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Nissan to use Kobe Steel’s low-CO₂ steel and green aluminum for Nissan models from 2023
Nissan and Kobe Steel, today announced that Nissan plans to use Kobenable Steel for Nissan models from January 2023 onward. Kobenable steel, commercialized by Kobe Steel, significantly reduces CO2 emissions in the blast furnace process. Kobe Steel will also supply Nissan with aluminum sheets made from green-aluminum raw materials. This will be the first time…
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EIZO Accelerates Sustainability Efforts by Transitioning to Cardboard and Molded Pulp Packaging for Several of Its Monitors
EIZO will begin to transition from using environmentally-unfriendly packaging materials, such as styrofoam and plastic, to more sustainable cardboard and molded pulp. A total of seven models from the RadiForce and FlexScan monitor lineups, including the most recently announced FlexScan monitors, utilize to the environmentally-friendly packaging. In June 2021, EIZO released the medical monitor RadiForce…
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Seven-Eleven Japan and Toyota announce details of a joint project to reduce CO2 emissions
Seven-Eleven Japan and Toyota announce today details of a joint project to reduce CO2 emissions. Seven-Eleven and Toyota entered into a basic agreement in August 2017 regarding considerations toward energy conservation and carbon dioxide emission reduction in store distribution and operation. Toyota has been investigating the use of newly developed fuel cell trucks and fuel…
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Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform/S5 Wins Green IT Award
Fujitsu today announced that, as part of the Green IT Awards 2012 presented by Japan’s Green IT Promotion Council, it has received the Commerce and Information Policy Bureau Director-General Award in the category of Savings in Society’s Energy Consumption by IT for its public cloud service, Fujitsu Global Cloud Platform/S5 (FGCP/S5). The award was presented…
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Nissan NV 200 London Taxi could save the London cab driver up to $1,600 a year in fuel costs!
Nissan has unveiled a bold new vision for the future of the London ‘black cab’ and its 300,000 daily users – the Nissan NV200 London Taxi. The NV200 London Taxi will offer significantly reduced CO2 outputs compared to current taxi models – a focus in line with the Mayor Boris Johnson’s Air Quality strategy for…
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Kyocera installs Solar Power Generating System at Hospital in the Marshall Islands
Kyocera along with Marubeni and Wakachiku announced that the companies have supplied a solar power generating system to the Majuro Hospital in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, a part of Micronesia. The 208.98kW solar installation will generate approximately 257MWh of annual electricity, which will help to offset roughly 81 tons of CO2 emissions per…
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Using stiffer pavements across the entire U.S. road network can save up to $15.6 billion per year
A new study by civil engineers at MIT shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation’s roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 percent — a savings that could add up to 273 million barrels of crude oil per year, or $15.6 billion at today’s oil prices. This would result in…
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Osaka Gas, Aisin, Kyocera, Chofu and Toyota Announce Completion of a World-Class Efficiency residential-use solid oxide fuel cell co-generation system
Osaka Gas, Aisin Seiki, Kyocera, Chofu Seisakusho Co. and Toyota announced today that they have completed co-development of a residential-use solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) co-generation system. The new product -ENE-FARM Type S – derived from the companies’ co-development project achieves a power generation efficiency of 46.5%, the highest level in the world for a…
