Realizing a Low-Carbon Society through Smart Communities

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• Water infrastructure
• Transportation infrastructure
• Information infrastructure
• Medical care infrastructure

Water infrastructure

As water infrastructure requires an enormous amount of energy to operate, saving electricity and reducing energy consumption are highly important. With a view to realizing an environmentally conscious and comfortable community, Toshiba uses advanced control systems and innovative technologies to minimize environmental impact by saving energy and reducing the amount of waste generated, thereby contributing to the creation of a sustainable water circulation system.

* Japan Sewage Works Agency’s Research & Technology Development Experiment Center

• Toshiba's Technology “Water and Environmental Systems” (Video Content) (A separate window will open.)

Transportation infrastructure

Trains and automobiles are evolving into next-generation electric vehicles which emit less CO₂ than their conventional counterparts.
Toshiba provides a system for transportation infrastructure designed to link electricity and information through a smart community network.
Toshiba's system makes effective use of renewable energy to realize a low-carbon society, thereby contributing to the mitigation of climate change.

• Toshiba's Technology “Railway and Automotive Systems” (Video Content) (A separate window will open.)

Information infrastructure

In smart communities, the constant exchange of data necessary for optimally controlling energy and resources as well as data on people, objects and money creates the need to appropriately manage such massive data exchanges. In such communities, various information systems and facilities-including systems that visualize data, weather observation systems required in order to simulate electricity consumption, air traffic control radars that provide traffic solutions and data centers that process massive amounts of information-play important roles in collecting and processing information on the local community as a whole.

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SCMS: Smart Community Management System

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MDMS: Meter Data Management System

Medical care infrastructure

In a society with a rapidly aging population, it is crucial to establish a health care system that enables members to maintain active lifestyles even as they age. To that end, the health care process-from routine preventive care, examination, diagnosis and treatment through to rehabilitation-needs to be incorporated into the community infrastructure supporting residents' lives to create a living environment which provides a sense of security.

• Toshiba's Technology “Medical System” (Video Content) (A separate window will open.)