Building Structure

Panasonic Homes built various apartments and condominiums. Designed and built by ourselves in Panasonic Homes, implementing smart concepts such as solar power generation capabalities into our designs to enhance an environmental friendly infrastructure.

Panasonic Homes also built bungalows and landed homes other than high rise residential. Designed and built by our architects fulfilling our customersʼ needs.

Smart City Shioashiya “Solar-Shima” is the first Smart City as an independent project by Panasonic Homes, a subsidiary housing company of Panasonic in Japan. This Smart City is carrying out two endeavors that have never been done before in Japan.
1: Aim at net zero energy*1 in the whole town comprising detached houses (about 400 households) and condominiums (83 units), for the first time in Japan.*2
2: Mount fuel batteries in all condominiums for the first time in Japan,*3 to enhance energy efficiency.
To realize net zero energy in the whole town, all detached houses are equipped with the Panasonicʼ s “Energy Creation-storage Linked System for Home” as smart houses. This system is able to suppress peak power as well as secure power in the event of power failure.
Meanwhile, all condominiums are also equipped with a fuel battery in each unit. Their roofs are installed with 56 kW solar power to generate power and also indoor 15 kWh large-capacity storage battery to store these energy. Those generation systems create electric energy equivalent to the total amount of power consumed by the condominiums.

*1: Energy used and created are offset, and become basically zero.
*2: As of August 2013. Mass detached housing estate exceeding 400 households comprising detached houses and condominiums. (Panasonic Homes survey)
*3: As of August 2013. In condominiums exceeding 80 households (Panasonic Homes survey)