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Promotion Structure
The E Team within the ESG Promotion Group plays a central role in setting annual targets and promoting environmental initiatives. The details of activities carried out by the team are reported at regular meetings of the ESG Promotion Group held on a monthly basis and reflected in the management structure, including the Board of Directors, under the responsibility of the head of the President’s Office. As a general real estate developer, ES-CON JAPAN is involved in a variety of development projects. We pursue environmentally friendly real estate development, operation, and management through collaboration between the ESG Promotion Group and our various business departments.
Environmentally Friendly Real Estate Development
Initiatives for ZEH-M Condominiums
As a condominium developer, we have registered as a ZEH* developer (D registration) and are working to introduce ZEH-M condominiums at a target rate of one building a year to promote more environmentally friendly condominium development.
Le JADE Okurayama
ZEH (Net Zero Energy House) is a house aiming to make the annual primary energy consumption zero by introducing renewable energy after realizing significant conservation of energy while maintaining the quality of the indoor environment with significant improvement in the thermal insulation performance of the outer building skin as well as the introduction of a highly efficient equipment system.
Fiscal 2019 Result | Fiscal 2020 Result | Fiscal 2021 Result | Fiscal 2022 Result | Fiscal 2023 Result | Fiscal 2024 Plan |
1 building | 0 buildings | 1 building | 2 buildings | 4 buildings | 14 buildings |
Property Lineup
Fiscal 2019 Result
Le JADE Okurayama
Fiscal 2021 Result
Le JADE Yao Sakuragaoka
Fiscal 2022 Result
Le JADE Honkawagoe
Koedo Terrace
Fiscal 2022 Result
Le JADE KANAYAMA GRANDE
Fiscal 2023 Result
Le JADE City Hashimoto III
Fiscal 2023 Result
Le JADE Bishoen Ekimae
Fiscal 2023 Result
Le JADE Nagoya
Fiscal 2023 Result
Le JADE Kumamoto Nissekidori
Fiscal 2024 Result
Le JADE Hokkaido Kitahiroshima
ES CON HOME and ES CON CRAFT Get ZEH Builder Certification
At ES-CON Home and ES-CON Craft, we have established the following goal to realize ZEH spread of 50% in and after fiscal 2020 with an aim to provide and spread environmentally friendly detached houses, and completed ZEH Builder* registration. We will provide environmentally friendly houses towards the achievement of our goal.
ES-CON Home
Fiscal 2019 | Fiscal 2020 | Fiscal 2021 | Fiscal 2022 | Fiscal 2023 | Fiscal 2025 | ||
Goal for ZEH spread | - | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
Results of ZEH spread | 0% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 4% | - |
ES-CON Craft
Fiscal 2019 | Fiscal 2020 | Fiscal 2021 | Fiscal 2022 | Fiscal 2023 | Fiscal 2025 | ||
Goal for ZEH spread | - | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
Results of ZEH spread | 0% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 50% | - |
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry introduced the ZEH Builder Registration System through the ZEH Support Project in fiscal 2016. The system is designed to conduct public advertisement targeting building contractors, housing developers, and architectural design offices setting a business goal to increase the percentage of ZEH among houses for which they receive orders to 50% or more by fiscal 2020, and register business operators that fulfill certain requirements including the establishment of goals and measures for spreading ZEH as “ZEH Builders.”
Acquisition of DBJ Green Building Certification
The following community-based commercial facilities owned by ES-CON JAPAN REIT Investment Corporation (EJR) have acquired DBJ Green Building certification.
DBJ Green Building Certification is a certification system established by Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) in April 2011 to support environmentally and socially conscious real estate properties (“Green Buildings”). It supports these initiatives by evaluating and certifying socially and economically desirable properties based on a comprehensive assessment, which includes not only their environmental performance but also their responsiveness to various stakeholder needs, such as disaster preparedness and consideration of the community.
Two of the 4 properties in total that have acquired certification were developed by us, while operation and management of all 4 are handled by our subsidiary ES-CON Property.
tonarie Yamato-Takada | tonarie Toga-Mikita | tonarie Minamisenri | tonarie Seiwadai | |
Rating |
★★★ Properties with excellent environmental & social awareness |
★★★ Properties with excellent environmental & social awareness |
★★★ Properties with excellent environmental & social awareness |
★★★ Properties with excellent environmental & social awareness |
Developed by ES-CON Japan | ◯ | ◯ | ✕ | ✕ |
Owned by EJR | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
Managed by ES-CON Property | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ | ◯ |
For details of the certification system and the certified properties, please refer to the following.
Website jointly operated by DBJ and Japan Real Estate Institute: http://igb.jp/en/index.html
Acquisition of CASBEE Real Estate Certification
We received the highest rank of “S” in CASBEE Real Estate Certification for “tonarie Fujimino (former Soyoca Fujimino) (Fujimino-shi, Saitama),” a commercial facility we own, from an assessment and certification organization of CASBEE certified by the Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation. Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE) assesses and rates the environmental performance of buildings, and is a system for comprehensively assessing the quality of buildings including environmental consideration such as conservation of energy and the use of equipment with low environmental burden as well as consideration to indoor comfort and scenery.
