Eco Model Town Project

Urban Development

Tago-nishi district, disaster reconstruction municipal housing
and meeting hall

The “Eco Model Town Project” addresses the issue of developing a town where the needed energy is self-produced in an efficient manner without excessively depending on specific energy sources.

An energy management system has been introduced in disaster reconstruction municipal housing units for people affected by the disaster in the Tago-nishi and Arai-higashi land readjustment project areas, as well as detached houses in the aforementioned Tago-nishi area. This system efficiently combines different energy sources and supplies electricity sent from solar panels, storage batteries, and gas co-generation systems (producing electricity and hot water from city gas, only in Tago-nishi).

Based on data of both the amount of electricity generated and electricity consumed, a peak shaving operation and the efficient use of various energy sources are performed in cooperation with residents.

Features

A private business is implementing a ten-year town management project which supplies electricity and water* and also provides a service to visualize the amounts of electricity generated and consumed.
*water supply is only in Tago-nishi
Even in the event of a blackout, electricity is supplied to a meeting hall for residents located on the premises. The meeting hall is used as a place for residents to gather and also as a short-term evacuation area during disasters.

Advantages for residents

Putting a model of energy-saving activity into
practice through visualization
→ Reducing utility costs
Supplying electricity to the meeting hall
during a disaster
→ Securing a disaster response center
Raising disaster prevention awareness at the local
community level
→ Mutual support between members of the local
community

Conceptual image of the Eco Model Town (Tago-nishi district)

InquiriesDisaster-Resilient and Environmentally-Friendly City Promotion Office,
City Planning Policy Bureau
mac001640@city.sendai.jp