statistics of shipping volumes for PV cells”                                                                                                 Source: Japan’s EE Industries                                                                                                           Source: Japan’s EE Industries
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                                Initiatives for Greenhouse Gas Emission                                                                                                                                                                                                           Reductions through
                                International Cooperation
                                -Global contribution through cooperation in international standardization and new reduction mechanisms

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Evaluation of Energy Performance                                                                                                                    International Evaluation of Energy-saving
     International Cooperation in Facilitating Diffusion of Low-Carbon and Energy Efficient Products                                                                                                                                                                                     for Data Centers (DPPE*8)                                                                                                                           Performance of Electric Refrigerators
Policy introduction to facilitate diffusion of high-efficiency products and the methods to appropriately evaluate energy-saving performance are under discussion                                                                                                                   The amount of information that data centers handle has been growing in                                                  IEA evaluates the effects of energy-saving policies of every country through the
in various ways within the international framework. We are promoting the global adoption of low-carbon and energy efficient products, and have proposed                                                                                                                            geometric progression due to the spread of cloud-type services, smart                                                   benchmarks of energy-saving performance of electric and electronic products.
evaluation and measuring methods for energy efficiency in international markets.                                                                                                                                                                                                   phones, and so on. As a result, energy consumption has been also                                                        In Japan, in response to the policy introduction of the Top Runner standard and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   continuously increasing.                                                                                                Labeling Scheme, household refrigerators have met the requirements with
                                                               United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) /                                                                   Initiatives for international                                                    In response, Japan, the United States, and Europe collaborated to develop a                                             technological development, including compressors’ performance improvement,
     G8 Summit + (plus)                                                          Conference of the Parties (COP)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  standardization (IEC*6) in the electric                                          set of metrics (DPPE) that evaluate energy consumption of data centers                                                  inverter control, and introduction of vacuum insulation materials.
                                                               Cooperation in the initiatives towards developing the “Joint Crediting
         Major Economies Forum on
          Energy and Climate (MEF)
                                                                 Mechanism / Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism” by the Japanese                                                                   and electronic products sector                                                   using four elements (purchasing of energy, use of facility, purchasing of IT                                            Japan’s major improvements are at the top-level from a global standpoint. IEA
                                                                 Government (feasibility studies)
                                                                                                                                                                                                 For international standardization of the rules of                                 equipment, and operation of IT equipment). They are the world’s first                                                   also evaluates introduction of these policies and efforts of technological
       Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)                                                      International               International Telecommunication
                                                                                           Organization for            Union-Telecommunication                                                   quantification, reporting, and verification of greenhouse                         successful metrics to comprehensively evaluate the use of green energy,                                                 development to be effective for energy-saving measures in the household
                                                                                           Standardization (ISO)       Standardization Sector (ITU-T)                                            gas emissions, we are advancing development of rational                           energy-saving performance of IT equipment, and so on, in addition to                                                    sectors.
                        International
                        Partnership for Energy                                                                                                                                                   and transparent methodologies appropriate for the                                 energy consumption of conventional attached facilities.                                                                                                                                                                                           Japan                                  Austria
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Australia                              Denmark

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the current IEC measurement method (2007)(kWh/year))
                        Efficiency Cooperation                                                                                                                                                   electric and electronic products sector.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      1000                                                                  Canada                                 Korea
                        (IPEEC / 14 countries                               International Energy                         International                                                                                                                                             *8 DPPE:Datacenter Performance Per Energy
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Participating in the activities to facilitate diffusion of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          UK                                     USA1
                        + EU)                                                                                            Electrotechnical                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       900

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              (normalised kWh/year, Values corrected by
                                                                            Agency (IEA/                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Energy consumption at                                                                                                                                                                                             EU                                     USA2
                                                                                                                         Commission (IEC /                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Introduction of Top Runner
                                                                            28 countries)                                                                                                        high-efficiency products under the International                                    Purchasing of energy                  facility                 Energy consumption by IT equipment
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                800   standard (1st phase 1999 – 2004)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Data from Home Energy Magazine            2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Data from NPD

