Eco-business / Social Venture

August 9, 2011

 

NTT West, Omron Launch Joint Venture to Support Household Energy Saving

Keywords: Eco-business / Social Venture Energy Conservation Manufacturing industry NGO / Citizen Non-manufacturing industry 

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West) and Omron Corp formed a joint company, called NTT Smile Energy, on June 1, 2011, with operations starting in July, to promote a more eco-friendly society by providing households with technology to support energy conservation.

By offering equipment and services such as simple power sensors, electronic display devices, and a dedicated website, the new company aims to help households conserve energy by enabling them to visually monitor consumption of the electricity generated by their solar panels. It also monitors the electricity generated by solar panels through power sensors and networks, and assesses it in relation to weather conditions.

The company will also conduct environmental conservation activities, such as offering users the benefit of using carbon credits in Japan, acquired in accordance with a methodology approved by the National Credit Certification Committee. The methodology calculates a household's consumption of electricity generated by their solar panels, and count it as a reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions achieved by renewable energy.

Since February 2011, both companies have tested these services at about 200 households around the Kansai area in the western part of Japan.

Panasonic Electric Works Launches a New Monitoring System that Helps Visualize Energy Consumption throughout Entire House (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/030939.html
Panasonic Electric Works' Home Energy System Helps People Visualize Use of Electricity, Gas, Water (Related JFS article)
http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/030088.html

Posted: 2011/08/09 06:00:15 AM

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Reference

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West) official website
http://www.ntt-west.co.jp/english/
Omron Corp. Global site
http://www.omron.com/


 

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