Title

Energy Informationization WG

Research Period

From 2009 May

Research Group Members

Including Kyoto University and Kobe University, about 30 industry, government and education bodies are taking part.

Research Highlights

Research aims for realization of a society with high energy efficiency based on “energy informationization,” a concept originating in Japan.

Homepage

http://www.i-energy.jp

Research Yields and Main Treatises

The main treatises explaining the basic concept of “energy informationization” are:

• T. Matsuyama: Energy Informationization (i-Energy): Achieving safe, secure and environment-friendly lifestyles through integration of power and information networks, ITU Journal, Vol. 38, No. 12, 2008.12
  
• T. Matsuyama: Creating Safe, Secure, and Environment-Friendly Lifestyles through i-Energy, New Breeze, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp. 1-8, 2009.4
• T. Matsuyama: Society created through energy informationization, Keizaijin, Vol. 64, No. 12, pp. 22-23, 2009.12

Furthermore, coordinated activities are being undertaken with the following projects:

• Project of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: <R&D of integrated technology of information & communications and energy (2009 – 2013)>
• Project of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: <R&D and testing of technology of a next-generation house system featuring highly efficient energy usage (2009 – 2010)>