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Average unit energy consumption
     SEAD : Super-efficient Equipment                                                                                    65 countries)
     and Appliance Deployment                                    IEA Implementing Agreement (4E) :                                                                                               Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Introduction of Top Runner standard
                                                                 Efficient Electrical End-use Equipment            Technical Committee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          700
                                                                                                                                                                                                 and in the International Energy Agency (IEA)                                       Grid power                          Conditions                                                                                                                                                                                                (2nd phase: 2006 – 2010)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Other energy                                                                                                                                                600                                                               & introduction of multi-rating Labeling Scheme
                       Cooperation in policy                             Cooperation in benchmark                      Development of energy-saving testing                                      Implementing Agreement for energy-saving evaluation,                                Green          supplied
                         introduction to facilitate                        evaluation of products,                     methods for products (international                                                                                                                           energy                                                         IT equipment                                                                                                500
                                                                                                                                                                                                 we are also making various proposals globally for                                                  from outside
                         diffusion of high-efficiency                      energy-saving standards and                 consistency) and environmental
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Conventional
                         products                                          Labeling policy etc.                        contribution methodologies                                                greenhouse gas emission reductions as well as appealing                             energy                                                                                                                                                                     400
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Facilities                                            Software and
                                                                                                                                                                                                 the excellent energy-saving performance of Japanese                                                                                                   Hardware                                                                                                 300
                          Electrical and Electronics Industries (Sectoral approach)                                                                                                                                                                                                  Green
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          air conditioning,                                    operation
                                                                                                                                                                                                 electric and electronic products.                                                   energy                               power supplies,                                                                                                                       200
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          lighting, etc.
Source: Japan’s EE Industries                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Conventional                                                                                                                                                               100
                                                                                                                                                                                                   *6 IEC: International Electrotechnical Commission                                 energy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  0
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Improving the efficiency   Introducing high-efficiency   Improving the operation                       1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Purchasing green Energy              of facilities               IT equipment              of IT equipment                                                                                                      year
Participation in new mechanisms towards global warming prevention                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Source: Green IT Promotion Council (2013)                                                                             Source: IEA Implementing Agreement for a Co-operating Programme on Efficient Electrical End-Use
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Equipment (4E), Mapping & Benchmarking Annex, Tokyo meeting (Nov, 2012)
The Japanese Government advocates the introduction of the Joint Crediting Mechanism / Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism* 7 with a focus on the Asian region. Gathering
our expertise that we have acquired to date, we evaluate the feasibility of global warming prevention policies of each country for the purpose of realizing these new                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Target facilities                                Countries                          Diagnoses Summary                                         Potentials of Energy-saving
mechanisms.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Energy-saving Diagnoses of Asian Countries by IT                                                                                                                             Vietnam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Air-conditioning settingVerification of operation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Thermohydraulic analyses                                                        -140t-CO2/year
*7 Joint Crediting Mechanism / Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism: Mechanisms to evaluate achieved contributions to greenhouse gas emission reduction or absorption from Japan in a quantitative manner for the purpose of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Separation effects of cold and warm air by blank panels
   contributing to global emission reductions, through facilitating diffusion of greenhouse gas emission reduction technologies, products, systems, services, and infrastructure as well as implementation of mitigation actions in                                                                                                                                                                                 Data centers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Power supplies, air-conditioning, etc.
   developing countries. Japan intends to accelerate mechanism design while getting cooperation from host countries, and aims to start the mechanism as soon as possible after 2013 while ensuring the mechanism transparency                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Singapore         Loss reductions in power supplies based on the PUE and                          -392t-CO2/year
   to contribute to the discussions at the United Nations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   We not only send experts to Asian countries to carry out energy-saving                                                                                                                                 DPPE measurements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Buildings (IT equipment, lighting, and air-conditioning)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   diagnoses and related seminars but also receive the persons in charge from                                                                                                         China             Utilization of visualized energy consumption data for                                -1t-CO2/year
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           energy-saving activities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   those countries in Japan to hold training and so on. We conduct field
An example of conducted feasibility studies                                                                                                     An example of conducted feasibility studies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Vietnam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Offices (IT equipment and lighting)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            -33t-CO2/year
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   surveys to propose concrete measures from which we can expect                                                                     Buildings and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Energy-saving promotion by energy visualization
- New construction and repair of geothermal power generation in the Philippines                                                                 - Diffusion of inverter air conditioners in Vietnam                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Use of high-efficiency PCs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   energy-saving effects and the prediction of improvement effects.                                                                  public facilities                                                  Operational improvement of air-conditioning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Vietnam           Efficiency increasing of lighting                                               -192t-CO2/year
Geothermal power generation is renewable energy that can generate large energy                                                               In emerging countries where air conditioners are anticipated to be rapidly spread                                                     For instance, in Singapore, we proposed that reduction effects of almost                                                                                                                             Potentials of BEMS utilization
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Singapore         Optimum control of air conditioners and renewal to                           -2,169t-CO2/year
stably. In the case of the Philippines, the potential CO2 emission reductions are                                                            and expanded in the future, improvement of energy efficiency is expected by                                                           2,000 t-CO2 annually can be expected by energy management of buildings,                                                                                                                                compact freezing machines
estimated at almost 1.1 million t-CO 2 per year, as power supply from system                                                                 introduction of inverters that can control optimum current and voltage. In the                                                        optimum control of air conditioners by IT, and renewal of freezing machines                                                                                                                          Pumps for recirculating cooling water system
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        -590t-CO2/year
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      China             Energy-saving by introduction of inverters
power supplies (thermal power generation such as coal, oil, and gas) will no                                                                 case of Vietnam, it is estimated that electric power consumption can be                                                               to the compact type.                                                                                                              Factories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Plants with large energy consumption
longer be required by the repair of power plants which are currently stopped and                                                             suppressed to 12,000 GWh per year at most in the entire country in 2020.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 China             Optimization of control based on simulation                                  -1,808t-CO2/year
operation of newly constructed plants.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Source: Green IT Promotion Council (2011)

