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Introducing Low Carbon Cities in Asia

Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society

Promotion of the Green City in Surabaya by Intercity Cooperation

Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society opened in June 2010.

Accumulating environmental technologies in Kitakyushu City and throughout Japan, for building low carbon societies in Asia through environmental

business skills

Utilization of the environmental technologies developed through the solution of pollution problems and manufacturing processes, and the inter-city

network established by international cooperation in the past

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Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society

Aims of the Center

Needs of newly developing countries:Constructing green cities, not only transferring technologies

Custom-madeExport of green cities

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Establishing a base Asian region

for demonstration experiments and human resource

development

Greenhouse gas reduction Bilateral credits

Base for environmental business in the Asian region

Experience with overcoming pollution

problems

Total power as a leading runner of an environment-friendly city (Kitakyushu City)

Advanced social system (Kitakyushu Eco-Town, etc.)

Excellent environmental technologies

Responding to diversified needs of Asian cities and companies

Ex.: Eco-Cities and Smart Cities

Responding to diversified needs of Asian cities and companies

Ex.: Eco-Cities and Smart Cities

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Energy managementRegional management of energy by placing city and regionalelectricity plants at the core

Yahata Higashida District, where an environmentally conscious town is under

construction Kitakyushu Smart Community

Water business Water recycling demonstration plant combining sewage water membrane treatment and seawater desalination

Water Plaza

(Hiakari Sewage Treatment Plant)

Water created from sewage: 1,000 m3/day

Water created from seawater:400 m3/day

Non-revenue water rate is improved.72% (1993) 8% (2006)

Kitakyushu’s technology transferred to Phnom Penh

How to maintain and manage a water distribution network

Recycling and waste treatment

Kitakyushu Eco-Town

Economic effects (25 projects): * Direct investment: approx. 60 billion yen* Generated employment: approx. 1,300

jobsCO2 reduction: approx. 200,000 tons/year

Home appliance recycling

Bicycle recycling

Most advanced facilities for waste treatment

Shaft-gasification furnace

Shin-Moji PlantSafe facilities that achieved

recycling of waste and effective utilization of heat energy

Cleaner production and prevention of pollution Introduction of cleaner production (CP)

* Evaluation and improvement of raw material and fuel use

* Improvement of manufacturing processes* Thorough implementation of maintenance

and management* Human resources development, etc.

Achievement of energy saving and resource saving

Reduction of environmental loads + Higher productivity

End-of-Pipe (EOP)measures

Electric dust collector

Flue-gas desulfurization facilities

Waste water treatment facilities

Priority fields in technological transfer

Rendering of

Water Plaza

Non-revenue water is calculated for each block, and for the worst block only, surveys on water leakage and water

theft should be conducted.

Cooperation between government and the

private sectorTransferring

a package on environmental

technologies and social systems

“Green Asia International Strategy CSZ”(including Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City)

We aim at growing with Asian countries, utilizing the vitality of Asia.Our additional proceeds target up to 2020 is 5000 billion (about 10% of national target)

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FS investigation and industrialization①～④ Yaskawa Electric Corporation：energy-saving project

①JETRO(2008,Dalian) ②Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2010,Beijin) ③Ministry of the Environment(2011, Shanxi Province) ④Sixth Japan‐China Energy Conservation and 

Environmental Forum Cooperation  Project(2012,Tianjin)⑤,⑥ TOTO Ltd. ：Promotion of water-saving home appliance

⑤Ministry of the Environment(2011,Dalian) ⑥Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(2012,Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi)⑦ TOTO Ltd.: Environmental improvement project for the creation of a large-scale JCM project through the

increased adoption of water-saving equipment• Ministry of the Environment (2013–: Surabaya & Iskandar)

⑧ TOTO Ltd.: Feasibility study on the creation of a large‐scale JCM project through the increased adoption of water‐and energy‐saving equipment

• Ministry of the Environment (2013–: Ho Chi Minh)⑨～⑫ Nippon Magnetic Dressing Co., Ltd. ：Rare metal recycling

