Japan

Japan

Top Runner Program – energy efficiency improvements by making the best available on the market, the new normal

The challengeJapan’s energy consumption has been expanding rapidly, along with the country’s economic development. On the other hand, Japan has almost no domestic energy ...

Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program

The challenge:Half of the global population already lives in cities, and by 2050 two-thirds of the world's people are expected to live in urban areas. Therefore finding successful measures to ...

Eco-point incentive program In Japan

The challengeGreenhouse gas emission from residential sector is difficult to control since emission regulation cannot be implemented to individual household. The government should work at raising ...

Smart delivery of cost efficient hydrogen - SPERA

The challengeThe issues of CO2 emission and future fossil energy shortage are critical in Japan. Since Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in 2011, the importance of renewable energy usage has been...

Use of life cycle assessment and index for recyclability tools to achieve sustainable production throughout Renault’s vehicle value chain.

The challengeThe vehicle production chain includes complex and specialised actors. Environmental and social challenges can rise at any life-cycle stage of a vehicle from the manufacturing of...