Office Environmental Initiatives
Eco-friendly Office Buildings
Being a dynamically growing company, in 2008 Akebono completed the construction of ACP (Akebono Central Pier) - a new office in Chubu region. The office building is equipped with an air-conditioning system utilizing subterranean water to reduce CO2 emissions.
Another eco-friendly office building completed in the same year - our new Global Headquarters in Nihonbashi, Tokyo - was equipped with roof-mounted solar panels. They generate enough electricity to power three elevators during the day. The building also uses rainwater for toilet flushing, which allows us to save more than 1,300 tons of water per year (which is equal to roughly 10% of our total general service water usage). In addition, glass panels with excellent insulation properties (low emissivity or low-e glass) are used on the eastern face of the building to improve thermal efficiency of the building and help reduce CO2 emissions.
Apart from the above, multiple environmental initiatives are being undertaken in all our locations to reduce energy usage and carbon dioxide emissions. Please refer to “AKEBONO REPORT” for details.
Chubu Office
Solar panel installed at the new Nihonbashi building.