⑨Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2012,Mumbai) ⑩NEDO demonstrations(2012,Mumbai)

⑪Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(2012,Hanoi,Ho Chi Minh&Haiphong)⑫Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2013: Manila & Metro Cebu)

⑬ Hitachi and others:Dahej Eco-city Development Support・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2010- ,Dahej Zone,India)

⑭ Eco‐Material Corporation：Project for recycling waste plastics ・Ministry of the Environment(2011,Tianjin)

⑮ Kyushu Metal Industry: Project for recycling used automobiles・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2012- ,Tianjin)

⑯ Project for cooperation and advancement of recycling-oriented cities through a Kitakyushu-Dalian partnership

・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry（2009-2011,Dalian）⑰ Matsumoto Mitsuharu Shoten: Project for building a used paper recycling system

・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry（2012-,Dalian）⑱ The Japan Research Institute Limited ： Building  environmentally friendly cities in Malaysia 

・NEDO (2011,Putrajaya & Saiba jaya) ⑲ The Japan Research Institute Limited ： BEMS Aggregation Project

・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry（2012,Putrajaya）⑳ Shinryo Corporation: Project for total recycling in electronic manufacturing process in Malaysia

Ministry of the Environment(2012, all of Malaysia)21 Toray Group ：BOP project in Indonesia ・JICA(2011,Sumbawa Regency and elsewhere)

22ー23 Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering: Cogeneration and energy‐saving project in Surabaya Industrial Estate Rungkut

・Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry（2012,Surabaya）24 Nisihara Corporation: Pilot project for intermediate waste disposal and  recycling facilities

・Ministry of Foreign Affairs(2012,Surabaya) 25 Nishihara Corporation: Project to promote intermediate processing and compost‐making for the recycling of waste

• JICA (2013–: Surabaya)26 Nippon Steel Chemical Co., Ltd.:Licensing of nitrate‐nitrogen removal Technology

27 Shinryo Corporation: Project to construct a recycling system spanning the entire electronics industry value chain• Ministry of the Environment (2013–: Jakarta, etc.)

28 Nishihara Corporation: Project for materials recycling of plastic shopping bags and other flexible plastic waste• Ministry of the Environment (2013–: Metro Cebu area, Philippines)

29 Kokura Synthetic Industries: Project to demonstrate and promote adoption of castor oil refining technology• JICA (2013–: Sumbawa Island, Indonesia)

30 Shabondama Sekken: Model project to promote the adoption of firefighting technology for peat and forest fires.• JICA (2013–: Balikpapan, Indonesia)

31 Kokura Synthetic Industries: Collaborative project for the improvement of farmer’s livelihoods, with a focus on castor bean cultivation

• JICA (2013–: West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia)32 Shinryo Corporation: Waste management optimization — recycling of municipal garbage and effective utilization 

of surplus biomass from the palm industry• JICA (2013–: Medan, Indonesia)

33 Kitakyushu International Techno‐cooperative Association: Small and medium‐sized enterprise promotion —support for employee training, technology improvements, and sales channel expansion and the like

• JICA (2013–: Haiphong)34 IGES: Technical cooperation for low‐carbon city plan development

• Ministry of the Environment (2013–: Surabaya) 

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China

Vietnam

Cambodia

Indonesia

Malaysia

India

The Philippines

We have carried out 54 projects in close cooperation with 29

Japanese companies in 30 Asian cities.

Diverse Project Development Map

DalianBeijing

Tianjin

Pohang

Seoul

Shanxi Province(Xi'an)

ShanghaiDahej

MumbaiHanoi

HaiphongPathumThani

BattambangKampot

Kep

Siem ReapSen Monorom

Phnom PenhHo Chi Minh

Manila

Metro Cebu

Medan

CyberjayaPutrajaya

Masai

Iskandar

Jakarta

Surabaya

Balikpapan

Sumbawa Besar

West Nusa Tenggara

Project for the development of small and medium-sized Asian environmental business

35 Hohkohsya: Project to promote low‐energy lighting in Thailand36 Fuji Corp.: Project to promote photocatalytic antibacterial tiles in S. Korea

