On 2nd August, Panasonic Malaysia announced the opening of the new Econation Centre in Selangor. As the first eco showroom in the Asia Pacific outside of Japan, the centre reinforces Panasonic’s commitment to be the No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the electronics industry by 2018.
The Econation Centre showcases various forms of comprehensive green solutions for the home, office, factory and township. Stretching across 6,000 square-feet, the one-of-its-kind centre is designed to interact with natural elements such as:
- Sunlight – there are 40kWp solar panels fitted on a double roof structure.
- Water – 50 cubic metre rain water are captured in the building’s harvesting system
- Air – the centre employs an energy efficient air conditioning and quality purification system
- Earth – the design uses green landscaping and reduction of heat reflections
The 24MWh of energy the centre can generate per year is akin to a reduction of approximately 12 tons of CO2 emission. This saves approximately 600 trees per year.
“This qualifies the building to be classified as Renewable Energy Generative Building and can act as a conceptual Mechanical Green Lung to the township of Petaling Jaya.”
– Dato’ Haji Mohamad Roslan Sakiman, the Mayor of Petaling Jaya.
The opening ceremony received extensive coverage from broadcast, print and electronic media. Take a look for yourself in the video below.
The new ECONATION CENTER in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [Panasonic]