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2022.11.10

MEP Engineering Speak. Environment and Equipment Idea Note Vol. 01

Even skyscrapers are ZEB Ready

(Tentative name) Uchikanda 1-chome Project

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Is ZEB difficult in a super high-rise building?

ZEBは一般的に建物規模が大きくなればなるほど、達成は難しいとされています。建物が大きく、そして高くなればなるほど、空調の熱搬送動力のエネルギー消費量や必要な設備も増えることなどが要因です。しかし延床面積10,000㎡以上の建築物は、国内の年間の新築物件の着工数に占める割合が棟数ベースで１％程度しかないものの、建築物のエネルギー消費量ベースでは36％程度と大きな割合を占めることから、都市全体で消費エネルギーを削減していくためにこの規模の建築物に対してZEB化の推進を図ることが求められています。
「（仮称）内神田一丁目計画」（2025年11月末に竣工・開業予定）は、地下3 階、地上26 階、高さ約130m、延床面積約85,200㎡の超高層ビルでありながら、事務所用途の部分評価で、建築物省エネルギー性能表示制度（BELS）の最高ランクの5★と、「ZEB Ready」の認証を2022年9月22日付で取得しました。

ZEB initiatives can be realized even in super-high rise buildings

This building's main facade faces north to allow for natural lighting, reducing solar radiation load. Its passive Architectural Design, which includes the use of low-E double-glazed glass and high-performance insulation materials to further strengthen the building's envelope, reduces the building's overall energy load. Additionally, the building incorporates advanced environmental technologies, such as active technologies, such as the use of highly efficient heat sources through district heating and cooling, the adoption of highly efficient equipment such as total heat exchangers, and energy efficiency improvements such as daylight utilization control. By optimally combining these architectural and equipment initiatives, the building has become a ZEB-ready skyscraper with extremely high environmental performance, achieving a 51% reduction in energy consumption in the office area based on energy-saving calculations.

Energy conservation = a combination of Architectural Design and equipment optimization

When we hear about ZEB and energy conservation, we tend to think of it as something that MEP Engineering have to work on, but in reality, achieving ZEB requires more than just equipment initiatives; it also requires architectural planning, which means designing a passive building that reduces loads. Furthermore, simply incorporating a large number of specialized, advanced technologies does not necessarily result in a ZEB; I believe the key to achieving ZEB is to first carefully review the design conditions and assumptions to ensure there is no waste, and then optimize equipment capacity and then achieve high efficiency. Of course, each building has its own set of conditions and characteristics, and I don't think that ZEB can be achieved simply by using the same design method every time. However, this building has proven that by carefully implementing these basic initiatives and reviews, it is not impossible to achieve ZEB standards, even in a skyscraper.

Environmentally friendly building initiatives
BELS Certificate
  1. A ZEB is a building that aims to achieve a zero energy balance by significantly reducing the amount of energy it consumes annually and by generating energy.
  2. ZEB Roadmap Follow-up Committee "Directions for future considerations to further promote the spread of ZEB" April 26, 2021
  3. ZEB Ready refers to a ZEB that is compliant with the standard primary energy consumption reduction of 50% or more, excluding renewable energy.

Designer's Voice

Designer

Electrical MEP Engineering Department / Joined in 2006

Yuya Nakano

Yuya Nakano

To achieve ZEB, we adopted highly efficient office lighting and strove to significantly reduce lighting energy by controlling dimming to the appropriate brightness. After repeated discussions with businesses and lighting manufacturers, we were able to commercialize smart spec lighting. We hope that it will become the standard for office lighting in the future.
*Affiliation at the time of project assignment

Designer

Mechanical MEP Engineering Department / Joined in 2012

Toshiki Isahaya

Toshiki Isahaya

It was essential for business owners to understand the need to review specifications to optimize equipment capacity, which is important for realizing ZEB, but it was extremely good that we were able to investigate case studies together with the business owners and work on the review.
*Affiliation at the time of project assignment

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Data

Property Name

(Tentative name) Uchikanda 1-chome Project
Location

1-31-11 Uchikanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo (land number)
Site area

Approximately 5,100㎡
Total floor area

Approximately 85,200㎡
scale

26 floors above ground, 3 floors below ground, 2 floors in the penthouse
height

Approximately 130m
Building coverage ratio

Approximately 65%
Floor-area ratio

Approximately 1400%
Completion

January 2025 (planned)
Main Applications

Offices, stores, business and industrial support facilities, parking lots, etc.
Design/ Construction Supervision

Mitsubishi Jisho Design
Construction

Taisei Corporation

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Even skyscrapers are ZEB Ready

(Tentative name) Uchikanda 1-chome Project
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