Date: 17/05/2012

Toshiba to set up a smart community business center at Kawasaki, Japan

Toshiba Corporation has announced that it is establishing a smart community center in Kawasaki, Japan. This facility is to support, enhance and advance the continued global development and expansion of Toshiba group's smart community business. The 15-story building is scheduled to open in October, 2013, and is to provide a business base for approximately 7,000 people.

The new center will provide a unifying base for Toshiba's organizations engaged in smart community businesses in Japan, including Toshiba Group companies and business divisions developing cloud solutions. The consolidation of related staff in a single location will facilitate closer cooperation with Toshiba's nearby R&D centers and social infrastructure engineering and manufacturing facilities.

The center showcases smart community solutions, as it will integrate an intelligent Business Energy Management System (BEMS). Operation of the BEMS will be featured in the center's smart community show room, along with Toshiba Group's latest smart community and smart factory technologies.

The smart center features the following:
1. Disaster resistant design and structure
2. Quake-absorbing structure
3. Uninterruptible power supply
4. Flood barriers
5. Intelligent BEMS
6. Toshiba's ICT, control and sensor technologies
7. Photovoltaic power generation and stationary battery systems
8. Optimized power control and management
9. Real-time tracking and visualization of power consumption