Toyota Home Announces New Home Energy Management System

Toyota Home, Denso Corporation, Misawa Homes and Shin-KobeElectric Machinery have jointly developed a 7-inch touch-screen controlled HomeEnergy Management System (HEMS) that enables central monitoring and control of home energy supply and consumption. The system can be linked to solar power sources, EcoCute CO2-based heat pump water heaters, rechargeable batteries for home power storage, and electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles. It is the first such commercially viable system in Japan that enables residents to recharge electric vehicles and also to draw energy from such vehicles to power home devices during power outages.

The system also enables users to monitor energy use in individual rooms, displays previous month and year-on-year comparisons of energy use, and provides readings on water and natural gas consumption.

The details provided on this website are for general informational purposes only, and accordingly posting of this material does not imply endorsement by the author or any of the individuals or companies mentioned. 

To inquire about Japanese to English translation services regarding this content and other related materials, contact David Hathaway of Hathaway Translation Services at:

IDEC builds automated LED production facility

11 Oct 2011 — IDEC Corporation has announced that it will transform its former Hamamatsu Distribution Center in Shizuoka, Japan into an LED plant. Slated to begin operation in April 2012, the new plant will boast an automated production line and will act as the company’s main LED production facility.

The new facility consolidates LED module production now performed at IDEC’s Fukuzaki plant with lighting assembly operations now performed at its Kyoto plant, and features an integrated production system that combines an automated module production line with an automated assembly line using a robotic production cell control system. The advanced production systems of the new facility will enable IDEC better LED Module and LED lighting production capabilities while lowering production costs, thereby making the company more competitive in the LED market.

The details provided on this website are for general informational purposes only, and accordingly posting of this material does not imply endorsement by the author or any of the individuals or companies mentioned.

To inquire about Japanese to English translation services regarding this content and other related materials, contact David Hathaway of Hathaway Translation Services at: 

TUV Rheinland Halves Photovoltaic Module IEC Certification Testing Time

(11 OCT 2011) TUV Rheinland Japan’s Solar EnergyAssessment Centre (SEAC) has successfully completed specification testing of photovoltaic modules in 1.5 months, half the usual time required. The testing involved 11 test modules in a total of 124 tests to verify compliance with IEC 61730 (photovoltaic module safety qualification) and IEC 61215 (crystalline silicon terrestrial photovoltaic modules – Design qualification and type approval) standards.

TUV Rheinland’s SEAC now boasts the world’s shortest turn-around time for specifications testing of photovoltaic modules.

The details provided on this website are for general informational purposes only, and accordingly posting of this material does not imply endorsement by the author or any of the individuals or companies mentioned.

To inquire about Japanese to English translation services regarding this content and other related materials, contact David Hathaway of Hathaway Translation Services at: