Eco Factor: Sustainable shopping center is Japan’s greenest.
The Aeon Group has developed the largest ecofriendly shopping center in Japan, known as the Aeon Lake Town Shopping Center. The center is composed of two complexes – Mori, which will be managed by Aeon Retail Co. Ltd. and Kaze, which will be handled by Aeon Mall Co. Ltd. An artificial lake separates the two complexes, which adds to the green environment, which technology and brilliant architecture has created.
Spanning over 220,000-square-feet, the complex utilizes solar panels and a hybrid gas eco system, which collectively result in an estimated 20% reduction in carbon emissions. The shopping center also features Japan’s first consumer-ready charging station for electric vehicles. The designers hope that half an hour of shopping will be able to get your car enough juice to last up to 120 km.
The Dark Side:
With all that technology in place, the complex is only able to reduce its carbon emissions by just 20%. Futuristic designs do have to increase that number manyfold to sustain themselves in the world of tomorrow.
Via: CScoutJapan
