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Located in Fujisawa City, just outside Tokyo, Panasonic's Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town (STT) is the result of repurposing old land owned by the firm and reinvented as a template of how future sustainable smart cities could operate. Opened in early 2014 with the sale of 220 homes, STT now caters for roughly 3,000 residents across 1,000 households. There are five pillars which form the basis of STT: community, mobility, energy, security and healthcare, however, the town only welcomed its first residents last year and so some buildings and facilities are still under construction.
Panasonic says that after studying 50 smart cities worldwide, the company created the STT model to be service-orientated and not only promote a more sustainable lifestyle, but also to boost commercialization through business partnerships in running the town.
Caption by: Charlie Osborne
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