Toyota showcases green technologies
Toyota Motor Corporation held a display of its newly developed technologies in line with its biotechnology and afforestation businesses at the Toyota Biotechnology and Afforestation Laboratory in Aichi Prefecture.
These new technologies include a strain of yeast that increases the production yield of cellulosic ethanol bio-fuel to help in the greening of parking lots and walls; and a “cool-spot creation technology” for simulating and analyzing the effects of greening.
Toyota has endeavored to contribute in decreasing CO emissions and has been developing use of alternative renewable energy sources such as bio-fuels. The newly developed yeast is said to be highly efficient in the fermentation process and “is expected to improve bio-fuel yield and significantly reduce production costs.”
The company has also been working on manufacturing environment-friendly vehicles.
Also in the showcase are the newly created urban greening products namely the “Smart Green Parking”, for the greening of parking areas, and the “Smart Green Wall”. These urban greening products are scheduled to be sold at the Toyota Roof Garden Corporation.
On the other hand, the cool-spot creation technology aims to “achieve a visual simulation of greening effects that can determine the types, numbers, and positioning of trees needed to achieve the desired cooling effect”. This new green technology will be commercially available at the end of 2012.
