TSCP has a Conference with Tokyo Metropolitan University

Like a serious scientist passionate about his or her research, Todai Sustainable Campus Project (TSCP) attended a conference to exchange information with those in the same field. Using public transportation, TSCP traveled afar to Minami-Osama for a meeting with Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) to discuss sustainability goals, energy efficiency, and water and temperature management. After the conference, TMU was kind enough to give a sustainability walking tour of the university.

This nifty device was a card scanner for a room. You put your card up to this reader and it automatically unlocks the door and turns on the lights. When you exit, you put your card up to this reader again and it locks the door while turning off the lights.

Down in the basement lies the central control room where one can monitor the temperature of the air going into a room and the air going out for multiple buildings. Air conditioning is a must for Japan's hot seasons and a great place to begin energy-efficient measures.

Just look at the extensive control panel!

Here you can monitor temperature input and output.

Walking around campus

Water boiler! Not all aspects of sustainability can be photogenic...

Lovely landscaping

A 3-D model of the entire Tokyo Metropolitan University with TSCP staff on the left

View from the top: track field on the left, tennis courts in the upper right, and behind the track field is a baseball field.

A view from the top floor of a newly re-tiled building. I didn't take a picture of the tiles, but apparently they're really expensive.

Today's lesson was that learning from and exchanging information with others is an absolute must for development.

Also, for dinner, Professor Hanaki invited me to join his Urban Engineering research laboratory's Welcome Party! We had a huge variety of delicious okonomiyaki and monja plus a bunch of side dishes like chicken kaarage (fried chicken) and edamame (soy beans). I had an excellent time meeting other undergraduates, postgraduates, and even some doctoral candidates!