Environmental Certification Initiatives in Properties Developed by Sponsor
Daiwa House, the sponsor, has been promoting efforts to increase the percentage of its in-house developed properties with Green Building certification to 80% or higher in order to reduce their environmental impact. In particular, Daiwa House is enhancing its environmental efforts at large-scale properties by acquiring BELS and other certifications, primarily for logistics facilities that account for a large percentage of in-house developed properties.
Acquisition of Environment-friendly Properties
The large-scale commercial complex “iias Tsukuba” was selected as an exceptional example in the “Commercial Facilities and Accommodations Category” of the “Energy-Efficient Lighting Design Awards 2012,” sponsored by the Ministry of the Environmen, due to the work they underwent to change to LED lighting after opening in October 2008.
Reducing Energy and Maintenance with Full-scale Introduction of LED Lighting
Switching to LED lighting for everything from the hallways and indoor parking lot to outdoor signs, work areas other than the sales floor, and the restrooms reduced power consumption by around 68% compared to the old fluorescent lighting. Compared to fluorescent and incandescent lighting, LED lighting gives off less heat, helping to suppress rising room temperatures, which also contributes to saving energy on air conditioning.
Furthermore, consideration is also given to the maintenance aspect by using the suitable LED lights in each place, such as adopting long-lasting kinds of LED lights in outdoor signs installed on the top of the buildings where changing lights is difficult.
Lighting Design Conscious of the Brightness of the Space
Warm white lights are used for indoor lighting to produce a warm and relaxed atmosphere.Furthermore, our lighting design realizes energy conservation while ensuring brightness and safety by reconsidering illuminance levels for interior walkways and giving consideration to light leakage from shops and shop sign illumination.
These lighting designs create pleasant shopping spaces while making each shop’s display stand out. As a result, they provide a high level of satisfaction not only for customers but also for each shop.
About the “Energy-Efficient Lighting Design Awards”
Sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment, this award aims to spread “new energy-efficient lighting designs” that create attractive spaces while achieving excellent energy saving results, and to contribute to limiting peak demand of power consumption.The evaluation covers: (1) the results of installing energy saving lighting; (2) design, innovation, creativity, and comfort; (3) reproducibility, ability to contribute to the region, and autonomy as a model and (4) practicality, economic efficiency, etc.Furthermore, installation of solar power generation facilities and wall greening took place at this property.Going forward, DHR is promoting acquisition of environment-friendly properties.
Energy Generation and Energy Saving Equipment Installations
DHR installs solar power generation systems as well as hybrid solar and wind power generation systems in addition to adopting ice storage air-conditioning systems that utilize midnight power.
Reduction of Truck Waiting Time With Introduction of Truck Berth Reservation System
Daiwa House, the sponsor, was the first* in the logistics developer industry to introduce an online system for truck drivers and transportation companies to reserve truck berths at all its logistics facilities. This made it easier for tenant companies in the logistics facilities developed by Daiwa House to make plans for in-facility work and movement of goods, improved the operational efficiency of the facilities, and reduced the environmental impact by shortening truck waiting time of trucks. We provide new services to our tenant shippers at our logistics facilities that incorporate the state-of-the-art technology.
*Daiwa House survey