Special Report: Zero Carbon House Project
We take a look at a house that was built by a group of Japanese researchers with the goal of eliminating CO2 emissions over its entire life cycle. This was made possible using technologies and materials that already existed.
The reduction of CO2 emissions is a long-term global goal, but unfortunately there has been surprisingly little reduction in overall CO2 emissions in the housing industry. That's why researchers started experimenting with a new way of building homes and came up with a pretty impressive house. The name of their project is LCCM, which stands for Life Cycle Carbon Minus. Their goal is to eliminate carbon dioxide emissions during the life span of the house, from when it is built to when it is torn down. They hope to achieve this goal within 30 years. This house is a demonstration model which is regularly open to the public. There are 20 sensor devices located throughout the home so that visitors can easily see the amount of sunlight, room temperature and energy conservation.
On Site: JISMEE 2012 : Japan International Small and Medium Enterprises Exhibition
We visit a tradeshow which features products, technologies and services developed by start-ups and small-to-mid-size companies. Join us as Brian Hughes discovers an amazing variety of the latest products, technologies and systems.
Schedule: Oct 10-12, 2012
Location: Tokyo Big Sight
Many industrial innovations occur not in large companies, but in small or medium sized ones. While many of the companies are quite small, their ideas are big, and they're all hoping for a chance to make them even bigger.
The tradeshow featured a wide variety of products born from such ideas, including a miniature EV developed to be used to train young developers joining the auto industry, colorful titanium bolts born from a personal hobby, a compact clean room that is energy-efficient and portable, a new robotic hand which can be attached to already existing