CASBEE Real Estate Assessment was developed for the purpose of utilizing the results of the environmental assessments of buildings in CASBEE in real estate assessments. Buildings are scored in the five assessment items of “1. Energy and greenhouse gas,” “2. Water,” “3. Use of resources and safety,” “4. Biodiversity and site,” and “5. Indoor environment,” and one of the four ratings of “S,” “A,” “B+,” and “B” is given based on such score.
Property name | Assessment rank |
tonarie Fujimino |
[Rank S] |
Property name | Assessment rank |
tonarie Fujimino |
[Rank S] |
For the details of the system and the certified property, please refer to the following.
Website of the Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation: https://www.ibec.or.jp/english/
Introduction of Other Environmentally Friendly Equipment
We are carefully creating condominiums while considering the environment even at properties other than the ZEH-M condominiums which have particularly high environmental performance.
In the development of for-sale condominiums, we obtain the highest levels under the standards for performance of thermal insulation, etc. (grade 4) and deterioration (grade 3) as a standard.
We also seek effective utilization of energy and resources by employing LED lighting, water-saving toilets and other energy- and resource-efficient equipment.
- High-efficiency TES (Eco-JOES)
- Cogeneration system (ENE-FARM)
- Water-saving toilet, heated bathtub, LED lighting, double glazing, emergency supply warehouse, etc.
Endorsement of TCFD Recommendations and Disclosure
In addition to endorsing TCFD recommendations to “analyze the risks and opportunities posed by climate change and to disclose related information,” ES-CON JAPAN has created a page on its corporate website presenting its climate planning and actions under the themes of “Governance,” “Strategy,” “Risk Management,” and “Metrics and Targets” put forth by the TCFD.
ES-CON JAPAN will continue to work to achieve a sustainable society based on the TCFD framework.
[Reference] What is the TCFD ?
The TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) was created in 2015 by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) at the request of the G20. It recommends that companies assess the financial impact of risks and opportunities from climate change on their operations, as well as disclose information on their governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets.
Joint Research through Industry-Academia Collaboration
Joint Research with Tokyo University of Science
We are pursuing joint research with the Tokyo University of Science’s Takase Laboratory, which has a focus on architectural environment engineering, with the aim of reducing our environmental footprint and realizing a sustainable society through the development of environmentally friendly apartment buildings.
Research themes: Heat; Energy efficiency; Comfort; Global environment
[Tokyo University of Science Takase Laboratory]
Specializing in the field of architectural environment engineering, this lab is engaged in areas such as thermal environment, energy efficiency, and sustainable design. It has received numerous honors, including the 7th Sustainable Housing Award in 2017.
Sustainable housing is housing that utilizes natural clean energy, such as solar power and wind power, without using energy from petroleum causing global warming.
Improvement of the Local Environment
For-Sale Detached Housing Rich in Nature
Park JADE Suginami Izumi has characteristic “garden paths” creating a continuous strip of space by placing greenery to make boundaries gradual and to blur the boundary line intentionally. Being able to sense nature no matter how limited the space and facilitating natural communication among residents will foster a community that forms and enjoys the effects of education in cultivation of sensitivity that would heighten the sensitivity of children.
Solar power is used to pump groundwater from Kanda River and the water flows along garden paths so as to create the sound of a stream. A hand pump is also installed to function as a means to secure water for domestic use in the event of a disaster or other emergency.
The living environment is one that enhances creativity and where children can learn about the power possessed by nature and the environment by being in close touch with greenery, water, solar energy, etc. in everyday life.
Park JADE Suginami Izumi won the 10th Kids Design Award in 2016.
Park JADE Suginami Izumi
For-Sale Condominiums Close to the Community
Le JADE Takatsuki was created by exploring the type of outdoor environment this place requires through a series of exchange of views with residents of the neighborhood with the aim of forming an urban space that would be loved by the community.
As a result, we managed to make the for-sale condominium’s outdoor environment one that achieves both “creation of open green space that enriches the community” and “forming of safe pedestrian space.” For the “creation of open green space that enriches the community,” we have provided greenery of a large scale at the intersection portion to contribute to forming a favorable cityscape as an oasis that enriches the lives of passersby. For the “forming of safe pedestrian space,” the adjacent sidewalk used to be narrow and the intersection at the northwest corner of the site saw frequent traffic accidents, but we have secured safety by forming a sidewalk-like open space on the site along the adjacent sidewalk, setting the existing sidewalk portion for bicycle traffic and setting the sidewalk-like open space for natural pedestrian traffic.
Winner of the 1st Takatsuki City Landscape Award in 2019.
Le JADE Takatsuki
Eco-Themed Renovation
We are undertaking renovation projects that can serve to curtail generation of waste material and save materials by making the most of existing buildings rather than “scrap & build” in these times that call for the promotion of environmentally friendly “eco”-themed business.
Le JADE bio Makuhari Hongo
Environmentally Friendly Logistics Development
LOGITRES Tojo has been certified Rank A under the Comprehensive Assessment System for Built Environment Efficiency (CASBEE).
In addition, under our first solar power generation project, environmental considerations are being made at the property.
CASBEE® is a tool for comprehensive assessment of the environmental performance of buildings, urban areas, cities, etc. from various perspectives, and is now widely utilized by building contractors, architectural designers, building owners, real estate investment institutions, etc. in Japan. There is also increasing utilization by some local governments as a reporting system.
LOGITRES Tojo