Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research OrganizationWaseda University

TOKORO, Chiharu, Director

To realize a sustainable society, it is essential to harmonize the economy, environment, and society, and to decouple the wellbeing and economic growth of humankind from resource consumption and environmental impact. For example, it has been estimated that the introduction of resource recycling systems, as typified by the circular economy approach, will make a major contribution towards carbon neutrality. Meanwhile, there are concerns, based on quantitative evaluations, that the introduction of various innovative technologies to promote carbon neutrality may lead to an imbalance between supply and demand of some resources and supply shortages, which also makes it more important to have appropriate resource recycling systems, from the viewpoint of efficient resource use. We will, therefore, work on the development of life cycle simulation in partnership with other research institutes in SEES, from the perspective of evaluating and optimizing entire product life cycles, from resource development to material refining, product manufacturing, usage, and disposal. We will also engage in multifaceted development of technologies and processes to separate out the dissimilar material components that make up products by introducing highly novel technologies, so as to realize energy-saving resource recycling. Thus, we will investigate optimal production processes and resource recycling methods to achieve enhanced resource efficiency and environmental impact reductions, such as carbon neutrality, through a multifaceted approach to resource recycling with close coordination of both technologies and systems.

• FUKUSHIGE, Shinichi Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• HYODO, Makiko Research Associate, Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization
• INUTSUKA, Manabu Associate Professor (tenure-track), Waseda Center for a Carbon Neutral Society
• ITSUBO, Norihiro Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• KAMIYA, Hidehiro Senior Researcher (Professor), Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization
• KUBOTA, Akiko Research Associate, Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization
• LIU, Runya Research Associate, Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization
• NAKAMURA, Kazuhito Research Associate, Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization
• ONODA, Hiroshi Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Environment and Energy Engineering
• TOKORO, Chiharu Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• YAMAGUCHI, Katsunori Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering
• ZHANG, Bailing Junior Researcher (Assistant Professor), Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization
• ZUBAIR, Yusuf Olalekan Junior Researcher (Assistant Professor), Sustainable Energy & Environmental Society Open Innovation Research Organization

• ERA, Yuta
• GU, Lin
• HIGUCHI, Shinichi
• KATSUYAMA, Morito
• KAWAKAMI, Satoshi
• KITAMURA, Yusuke
• MURAKAMI, Hideyuki
• NAKAMURA, Kazuhiko
• NAKAMURA, Keiji
• OYAMA, Keishi
• YOSHIYA, Kazumi

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