37 Kokura Synthetic Industries: Project to refine castor oil in Indonesia38 Sepa‐Sigma: Project to recycle liquid waste from semiconductor manufacturing in S. Korea

39 Recycle Energy: Project for intermediate waste disposal in Malaysia40 Beetle Management: Project for Intermediate Waste Processing in Indonesia

41 Kitakyushu Environmental Investment Ltd.: Project of materials for processing soil contaminated with heavymetals in Shanghai

42 Price Management of Japan Co., Ltd.: Project to measure residual cadmium in food and water in China

Waterworks improvement projects in Cambodia

43 Support for basic design of water purification plants in Siem Reap

44 Consulting on waterworks improvement in Sen Monorom45 Basic research on water supply business planning in

Kampot and Kep46 Basic research on regional waterworks improvement in

Battambang and Kampong Cham47 Sewage improvement plan development in Siem Reap

48 Project to improve water facility management capability in Siem Reap

49 Preparative study on an improvement project to expand the local waterworks in Battambang and Kampong Cham

50 Feasibility study on the creation of a JCM project in Phnom Penh.

Waterworks improvement projects inVietnam

51 Research on block water distribution systems in Haiphong52 Sewage personnel training operations in Haiphong

53 U-BCF improvement project in Haiphong Sewage improvement projects in Surabaya

54 Sewage improvement plan development

Thailand

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Transition of city-to-city cooperation between Surabaya city and Kitakyushu City

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「Cooperation project for Composting food waste 」

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「Joint statement on strategic environmental partnership」

(2011.3)

「Green Sister City」(2012.11)

Ir. Tri RismahariniDKP Director

(2005~)BAPPEKO Director

(2008~)Mayor of

Surabaya City (2011~)

Project for cogeneration & energy conservationNippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., Ltd.：

（2012~）Pilot project for establishing recycling-oriented

intermediate waste processing facilityNishihara corp.(2012～）Sewage Improvement project

Original Engineering Consultants etc. (2012～）

「Vision of Development Plan (2005-2025)」

Installation of small solor-powered desalinization machine. Suido Kiko Kaisha Ltd.

Toray Industries Inc. etc (2011～）

City target: 150% of CO2 reduction in Asia by 2050

Receipt of Surabaya city staff：CLAIR (2012)

Capacity building for water quality management ：（2007～08）

JICA grassroots cooperation project Waste water treatment project：

（2011～13）JICA grassroots cooperation project

Energy

Waste

Water

「Environmental Cooperation Network of Asian Cities」

(1997年～)

Compost training：Surabaya City staff, NGO staff

(2005)

「Kitakyushu Initiative Network」(2000年~2010年)

「Survey on sound waste management」

(2002)JBIC

Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society

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「New Approach to Development Strategy」(2009.12~)

「Kitakyushu new approach to development strategy 」

(2013.3)JICA projects（PPP,BOP, Support for

SMEs）

F/S study project (MOEJ)IGES etc. ：(2013~)(2001) (Current)

「F/S study for manufacturing and selling composts」

(2007)

Receipt of trainees from

Surabaya(2003,2004)

Receipt of trainees：JICA, CLAIR, Kitakyushu city budget, IGES

(2006~2011)

Support for Master Plan development

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International Environmental Cooperation in Surabaya

Waste management in Surabaya, Indonesia’s 2nd largest city,started from 2004

Spread of organic waste composting techniques from

Kitakyushu to over 20,000 households in Surabaya

30% reduction of waste

Koji Takakura of JPEC teaching about the composting technique

City in 2001Streets overrun by garbage

Surabaya’s streets todayIncreased greenery in parks and along roads using compost 7

Partnership between Surabaya and Kitakyushu

A joint statement was made in March 2011 on a strategic environmental partnership

between Surabaya and Kitakyushu.

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“Green Sister City”agreement was signed in November 2012 between

Surabaya and Kitakyushu.

