FUJISAWA, Japan - Saturday, November 29th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS
WIRE)-- The Fujisawa SST Council, a consortium led by Panasonic
Corporation spearheading the development of the Fujisawa Sustainable
Smart Town (Fujisawa SST), held today a grand opening ceremony for the
forward-looking town located on the outskirts of Tokyo. With its core
facility supporting sustainable development of the town and its
community now coming into operation, the Fujisawa SST is moving from the
construction stage into a new stage where the town is nurtured to grow
in full-scale into an eco and smart town that puts a high priority on
the residents’ lifestyles.
Called the Fujisawa SST SQUARE, the core
facility is also the main landmark of the town and serves as a central
communication base for people who get together there. The SQUARE plays a
pivotal role in promoting the town’s growth through its functions of
managing the town, welcoming guests and fostering community. The
Fujisawa SST Management Company is the town management company located
in the SQUARE. Together with partner companies, the company provides
five essential services in the town: energy, security, mobility,
healthcare and community. The company will also collect and manage
information pertaining to the town's overall environment, energy,
security and safety to support an eco and smart life in the town.
For
the guest support and community fostering services, there are various
facilities in the SQUARE that are designed to promote interaction among
those who gather in the town. The SQUARE Center has a cafe and kitchen
corner where people can relax or host environmental education and other
events, as well as a presentation corner that introduces main appeals of
the town. The SQUARE Lab is a food and craft studio offering
interactive workshops for the residents. The SQUARE Mobility provides
environmentally-friendly means of transportation. In mid December, a
cultural complex called the Shonan T-SITE will open on the south side of
the Fujisawa SST SQUARE. The aim is to make the combined site a place
that will foster enriched lifestyles by maximizing its value to the
people who gather there, including not only the town residents but also
people living in the vicinity and visiting from elsewhere.
As a fresh
development in the town, the Fujisawa SST has set a detached housing
zone for non car owners for the second phase of sales. By using the
town’s eco-car sharing and rent-a-car services, residents in the zone
can enjoy their lifestyles without the need to own a car while reducing
economic burden and making effective use of the lot. Preparations are
also underway for a new base to provide environmentally-friendly
logistic services to the residents.
As a town developing continuously
and sustainably, the Fujisawa SST will embark on new initiatives for
the future. The land under administration on the west side, presently
unused and due for completion in 2018, will be used in collaboration
with partner companies as a venue for verifying next-generation
lifestyles and businesses. Starting with the Car Life Lab facility to be
opened in December for display and test drives of electric vehicles,
the new venue will be used as a place to generate new innovations,
validating next-generation mobility for the practical use and verifying
next-generation lifestyles with show homes. By using the
state-of-the-art equipment and services that take shape here to create
future towns, Fujisawa SST Council will pick up the pace of its efforts
to realize the Fujisawa model, a town that can develop sustainably for
100 years.
[Video] The opening ceremony and the facility tour on
November 27, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6WSXTWJY0Q Learn more
about the Fujisawa SST http://ch.panasonic.net/contents/14568/
[Fujisawa SST Official Site] http://fujisawasst.com/EN/ [Panasonic’s Eco
Solutions] http://panasonic.net/es/solution-works/
Fujisawa SST Council Members Lead organizer: Panasonic Corporation
Organizers:
Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd., Dentsu Inc., Mitsui & Co.,
Ltd., Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co. Ltd.,
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, PanaHome Corporation,
So-Two Inc., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.
Council
members: Accenture, Ain Pharmaciez Inc., Gakken Cocofump Holdings Co.,
Ltd., Nihon Sekkei, Inc., Sohgo Security Services Co., Ltd., Sunautas
Corporation
New members: Social Welfare Corporation Camellia,1 Yamato
Transport Co., Ltd. - Social Welfare Corporation Camellia, Koyama
Healthcare Group Representative: Yasunari Koyama Address: 3-36-13
Kameido, Koto Ward, Tokyo, Japan - Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
Representative: Toshihiko Hiratsuka (Branch Director, Yokohama Branch)
Address: 5-31-27 Sugita, Isogo Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture,
Japan
1. Newly participated as a provider of health, social welfare
and education facilities, following the departure of the Social Welfare
Cooperation Nagaoka.
Overview of Fujisawa SST SQUARE Opening:
November 2014 Address: 6-21-1 Tsujido-motomachi, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa
Prefecture, Japan Land area: 6,453.14 square meter (Total floor area:
1,485.11 square meter) Structure: Two-story, steel frame construction
Overview: Fujisawa SST Management Company Undertakes businesses such as
providing and operating services for the entire town; providing
information and communications services; planning and running events;
generating, supplying, selling and buying power. Sunautas Corporation
Provides total mobility services at SQUARE Mobility such as sharing of
eco-cars and electric-assisted bicycles, rental vehicle delivery and
solicitation of life and property insurances.
Overview of Shonan
T-SITE Opening: Planned for December 2014 Address: 6-20-1
Tsujido-motomachi, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Land area:
7,694.86 square meter (Total floor area: 5,921.12 square meter)
Structure: Two-story, steel frame construction Overview: Culture
Convenience Club Co., Ltd. A cultural complex with unique shops
centering on those offering books and magazines. With the spatial design
based on the concept of a Shonan lifestyle, the complex proposes the
“spice of life” to enhance lifestyles of people living in Shonan, a
region located along the Pacific Ocean in central Japan.
Overview of
Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (for reference) Address: 6-4-1
Tsujido-motomachi, Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan Land area:
Approx. 19 hectares Planned land use : Residential homes (approx. 1,000
homes)/commercial facilities/public facilities Planned population:
Approx. 3,000 people Schedule: Town to be completed by 2018 Total
project cost: Approx. 60 billion yen
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Contacts
Panasonic Corporation
Global Communication Group
Public Relations Office
+81-3-3574-5729
presscontact@ml.jp.panasonic.com
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