Japan
Lyon Smart Community Lays First Stone of Hikari Island
Designed by the architect Kengo Kuma, the construction phase of Hikari in the Lyon Confluence district has started. The first stone of the development of positive-energy buildings was laid on June 21, 2013. Bouygues Immobilier and SLC Pitance are building Hikari, which is Japanese for ‘light’. Hikari is part of the larger Lyon Smart Community project, led by Grand Lyon and the Japane...
Innovative Marine-use Fuel Cell System Marks World First Pas
-- Commercialization of Compact, High-efficiency, High-reliability System Now Clearly in View -- Tokyo, November 13, 2013 - An innovative closed-cycle fuel cell system jointly developed by Mitsubishi...
Mayekawa develops high temperature hydrocarbon steam heat pu
08 November 2013 More than 580 participants attended the 2013 JSRAE Annual Conference that took place in Tokyo, 10-12 September. Organised by the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning En...
MHI to Launch 6 Top-of-the-Line Residential-use Air Conditio
-- Coordinated Operation Available with Company’s Hybrid Humidifiers -- Tokyo, November 6, 2013 - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will progressively launch a new "SR Series" of top-of-the-lin...
Panasonic Develops Residential Distribution Panelboard for t
Osaka, Japan - Panasonic Corporation today announced the development of a new residential distribution panelboard called the "Smart Cosmo?*1." This newly developed distribution panelboard will play a ...
Warming up for the winter chill
November 03, 2013 In 2000 we moved into an apartment in Tokyo run by the semi-public housing corporation UR. It was new and had a natural-gas heating system. Unlike other gas systems we’d used in the past, however, this one heated water that was then circulated to outlets in different rooms in the apartment. Direct gas ignition devices we’d bought for previous apartments were useless in our new on...
Panasonic and Tesla Reach Agreement To Expand Supply Of Auto
About Panasonic Media Contacts October 30, 2013 - Osaka, Japan / Palo Alto, USA - Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors today announced that the two companies have reached an agreement in which Panas...
Panasonic to Release Solar LED Lantern for People Living in
29 October 2013 Osaka, Japan - Panasonic Corporation today announced that it will start selling a solar LED lantern that doubles as a charger for people living in areas without electricity. With a bui...
Daikin to increase domestic production
October 26, 2013 Osaka (Jiji Press)--Daikin Industries Ltd. has announced plans to transfer some of its home air conditioner production from China to Japan amid the yen’s weakness. On Thursday,...
Panasonic to Release X Series RACs with R32
From November 1, Panasonic will release new models of room air conditioners (RACs) in its X series featuring improved energy-saving performance due to adoption of new R32 refrigerant (HFC), which has ...
