Mitsubishi Electric Thailand joins forces and announces readiness to build the ECOSYSTEM for Sustainable Building Collaboration network to move towards the Net Zero Emission goal.

        “In today's event, we intend to set the topic of the lecture to provide interesting knowledge of automation systems used in managing smart buildings to meet sustainability needs. We see an opportunity that all sectors can achieve success together under the sustainability goal of jointly reducing the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere and causing global warming through cooperation. The Mitsubishi Electric Group is ready to work together with both subsidiaries and partner companies of customers, both government and private sectors, to achieve this goal together.”

        “In the past, it must be admitted that this has been a challenging mission for the Mitsubishi Electric Group and our partner companies who have jointly invented and designed solutions to address sustainability issues. And of course, we intend to continuously deliver this solution to our customers through investment in resources, creativity, and expertise to effectively reduce the amount of carbon and greenhouse gases for our customers.”

        “Before we start today, let me give you a brief overview of the Mitsubishi Electric Group. We are a Japanese company that is one of the “Hundred-Year-Old Companies” because Mitsubishi Electric was founded in 1921 and has expanded its business to Thailand since 1964. Mitsubishi Electric Group in Thailand has 5 businesses: Building Systems, Air Conditioning and Home Appliances, Automation Systems for Industrial Plants, Equipment, Parts and Tools for the Automobile Manufacturing Industry, and Energy and Electrical Systems.”

        “We have set our company strategy with the goal of creating a vibrant and sustainable society, focusing on the management of the sustainability of the community, using our basic principles to jointly solve social challenges by using all our resources, consisting of 5 aspects such as Carbon Neutral, Circular Economy, and Well-being. We have applied the concept of Circular Digital-Engineering to help create social and economic value. It is a system for linking important knowledge to data analysis systems and creating new value. It presents a collaborative approach to create a management system to achieve sustainability in all dimensions, answering social challenges in all aspects. In addition, we have designed a digital platform, "Serendie," to serve as a central system for data management and cooperation among the group and its partners to achieve the goals in line with the Circular Digital Engineering approach.”

        “Thailand is ranked 9th among countries that will be affected by global climate change and we are now committed to the Paris Agreement, which makes Thailand responsible for joining all countries around the world in controlling the global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. In addition, it is estimated that if we do not play a part in solving the problem of global warming, Thailand's GDP will decrease from 5 percent to 44 percent. Therefore, global warming not only causes many disasters, but also has a significant impact on the economies of all countries around the world.”

        “At the global level, organizations still have a mission to drive their organizations towards Net Zero by 2050 at the latest, with the industrial sector being one of the sectors that releases a large amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. From now on, the Thai industrial sector must report the organization's greenhouse gas emission rate every year, according to the provisions of the Global Warming Reduction Act. In addition, if any product has a high carbon footprint, additional taxes will be collected. This Act is expected to be announced no later than 2025.”

        “To help Thai entrepreneurs, the TGO has currently developed various tools for organizations to apply to reduce carbon and aim for Net Zero, which will help Thai entrepreneurs reduce costs in terms of auditor fees for foreign certification organizations. The TGO is therefore accelerating the creation of a carbon footprint certification mechanism at both the organizational and product levels. In addition, there is a certification for carbon credits, which is in line with the global trend that places importance on carbon footprints. Therefore, the Thai manufacturing industry must adapt to this trend if it wants to export products to countries that place importance on this issue, especially countries in the EU.”

        “Until in the past few years, there has been a trend of creating “green buildings”, which must be admitted that this trend has helped reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions from all activities related to construction to the use of the building. For example, during construction, there will be Embody Carbon, which will be calculated from every construction material used to assemble the building. As a result, in the past, many construction material manufacturers have continuously applied to register their carbon footprint for circular economy products.”

        “SUSTIE or Net Zero Energy Building (ZEB) is a building designed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation to meet the needs of both energy saving and well-being as well as comfort of its occupants by implementing a high level of energy saving system.”

