Housing Complex to Use Solar Heat to Reduce CO2 Emissions by Over 20%

In March 2007, Daiwa House Industry Co. of Japan started building residential condominiums, designated "D Grafort Laketown," that have been selected as the first model project eligible for a subsidy under a new program of the Ministry of the Environment designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 percent in entire residential or office districts. The condominiums, which will accommodate 500 households in total, are under construction in a residential district, Koshigaya Lake Town, located in Saitama Prefecture. Daiwa House is to receive a national subsidy of about 80 million yen (about U.S.$ 678,000) for this project.

The company also plans to build 132 houses in the same district, and will install water and room heating systems powered by solar heat in both the condominiums and houses. These systems will be on the largest scale for residential use in Japan, helping to cut carbon dioxide emissions caused by household energy consumption in the whole district by at least 20 percent.

The condominiums are scheduled to go on sale in mid July 2007 and to be available for occupancy in March 2008.


- Ministry Selects 2 Model Projects to Reduce CO2 Emissions in Urban Neighborhoods (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/db/1624-e
- Eco-Friendly Condominiums to Reduce Overall CO2 Emissions by 30% (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/db/1708-e

Posted: 2007/07/26 11:35:37 PM
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