The Mitsui & Co. Environment Fund
Introduction to Grant Projects
Institute for Sustainable Energy Policies (ISEP)
The Connection and Human Warmth Project
Activity grant
- Project Description
Free support and installation of solar water heaters will be provided for all 110 temporary housing units using locally sourced materials in Sumitacho, Kessengun, Iwate Prefecture. Installing the water heaters will reduce usage of fossil fuels and utility costs for temporary housing tenants, leading to victim life support. It is also anticipated that users of natural energy equipment will deepen their understanding of sustainable living and natural energy. Sumitacho has set the goal of becoming The Leading Forest and the Forestry Industry-Developed Town in Japan, and is engaged in town planning targeting the realization of an environmentally friendly sustainable local society. Following the installation of water heaters, we will engage in natural energy-driven cooperation aimed at sustainable town planning that capitalizes on local attributes.
- Fields
- Energy problem
- Grant year
- FY2011 Activity Grants
- Grant term
- 3 years
April 2011 - March 2014
- Grant amount
- 17,995,000 yen
- Activity region
- Sumitacho, Kessengun, Iwate Prefecture
Overview of the Organization
- Representative
- Tetsunari Iida, Executive Director
- Established
- 2001
- Establishment purpose
- Established by environmental activists and specialists engaged in global warming and energy issues, as a third party organization independent of government and industry, with the objective of realizing a sustainable energy policy.
- Main areas of activity
- A total of 200 locations, with a total of 100 installations, in Rikuzentakata City and Ofunato City, both of Iwate Prefecture, and Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture
- Staff
- 7 full-time staff members, 7 part-time staff members, 270 full members
- Annual operating budget
- 2,976 million yen in 2008, 16,787 million yen in 2009, 3,680 million yen in 2010
- WEB site
- Homepage: http://www.isep.or.jp/
- Main activities
- We conduct activities over a broad area, including policy proposals to the government in order to promote natural energy and energy saving, advice to regional local authorities, and organizing international conferences and symposiums. We also perform a role as point of contact in Japan by introducing information from overseas that utilizes networks with Europe and Asia, and human exchanges.