        “The word “SUSTIE” is a combination of Sustainability and Energy to convey the important concepts in the design of this building, which are “sustainability” and “energy saving”. The SUSTIE building has been certified for both energy saving and creating a good health and office environment for its occupants.”

        “This building has a system to measure temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide levels, and also has an intelligent system that uses IoT technology to control the air conditioning system for maximum efficiency. There is also a screen that shows the amount of energy used in the building, the amount of renewable energy generated from the use of solar panels, and the amount of carbon dioxide produced in the building. If an abnormal amount of carbon dioxide is detected, which may be due to a large number of people in the room or area, the building manager will be informed immediately.”

        “SUSTIE is a prototype of a mid-level office building with a construction area of ​​approximately 1,950 square meters. The structure is a 4-story steel structure. In designing the SUSTIE building, we have been evaluated and given the highest design scores of 2 very important standards in Japan: BELS in the field of Energy-efficiency, which received a Ranking score of 5, and another standard is CASBEE, which is a standard for measuring organ and health, which received the highest score of S5 Stars.”

        “The purpose of creating SUSTIE is to accelerate research and development of technology in various areas related to the ZEB (Net Zero Energy Building) system and to make SUSTIE a prototype for further development and use in other projects. The key feature of SUSTIE as a prototype of ZEB is that it must be a building that uses significantly less energy than a normal building and can produce its own energy using solar power. There must be a balance between the energy produced and the energy used, which must add and subtract to get a value of zero.”

        “For the ZEB system certification in Japan, there are 4 levels, and SUSTIE is certified at the highest level, which can reduce energy consumption by 100 percent through energy saving and additional energy production with the building’s renewable energy system. The creation of SUSTIE has 4 main objectives: One, select a medium-sized building, which is generally the most common type of building. Two, plan to construct this building in an urban area with a small area, and increase the challenge of constructing this building in an area where it is quite difficult to construct Solar Panels, in order to demonstrate the potential of the technology used by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Three, set goals to achieve both energy saving and efficient space utilization to create a suitable and comfortable working environment. Four, demonstrate the full efficiency of the ZEB system.”

        “In creating SUSTIE, we have leveraged Mitsubishi Electric's strengths by introducing the most efficient equipment and systems to achieve high energy saving targets. For example, the ventilation system will introduce the Lossnay brand to reduce the temperature difference measured between the indoor and outdoor temperatures of the building. The elevator system will use Mitsubishi Electric's own elevators, which can be seamlessly connected to all systems. In addition, we have high-quality hardware products to help all sectors effectively achieve their energy saving targets.”

        “In energy conservation for buildings, the most important thing is to allow building managers to see the energy usage in the building in real time, or the ZEB Visualize Screen. For SUSTIE, we can see how much energy the building saves per second. In addition, we can see how many people are in the room in order to produce and distribute energy appropriately. This information will be stored and simulated as data that can be analyzed and improved in the SUSTIE building at all times. After actually using the building, we collected data and found that we could reduce energy usage by up to 115 percent.”

        “In every building, the air conditioning system is the part that uses the most energy in the building, especially the water chiller or Chiller. This type of product uses the most energy and today Mitsubishi Electric Kang Yong Wattana has developed a water chiller that can save more energy and is more environmentally friendly. This water chiller is a product under the brand CLIMAVENETA, which is a company of the Mitsubishi Electric group. The highlight is the Oil-free magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller system, a new technology that does not use lubricating oil in the Chiller. Therefore, it is more efficient than the original Chiller and can cool up to 2,000 tons with the components of using environmentally friendly refrigerants.”

        “In addition, the latest technology allows the Chiller to select the working load according to the actual conditions. The system will know when to turn each Chiller on and off. Therefore, Mitsubishi Electric products can process the actual work and try to make the machine work in the most efficient mode. We also use more environmentally friendly refrigerants, cooling up to 300 tons, which is one of the products that SUSTIE building has used.”

        “And another best-selling product is the VRF air conditioning system, which has been developed into the latest 2024 model that has been certified for efficiency by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand. It has received a No. 5 energy-saving label and can preserve the environment by reducing carbon dioxide emissions by up to 3,722 kilograms per year.”