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To achieve our environmental goals, we will develop a university-wide scheme based on the three pillars of hardware, software, and heartware, centered on the global warming countermeasure activities that our university has been working on up until now.
Hardware
Expansion of energy-generating and energy-saving facilities
- Installation of additional solar panels at the Noda Mega Solar Power Plant
- Changed lighting at Ichikawa Campus to LED
- Rooftop solar panel installation
- Solar heating and cooling installation, etc.
software
Visualization and control
- EMS (Energy Management System) implementation
- Power consumption and power generation management
- Optimization Control
Heartware
People are motivated by emotion and wisdom
- Energy waste survey
- Water sprinkling event held
- Installation of green curtains
- Measures to improve individual energy conservation awareness
- Collaboration between students and university administration
Student group "SONE"
Student Organization for Natural Energy:
Student Organization for Renewable Energy Achievement
Launched in 2018, this student group works with the university to consider energy conservation and global warming prevention efforts from a student perspective. Through planning, implementation, and proposals to the university, the group aims to reduce electricity consumption on campus.
Establishment of CUC Energy Co., Ltd.
In May 2016, based on these efforts, the university took the lead in establishing CUC Energy Co., Ltd. as a locally produced and consumed energy business that would bring sustainable benefits to the region.
The company is supporting the university in achieving its goal of becoming 100% energy-efficient by leasing and testing energy-efficient equipment, providing and sharing knowledge about the environment and energy, etc. After the university achieves its environmental goals, the company will promote the introduction of renewable energy to local businesses and provide know-how on energy conservation, and in the future plans to develop natural energy sources in Chiba Prefecture and expand into retail electricity business in the Tokatsu region.
CUC Energy Co., Ltd.
President and CEO: Noboru Shirakawa
Established in May 2016. As a local energy business established at our university, we are developing energy service businesses with the aim of achieving a "100% renewable energy university."
Future outlook
With this initiative at its core, our university aims to support the creation of a regionally decentralized energy society as a model for local production and consumption of energy.
By transforming Japan into a regionally-distributed energy society, the industrial structure will also change. We aim to contribute to the transition to a locally-produced, locally-consumed society where the economy runs locally.
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