                                                                                                                                                                           30,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Initiatives for Smart City Development                                                                                                                                 Energy                                                                                    Trafficsystem
    In 2010                                                                                                In 2014                                                                            A case of the diffusion of conventional-type
                                                                                                                                       Energy consumption amount (GWh/y)

                                                                                  Geothermal
                Coal     Oil      Gas      Others                                                                                                                                                    non-inverter air conditioners                                                                                                                                                                                   Renewable energy                                                                                                                                    Smart mobility
                                                                                                                                                                           25,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Shops             Recycling
                                                                                                                                                                                        A case of 50% diffusion of inverter air conditioners
                                                                                                                                                                                                           in the market                                         6,000 – 12,000    UNEP* forecasts that “Two-thirds of the world population will live in urban
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              9                                                                                                                      Smart grid                                                     Financial                          facilities           Factories
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   institutions
                                       System power
                                                                                222MW 215MW                                                                                20,000                                                                                GWh / year        areas in 2050.” We will provide an environment where people can live                                                              Community                                                                       Urban Management
                                          supplies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ·Urban planning ·Business
               Demands                                                          Repair    New         Demands                                                                                                                                                    reductions                                                                                                                                          energy                                              Buildings                                                               Energy stations                   Smart
                                                                                       construction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 in 2020           securely and comfortably through “urban management” utilizing IT in these                                                         management                                                                    information
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ·Security
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    ·Business and charges                                      navigation
                                                                                                                                                                           15,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ·Action histories ·Facility management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (equivalent to                                                                                                                                                                                        Public
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2.5 – 5 Mt-CO2    expanding cities.                                                                                                                                                                  facilities
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stations
   Comparison                                                 0.527t-CO2/MWh
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 reductions)
    of unit CO2                                       Geothermal power from newly
                                                        constructed plants (215MW)
                                                                                             Emission reductions                                                           10,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       A case of 100% diffusion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Demonstration plans towards Smart City development are in progress in                                                                                                                           Houses                                                    Hotels
                                                                                             (approx. )                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Community health care                                                                                                                                   Smart water
    emissions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Schools              Hospitals
                            System
                             power
                                                      Geothermal power from
                                                        repaired plants (222MW)
                                                                                             1.1 million t-CO2 /
                                                                                             year                                                                           5,000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of inverter air conditioners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             in the market
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   every region worldwide and we are actively participating in them*10.                                                                                                                                Tele-                                                     Waters
                            supplies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Lifelong health
                                              Geothermal
                                                              0.176t-CO2/MWh                                                                                                                                                                                                       We a l s o p o s i t i v e l y s u p p o r t t h e i n t e r n a t i o n a l s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n                        management
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   communications
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Data centers
                                                power
                                                                                                                                                                               0 2010       2012          2014           2016          2018          2020 year                     (ISO/TC268/SC1) of “Smart Community Instructors Evaluation.”                                                                                                                                                    Energy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Traffic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     systems
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Renewable water
                       Present condition After introduction                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Remote diagnoses                                                                                                                                   management

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   *9 UNEP: United Nations Environment Programme                                                                                                                              Health Care                                         IT                               Water Environment
Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from Joint Crediting Mechanism, feasibility studies                                  Source: Created by Japan’s EE Industries with data from ABAC Vietnam meeting (July, 2012) with Joint                                       *10 Demonstration plan of Smart city: Japan, USA, Spain, UK, France, Italy, Bulgaria, China, Vietnam,
        report (March, 2011)                                                                                                                    Crediting Mechanism, feasibility studies                                                                                               Thailand, Malaysia, India, and so on                                                                                Source: Japan’s EE Industries
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                                                         Initiatives for Action Plan toward
                                                         Achieving a Low-Carbon Society
                                                         -Electrical and electronics industries’ Action Plan for Commitment to a Low-Carbon Society towards 2020

