Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has announced that the construction of its SUSTIE net zero energy building (ZEB) test facility, located on the premises of the company's Information Technology R&D Center in Kamakura, Japan, will be completed on October 14, 2020.
In line with the company's support for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the facility will facilitate accelerated development and testing of increasingly common ZEB-compliant energy -conservation technologies, as well as contribute to the realization of more comfortable and energy-efficient indoor environments.
Zero energy buildings (ZEBs)
ZEBs are buildings that offer comfortable indoor environments, while maintaining annual energy use at or near zero
ZEBs (Zero energy buildings) are buildings that offer comfortable indoor environments, while maintaining annual primary energy consumption at or near zero through means, such as thermal insulation, solar radiation shielding, natural energy consumption and facility efficiency.
As a ZEB Planner, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is contributing to the adoption of net zero energy buildings, by providing planning and business support for companies that are developing their own ZEBs.
SUSTIE net zero energy building test facility
The SUSTIE net zero energy building test facility will be used for a wide range of demonstrations and verifications, so as to accelerate the further development of ZEB technologies. Research and development (R&D) will be advanced in accordance with Mitsubishi Electric's ZEB+ philosophy. The concept for SUSTIE was developed in collaboration with Professor Shin-ichi Tanabe of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan.
The company’s SUSTIE ZEB test facility was designed and construction supervised by Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei. The name ‘SUSTIE’ is derived by combining the words, ‘sustainability’ and ‘energy’, to express the idea of an office for researching and demonstrating energy conservation, efficiency and enhanced comfort.