Eco Model City, Kitakyushu

Junichi SONOKitakyushu Asian Center for

Low Carbon SocietyCity of Kitakyushu

TOTO Ltd.

Nippon Steel Yaskawa Electric

Toyota Motor ■ Kitakyushu City

Population: 977,000 (2010) Area: 487.88 Km2

GDP: 3,430 billion yen (2010)

Brief introduction of Kitakyushu City

Kitakyushu City

Japan

Tokyo

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Overcoming serious pollution and International Cooperation 1960’s Present

Starting International Environment

Cooperation from 1980

Received trainees:

8,671 persons

Kitakyushu City was selected as Eco Model City

in Japan (2008)

Kitakyushu is selected as Green Growth Model

by OECD (2013)

H.E. Dr. Somkid Jatusripitak, Deputy Prime Minister

Visits by World Leaders

Xi Jinping President of PRC

State of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Compared with National Overall)

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[Kitakyushu][National]

Household

Sector

Services

and Other

Sectors

Transport

Sector

Industrial

Sector

Energy

Conversion

Sector

Industrial

Processes

WasteOther

Gas

(Methane

etc.)

2015

Total Japan GHG

Emissions

1.33 billion tons

CO2

Industrial

Sector

2015

City GHG

Emissions

21.178 million tons

CO2

Energy

Conversion

Sector

Industrial

Processes

Waste

Other Gas

(Methane etc.)

Household

Sector Services

Sector

Transport

Sector

Eco Model City Action Plan～Co2 Reduction target 200%～

Plan

Per iod

Mid-

Term

Long

Term

2020 2030 2050

Energy

Consumption8% 27% 44%

𝑪𝑶𝟐Emissions

8% 30% 50%

Sector Details 2020 2030 2050

HouseholdPer

household5% 10% 15%

ServicesFloor area

6% 15% 23%

TransportPer vehicle

10% 25% 40%

Industrial Energy Usage Reduction: 1% annually, etc.

City Targets (Compared with 2005) Targets for Measures (Energy)

■Higher than national average per

capita

→ 21/person (National Ave. 11t)

■Lowest amongst major cities, in the

Household Sector per household

→ 2.2t//household (National Ave.

3.76t/household)

2020 2030 2050

𝑪𝑶𝟐Emissions

6% 75% 150%

Asia region

2020 2030 2050

𝑪𝑶𝟐Emissions 30% 50% 65%

Implementation led by City Hall

Aim to develop model administrative organizations and offices suitable to an environmental model city by extending a low-energy consuming business style which reduces energy consumption, and utilizes renewable energy for the establishment of a low-carbon city hall.

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Wide-ranging Initiatives

JR Kokura Station North Pedestrian Deck

Katsuyama Bridge Solar Powered Roof

Uomachi Eco-Roof

Solar Panels

Lighting

Solar Panels

Solar Panels

Community Bicycles

Introduction of Eco-Cars such as Electric Vehicles

Cool Mist

Asphalt Pavement

Heat Shielded Pavement

Environmentally-Friendly Pavement (Water Retaining/Heat Insulating Pavement)

Promotion of Rooftop Greening

Water Sprinkling

Integrated efforts to create a recycling,

low-carbon society in harmony with nature

Resource Recycling SocietyLow Carbon Society

Natural Symbiosis Society

Significant Reduction in

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Enjoyment and Passing on of

Nature’s Bounty

Sustainable

Society

Resource Circulation through 3R

Climate Change

and the

Ecosystem

Ecosystem and

Environmental

Impact

Climate Change

and

Energy/Resources

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Direction of Efforts towards a Sustainable Society

Circular

Economy

Kitakyushu Eco-Town Project

Automobile recycling

Home appliance recycling PET bottle recycling

Environment Museum and Bio Tope

Leading Projects on Resource Recycling Society,

Low Carbon Society and Natural Symbiosis Society

Smart

Communit

y Center

with public

relations

facilities

By-product

hydrogen

Natural gas cogeneration

Hydro

gen n

etw

ork

Hypothetical applications of

wind power generation

Electricity generated by wind power: 15,000 kW

Power distribution grid

Internet network

Large-scale storage batteries

Bicycle rental stations

Smart schools

Kitakyushu Smart Community Creation Project

By-product

hydrogen

Natural gas cogeneration

Hyd

rog

en

netw

ork

Smart buildings

Fuel cells

Next-generation SS

Smart condominiums

Hypothetical applications of

wind power generation

Electricity generated by wind power: 15,000 kW

Internet network

Large-scale storage batteries

Smart

Community

Center with

public

relations

facilities

Data center

Smart condominiums

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Office equipment recycling

MOU with the United Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization (UNIDO)

Seminar for Eco Town Manager (SETM) 95 Trainees from 25 countries (2010-2017)