                          Electrical and Electronics Industries’ “Action
                          Plan for Commitment to a Low-Carbon Society”
Japan’s EE industries have been actively working on global warming                                                                                                                       Electrical and Electronics Industries’ “Action
prevention on a global scale by promoting “innovative technological                                                                                                                     Plan for Commitment to a Low-Carbon Society”
development and creation of environmentally conscious products”
that contribute to stable energy supply and achievement of a                                                                                                                                                                                                        Key initiatives
low-carbon society as well as by striving for and strengthening of                                                                                    Action Plan (Policies)                                             Improvement of energy efficiency and emission
industrial competitiveness in light of the global market.                                                                                                                                                                reductions of production processes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Common target setting in the domestic industries: unit
We participate in Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low-Carbon                                                                                               CO2 emission reductions                                           energy improvement rate towards 2020: 1% on annual
Society*11 and are aiming to improve energy efficiency of production                                                                                   from the perspective of                                           average
                                                                                                                                                       lifecycle                                                         Contribution to emission reductions through products and
processes by 1% annually on average. For the purpose of                                                                                                                                                                  services
contributing to emission reductions in society through products and                                                                                    Promotion of international                                        Establishment of calculation methods for the amount of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         emission reduction contribution and publication of
services, we will establish calculation methods for the amount of                                                                                      contributions
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         achievements in the entire industries every year
emission reduction contribution and publish the achieved amount in                                                                                     Development of                                                    Establishment of methodologies for 21 products in total -
                                                                                                                                                       innovative technologies                                           power generation (gas turbine thermal power generation,
the entire industries every fiscal year.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         solar power generation, geothermal power generation, etc.),
As of May 2013, almost 70% of member companies participate in                                                                                                                                                            home electric appliances (refrigerators, air conditioners, TVs,
the Action Plan for Commitment to a Low-Carbon Society.                                                                                                                                                                  etc.) and ICT equipment and solutions (as of April, 2013)

*11 Keidanren’s Commitment to a Low- Carbon Society
    http://www.keidanren.or.jp/en/policy/2013/003.html
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Collecting data, evaluation and publication

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Participation

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Commitment to the common target
                                                                                                                                                                                                             and progress reporting

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Company A           Company B                                             Company C

Common target of the industries and participating companies                                                                   Evaluation methods for emission reductions

                                      Unit energy improvement rate towards 2020:                                                                                                              A scenario of efficiency                                                                 A scenario of alternatives
                                      1% on annual average                                                                                                                                   improvement (e.g., TVs)                                                                 (e.g., solar power generation)
                                                                                                                                                       Annual amount of CO2 emissions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Amount of CO2 emissions during

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Baseline (average of
                                                                                                                                                           during use of products

                                                                                                                                                                                              Baseline                                                                              thermal power, etc.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       a unit energy supply

                                 0%
                                                                                                                                   Type of baseline

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Amount of emission

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Amount of emission
                                       Value of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                reductions

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         reductions
                                       the base year                                                Improvement
  Unit energy improvement rate

                                       (fiscal year)                                                rate: 7.73%

                                                                                                                                                                                             Reference          Target                                                                  Reference         Target

                                                                                    Target value
                                                                                                                               emission reductions

                                                                                                                                                               Amount of emission reductions (annual total) =                                         Amount of emission reductions (annual total) =
                                                                                    (fiscal year)                                                                   amount of emission reductions ×                                                        amount of emission reductions ×
                                                                                                                                   Amount of

                                                                                                                                                                         number of annual supplies                                                           number of annual power supply

                                             2012                                            2020                                                                                                       Amount of emission reductions (annual total) =
                                          Base year                                      Target year                                                                                                amount of emission reductions × number of years operated
                                         (fiscal year)                                   (fiscal year)

                                                           Liaison Group of Japanese Electrical and Electronics Industries for Global Warming Prevention

The Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association (JEMA)                                                   http://www.jema-net.or.jp                                                      Communications and Information network                                                                      http://www.ciaj.or.jp
Japan Electronics and Information Technology                                                             http://www.jeita.or.jp                                                         Association of Japan (CIAJ)
Industries Association (JEITA)                                                                                                                                                          Association for Electric Home Appliances (AEHA)                                                             http://www.aeha.or.jp
Japan Business Machine and Information System                                                            http://www.jbmia.or.jp                                                         The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry                                                       http://www.jraia.or.jp
Industries Association (JBMIA)                                                                                                                                                          Association (JRAIA)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Japan Lighting Manufacturers Association (JLMA)                                                             http://www.jlma.or.jp

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                                                            from woods in well-managed                        conscious full vegetable oil with                                                             Printed by waterless printing
                                                            forests in accordance with                        no VOC (Volatile Organic                                                                      method with less waste liquid
                                                            strict standard                                   Compound) constituent                                                                         containing organic substances                                                                      2013.10 (2,000)
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