Tokyo built the house with the most energy efficient

Please pass the room, make yourself comfortable, let's take a look at the most efficient house, the house without CO2 emissions.

The guests arrive in a street lit by streetlamps zero consumption: they make up a solar panel and a wind minigenerador that keep them in place. Upon entering the room, the motion sensors capture the presence of visitors. LED bulbs, they spend 10 times less than conventional light up before him.

The air conditioning system, operated by sensors, it also adjusts itself to the level of comfort and less spending. Striking examples of home automation are applied, but these automatisms are most important. The real heart of the green house is revealed when you turn on the flat screen. It's a TV, but also the control center building, which presents information about its metabolism. Many appliances, lights or air conditioning systems are in place, how much they spend and how much CO2 equivalent emissions are generated. And how much energy is being produced. Because the photovoltaic panels from the ceiling and the fuel cell generates energy courtyard. And a lithium ion battery that stores the spare. It uses the same electric car to the garage. The display shows the balance between expenditure and consumption. The intention is to be zero.
Pilot House in Tokyo

Science fiction? No. The house can be seen at the Panasonic Center in Tokyo. Opened in April this year has been one of the attractions of the Ceatec technology trade fair, held recently in the Japanese capital. Among the dazzling display of new products from hundreds of companies highlighted the Panasonic booth. In it, the television star was home in three dimensions, which will soon come to market. But what was the other bet green exposition company. Your Eco Ideas initiative, launched in 2007, seeks to implement efficient production equipment and implement the policies of saving the manufacturing system itself.

The Eco Ideas House shows progress in the field of saving and clean energy generation. Washing machines and refrigerators consume up to 40% less than models two years ago. A new panel insulation prevents up to 50% heat loss. Regarding power generation, fuel cell, gas-burning city to produce both heat and electricity heating, achieves 70% more use of the resource and is about to be sold in Japan.

The lithium ion accumulator battery is already on the market: the electric motor which equips the Toyota Prius, the auto manufacturer that is associated with the electronic mark. And solar panels are using proprietary technology. In fact, the company believes that its energy division shall be 10% of its turnover in the near future.

In Europe, Panasonic is known as electronic manufacturer, but in Japan it works many other industries, including construction. However, its executives did not say whether they will offer the house as a complete product to the consumer. But they do say that almost all the elements shown therein are available or will soon.

No wonder that the commitment to efficiency comes from Japan, a country with little land, large population and a superlative urban and industrial development that make it an example of the challenges of the future, a testing ground for the challenge of managing resource scarcity and climate change. In fact, Japan's newly elected government has taken a step on that front by committing to reduce its emissions by 25% by 2020.

Business leaders also are moving towards the green. Fumio Ohtsubo, president of Panasonic, said: "A new sense of values is spreading worldwide. When the economy picks up [this crisis], I think the global markets and the type of goods and services demanded by consumers will be very different and will highlight environmental concerns.