City of Kitakyushu City of Surabaya

IGESDevelopment Planning Agency（BAPPEKO）

Cooperation Div.Kitakyushu Asian Center for Low Carbon Society

Japan‐side Indonesia‐side (counterpart)

NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting Inc. , KPMG Azusa LCC

ALMEC VPI Corp.

IGES

Hitachi Zosen Corp.

Amita Corp.

Matsuo Sekkei Corp., City of Kitakyushu, 

Kitakyushu City Waster and Sewer Bureau

Cooperation: TOTO Ltd.

Cooperation: Nishihara Corp. and NTT DATA 

Institute of Management Consulting Inc.

Energy sector

Transportation sector

Solid waste sector

Water resource sector

National Highway Corporation (PERSERO)

PT SIER, local companies, National Electricity Company 

(PLN)

Local companies, city hall, universities, hospitals, shopping malls, data 

centres etc.

Cooperation: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel & Sumikin Engineering Co., 

Ltd.

F/S for energy saving and dispersed power 

system

Cogeneration technology

PDAM, Keputih sludge treatment plant, Industrial Estate Company (PT SIER)

Community, Hotels, etc.

Transportation Section, Taxi company, DKP

Dept. of Cleanliness and Landscaping (DKP), 

Environment Dept. (BLH)

Local company, cement company

Energy saving at water and sewage plant

Introducing water‐saving equipment 

Waste to energy for industrial waste

FS for incineration

Waste sorting, recycling, composting

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, 

Ministry of Public Work, Ministry of Environment

Public transportation, Improvement of traffic system for waste collection vehicles, low emission vehicles

Project Management

Distributed sewage treatment

Cooperation: Japan NUS Co., Ltd.

Project on Low-Carbon and ESC Planning in Surabaya

Green Sister City (Nov. 2012)

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LED light  for highways

A Master Plan

A Project

Government Agencies

funds

Kitakyushu City

Surabaya City

B master PlanC Master Plan

B Project

C Project

Support of plan & practice of pilot project

Mutual exchange & transfer (learning, elevation / association / cooperation)

Support of Social Platform Formation by Intercity CooperationSocial Master Planning

(Concept integration of city plan, Reexamination of existing plan, Additional planning)

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Building concept integration of city planningTarget of Surabaya City : Green City

Review of measures to increase success probability

Capacity building for foundation enhancement to grow

Citizen

Technology

Government

Civil education master the mechanism and skill

Technology transfer suited for the local needs

System design & implementation to foster citizen & company

Stakeholder participate

Stakeholder participation

Measures

Self-helpSelf-sufficiency

1. Building a Model of Green & Low Carbon City Build a  model of Green & Low Carbon City in Indonesia, by using existing “Surabaya Vision Plan 2005 – 2025” (Urban Development Plan), by using the sectoral master plan and by 

preparing comprehensive city plan from “green and low‐carbon” point of view.  Dissemination of the model in every cities in Indonesia will contribute the CO2 

reduction(26%) by 2020 which is the target of Indonesia.  

2. Comprehensive support (from planning to implementation)Past development & investigation ended by formulation of master plan and its 

implementation was entrusted to city’s autonomy.  However, the project is comprehensive project covering preparation of unified concept of town management, backup of planning 

& implementation of pilot project and  human resource development to encourage Surabaya City and feasibility enhancement of master plan. 

3. Administrative cost reduction by PPP Each project can be implemented with less administrative cost by helping entry of private companies using PPP to avoid all the costs borne by public administration as in the past. Therefore, we will, in addition, promote regulatory & system reformation to remove the 

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Showroom of the Green City We are aiming at creating a Showroom of the Green City in Surabaya 

by the activities based on the Green Sister‐City.

In addition to international environmental cooperation, when it comes to international environmental business development, our hope is to see the advancement of a uniquely Japanese approach, different from that of other countries, that will respect and bring joy to local residents.

KitakyushuRejuvenate communities through overseas environmental business

development primarily by Kitakyushu companies.

Asian citiesMitigate pollution and

improve quality of life while reducing CO2

Building Win-Win Relationships

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