AIST REPORT 2012

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Purchase of vehiclesBuilding designPower supply contract111Number of green contractsNo. of Green ContractsType of Green Contract●Green contractWith vehicles, we purchased two vehicles and leased one vehicle. We comprehensively reviewed vehicles for price and performance (fuel efficiency) and made a green contract for one of them. For the other two vehicles, we selected models that fulfill research purposes and made contracts based on general competitive bidding.In building design, with the Fukushima Renewable Energy Research Center (tentative name), we aimed to design a research facility with low energy consumption and environmental load that can serve as a model for buildings using energy saving renewable energy technologies, and to reduce facility operation costs.In power supply contracts, we introduced environmental thresholds※ into a power supply contract at AIST Chugoku. For AIST Kyushu, we will introduce environmental thresholds after an accurate evaluation of the summer peak energy demand in the summer of 2012. For AIST Tohoku, we will not introduce environmental thresholds in the immediate future due to the effect of the 2011 earthquake.※ System with environmental thresholdsBidders are reviewed by rating, on a point scale, for carbon dioxide emissions, the use of unused energy, the use of new energy sources, and planned amount of the green power certificate to be transferred to the purchaser. The bidder with the lowest price among those whose total score exceeds the threshold is selected.●Procurement status of environment- friendly goods and servicesIn FY2011, AIST purchased 231 items in 17 categories out of 261 items in 19 categories, specified in the Green Purchasing Law (types of environment-friendly goods and services to be preferentially purchased by the government and other organizations). For all items except for one (a media case※) that failed to meet the criteria because of performance and functional requirements, we achieved the annual goal of a 100% procurement rate of specified procurement goods (those that meet the criteria for goods contributing to environmental load reduction specified by the government). We give consideration to environmental load when purchasing environment-friendly goods (trash bags), a non-specified procurement item.※Media case: An album-type case made primarily of non-plastic materials that can contain multiple units. It did not meet either of the green criteria: For the case, “recycled or plant-based plastics must be used.” It must be a “slim-type case with a thickness of 5 mm or less.”●Number of hybrid vehicles owned by AISTAs of June 2012, of the total of 90 vehicles (including those for research purposes) owned by AIST, 8 vehicles are hybrid. We preferentially select hybrid and low-emission vehicles when replacing vehicles for operations.●Green contract activitiesWhen awarding contracts, we promote those (green contracts) with consideration to greenhouse gas emissions reduction based on the Law concerning the Promotion of Contracts Considering Reduction of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Others by the State and Other Entities (Green Contract Law). In FY2011, we made three green contracts, including the change of the type of power supply contract.Environmental Report|51

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