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Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town Goes Into Full-Scale Operation Near Tokyo
The Fujisawa SST Council, a consortium led by Panasonic (News - Alert) 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.
Fujisawa SST townscape (Photo: Business Wire)
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 (News - Alert), 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
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20141128005486/en/
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