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Environmental

Creating a Prosperous, Sustainable Future

1 Offering a more sustainable model that preserves existing real estate

Offering a more sustainable model that preserves exsiting real estate

Ichigo's Sustainable Real Estate business has a proven track record of preserving and improving existing real estate, while challenging the wasteful cycle of demolition and redevelopment in Japan’s real estate industry. Ichigo will build on this long-standing commitment to sustainability by developing new technologies to extend the lives of buildings and other social infrastructure 100 years and beyond.

2 Generating safe, clean energy to support Japan and world

Generating safe, clean energy to support Japan and world

In November 2012, we launched our clean energy business after the Fukushima nuclear accident to support Japan's shift into clean, safe renewables. We deploy Ichigo's expertise in real estate to make effective use of idle land across the nation by building utility-scale solar and more recently wind power plants. Our largest plant, the Ichigo Showamura Ogose ECO Power Plant, has 167,000 solar panels that can power 14,500 homes.

3 Demonstrating sustainability to create new value for real estate

Demonstrating sustainability to create new value for real estate
By obtaining certifications such as GRESB, CASBEE, BELS, DBJ Green Building, and ZEB we are demonstrating our long-standing commitment to sustainability through initiatives that benefit investors, tenants, clients, and other stakeholders. With our deep experience in real estate renovation and improvement, we work to increase the safety and functionality of buildings, while reducing energy use and environmental impact to create a more sustainable society.

Environmental Certifications

CASBEE

The Comprehensive Assessment System for Building Environmental Efficiency, or CASBEE, is a Japanese government certification that evaluates and rates buildings’ environmental performance based on their energy and resource efficiency, recycling activity, environmental load, and aesthetic appeal.
CASBEE-certified buildings are scored for their environmental performance in five categories and receive a total environmental performance ranking (from highest to lowest): S, A, B+, B.

About CASBEE

BELS and ZEB

BELS is a public evaluation system that assesses the energy efficiency of nonresidential buildings. A third-party organization evaluates the energy efficiency of both new and existing buildings using a Building Energy Index based on Japan’s national building energy efficiency standard. BELS ranks energy efficiency from five stars to one star.

About BELS

A ZEB-certified building aims to maintain a comfortable indoor environment while reducing its annual primary energy consumption to zero via the use of insulation materials and energy-efficient facilities as a part of transitioning to renewable energy. Based on the BELS system, the ZEB certification ranks buildings (from highest to lowest) as ZEB, Nearly ZEB, ZEB Ready, and ZEB Oriented.

About ZEB