Greentech Lead Asia: Toshiba is showcasing its latest environmental products and technologies at Eco-Products International Fair 2013 (EPIF 2013), at the Sands Expo & Convention Center, Singapore, from March 14 to 16.
The focus will be on the benefits that can be achieved through innovations that secure environmental consciousness and high added value.
Fumio Otani, Toshiba’s Corporate Representative for Asia, said, “Toshiba has long understood the importance of conserving the environment as an irreplaceable asset for future generations. We rigorously promote environmental management and activities, with the express objective of becoming one of the world’s foremost eco-companies.”
With Environmental Vision 2050 the company has defined a corporate vision that envisages affluent lifestyles in harmony with the Earth and the eco-efficiency targets required to achieve it.
Under the unifying theme “eco style for Our Life, for Our Society”, Toshiba’s booth at EPIF 2013 will feature two distinct zones: Life Zone and Society Zone. Life Zone demonstrates how Toshiba’s environmentally conscious products offer customers more convenient, affluent lifestyles, Society Zone introduces solutions to environmental issues that many countries face today.
The booth will throw the spotlight on 25 products in 14 categories, and its highlights include Power TVs and other low power home appliances, an advanced home energy management system (HEMS), a motor for the trains of tomorrow, and advances that make the office much more environmentally conscious.
Some of the products on display include Power TV, designed for maximum energy efficiency and clear picture quality; washing machines that use less power and water, the quiet S-DD inverter, low power refrigerators and home LED lighting point the way to the energy-efficient homes.
Toshiba will also display home energy management system (HEMS) that offers a complete solution that monitors, measures and controls electricity, gas and water consumption.
Transportation systems solutions include the Toshiba’s unique Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM), a higher efficiency traction motor for railways, that has saving energy, easy maintenance, and low noise operation features.
In healthcare segment, Toshiba’s CT scanner offers higher image resolution that supports better diagnosis while saving power.
For offices, Toshiba’s paper re-use system can cut paper consumption by up to 80 percent. Moreover, when data is erased, it is automatically scanned, digitized and archived, and erased paper is auto-filtered.
Under electronic devices section, Toshiba introduces super high performance enterprise solid state drives (SSD) with a maximum capacity of 1.6-terabytes (TB); enterprise hard disk drives (HDD) with rotation speed of 10,500rpm and capacities of up to 900-gigabytes; and near-line HDD with capacities of up to 4TB. This approach offer much better power efficiency than standard HDD storage systems.
Toshiba is also working on industrial solutions to secure a better environment. Examples in Singapore include a non-chemical feed filtration system for treating water to reduce residual waste, which employs a reusable functional powder; and an environmentally conscious modular data center that minimizes air-conditioning equipment and space.