設立背景と目的

Founding Background

The “Center of Coevolutionary Research for Sustainable Communities” aims to create a safe, active, and sustainable community by revitalizing the local economy (cities and surrounding suburbs), creating jobs and providing transportation choices for those who are mobility disadvantaged, while utilizing clean energy to the fullest, in order to minimize environmental burdens (SDGs7&13). Also, through these measures, it will now be possible to show further consideration for the health of our local residents (SDG3), and offer affordable and accessible local services for those who are socially/economically disadvantaged.

In order to successfully create such a community, we will utilize an approach that we refer to as the “coevolution of community and the technology/system.” Ideally, a specific regional problem will promote the development of a certain technology/system, which then will introduce a solution for the problem and the community will thus improve. Or, certain technological/systematical developments will cause a chain reaction and encourage other developments in technology/system, which will then eventually promote solutions for regional problems. Currently, it is mainly Kyushu University/ The University of Tokyo / Yokohama National University forming a coevolutionary committee through an approach that incorporates participating companies/local governments. By pro-actively working toward attaining a coevolution of various technical fields such as Energy/ Mobility/ ICT/ Mathematics for Industry under the management of PL/RL, we build an innovation platform that continues to bring forth social implementation solutions to counteract regional problems(SDG9).

Application & Service

  1. Spread of new energy services, and major expansion of renewable energy (SDG7, SDG13)
    The establishment and social implementation of an energy policy that considers stability of a power grid and economical/environmental factors; a hydrogen system that utilizes renewable energy; a radical and high-efficient fuel cell system; the achievement of high durability/power in a fuel cell for a mobility system.
  2. Offering access to a sustainable transportation system that is safe, affordable and easily available. (SDG11.2)
    Guidance for people and vehicles using a multi-modal information sharing system; building a multi-functional community center out of redesign of vehicles and hub spaces; a co-operating/sharing mobility system that assists citizens to break free from a morbid dependence on personal vehicles; road maintenance management system that maintains safe road infrastructure.
  3. Safe, secure and sustainable society (SDG11.7)
    A monitoring service in urban areas; information transmission based on life-sensing which facilitates daily life routines.