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| Green Diamonds highlights the ongoing
efforts of Mitsubishi companies to foster a greener,
more sustainable planet
and brighter, more vibrant communities through wide-ranging environmental and
social initiatives. |
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| Kirin aims to enrich society through
its support of art and culture. As part of these efforts, it has organized
the “Kirin Seat” program in order to provide people in local communities
across Japan with more opportunities to enjoy live music. Through the program,
Kirin reserves some seats at performances of the piano duo “Les Frères” for
inviting students of schools for vision-impaired children to attend concerts
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program as volunteers by showing guests to their seats and assisting them to enjoy
the performance. In this way, Kirin is striving to share the joy of music with more people across Japan. |
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| With higher year-round efficiency
than conventional chillers, centrifugal chillers are expected to attract increased
attention as wide-ranging businesses begin to emphasize energy conservation
in light of growing environmental concerns. In addition to striving to improve
the performance of centrifugal chillers, Mitsubishi Heavy
Industries has also
been working to realize greater energy savings by maximizing the overall efficiency
of air-conditioning systems, which include peripheral equipment such as coolant
pumps and cooling towers. These efforts have culminated in the development
of an integrated air-conditioning control system called the Ene-Conductor,
which is now poised to become a powerful ally for businesses as they seek to
rein in energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions. |
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| Mitsubishi
Materials’ wholly-owned
subsidiary Mitsubishi Materials Techno Corporation is offering
a new service for the treatment of contaminated soil and water
that can even handle difficult-to-treat heavy metals. The service
utilizes a mobile unit jointly developed by Mitsubishi Materials
Techno and Mitsubishi Materials’ Central Research Institute
so the treatment facilities can be transported wherever they are
needed. Sludge generated by such treatment operations would normally
be disposed of as landfill, but with Mitsubishi Materials Techno’s
groundbreaking new service, this sludge can be utilized at copper
smelters and cement plants owned by Mitsubishi Materials. |
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| In July 2009, Mitsubishi
Motors launched the i-MiEV electric vehicle in Japan. With zero
CO2 tailpipe emissions, the i-MiEV continues to garner widespread
attention for the role it can play in putting the brakes on global
warming. This potential was underscored in early 2010 as the i-MiEV
won a string of prestigious awards across Europe. It began when
AUTOBEST, a motoring organization centered in Eastern Europe, announced
that the i-MiEV had been voted "Ecobest 2009" by its
international jury of journalists. The i-MiEV was subsequently
honored with the internationally-acclaimed Paul Pietsch Award and
the “Environment Special Grand Prize” at the 25th International
Automobile Festival in Paris. |
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