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<blockquote data-quote="The Feedster" data-source="post: 525618" data-attributes="member: 259515"><p>The imminent G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, has clearly focused minds on the environmental issues that will feature large, including among the high-tech companies whose sales only serve to drive energy consumption.</p><p></p><p>We've already had a look at the changes needed on the energy supply side, so it's only balanced to see what's going on to ameliorate the load of consumer demand.</p><p></p><p><strong>Government sponsor</strong></p><p></p><p>Prominent among the showcases at the summit will be a 'Zero Emissions House' sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) [Japanese].</p><p></p><p>The house features technology from a range of companies, including Sanyo and Honda, and is intended to illustrate how we can offset the energy we use with a variety of techniques.</p><p></p><p>Aside from solar panels and a wind-powered generator, energy savings come from using better insulation, next-generation lighting and many measures similar to those we saw on our recent visit to Panasonic's house of the future.</p><p></p><p><strong>Robots on call</strong></p><p></p><p>Perhaps to attract more attention than it might otherwise draw, METI has enlisted Honda's Asimo robot as a sort of official spokesbot/tea waiter.</p><p></p><p>After the summit, METI plans to move the £1 million house away from Japan's sparsely populated northern island to a location where it can be inspected by a public increasingly interested in reducing its impact on the planet.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/145372b/mf.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> <a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=G8 summit to showcase zero-emissions house&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/g8-summit-to-showcase-zero-emissions-house-393472" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=G8 summit to showcase zero-emissions house&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/g8-summit-to-showcase-zero-emissions-house-393472" target="_blank"><img src="http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/145372b/story01.htm" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Feedster, post: 525618, member: 259515"] The imminent G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, has clearly focused minds on the environmental issues that will feature large, including among the high-tech companies whose sales only serve to drive energy consumption. We've already had a look at the changes needed on the energy supply side, so it's only balanced to see what's going on to ameliorate the load of consumer demand. [B]Government sponsor[/B] Prominent among the showcases at the summit will be a 'Zero Emissions House' sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) [Japanese]. The house features technology from a range of companies, including Sanyo and Honda, and is intended to illustrate how we can offset the energy we use with a variety of techniques. Aside from solar panels and a wind-powered generator, energy savings come from using better insulation, next-generation lighting and many measures similar to those we saw on our recent visit to Panasonic's house of the future. [B]Robots on call[/B] Perhaps to attract more attention than it might otherwise draw, METI has enlisted Honda's Asimo robot as a sort of official spokesbot/tea waiter. After the summit, METI plans to move the £1 million house away from Japan's sparsely populated northern island to a location where it can be inspected by a public increasingly interested in reducing its impact on the planet. [IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/145372b/mf.gif[/IMG] [URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=G8 summit to showcase zero-emissions house&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/g8-summit-to-showcase-zero-emissions-house-393472"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif[/IMG][/URL][URL="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=G8 summit to showcase zero-emissions house&link=http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/future-tech/g8-summit-to-showcase-zero-emissions-house-393472"][IMG]http://rss.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif[/IMG][/URL] [url=http://rss.feedsportal.com/c/669/f/8513/s/145372b/story01.htm]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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