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Experimental "Smart Town" To Be Built In Japan

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-bicycle-on-every-corner dept.

StormDriver writes "Basically, Fujisawa SST is envisioned as a bottom-up approach to energy efficiency — a green village built from scratch with modern green technologies rather than less-efficient older tech. Panasonic wants to use it as a template for other larger communities in Japan and elsewhere. If all goes as planned, Fujisawa SST will start receiving residents in March of 2014 and finish filling up its houses by 2018."

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  1. Re:Picture not so smart... by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I walk to work, takes 10 minutes. And I do 50%+ of my shopping on the way home.

    Public transit is wonderful, don't get me wrong. But it's no substitute for mixed zone, high-density neighborhoods.

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