The university's 100% renewable energy initiative has received the following social recognition:
Awards
- Winner of the International Green Gown Awards 2022 (July 2022)
- Received the Special Award at the 19th Planning Awards from the Japan Association for Planning and Administration (February 2022)
- Received the New Energy Foundation Chairman's Award at the New Energy Awards 2020 (January 2021)
- Winner of the "Green University of the Year" award at the Asia-Pacific Triple E Awards hosted by ACEEU (Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities) (January 2020)
- Received the Judging Committee Special Award in the Energy Conservation Case Studies category of the 2019 Energy Conservation Awards sponsored by the Energy Conservation Center, Japan (January 2020)
- Received the Ministry of the Environment's 22nd 2019 Minister of the Environment Award for Global Warming Prevention Activities (Environmental Education Activities Category) (December 2019)
- Ministry of the Environment "COOL CHOICE LEADERS AWARD" Excellence Award (December 2017)
Publication history
- Ministry of the Environment website "COOL CHOICE" Global warming countermeasures, energy saving, eco-friendly "smart choices" (March 2021)
- Ministry of the Environment “Reiwa 2nd Edition Environmental White Paper/Recycling-based Society White Paper/Biodiversity White Paper” (June 2020)
- Ministry of the Environment's newsletter "Ecojin" (April/May 2019 issue)