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At Eco-Products 2011, held at Tokyo BIGSIGHT from December 15 to 17, 2011, Sharp exhibited under the theme of “Sharp, an eco-positive company – opening a new era in renewable energy with solar power generation”. Eco-Products is one of the largest environmental exhibitions in Japan, launched in 1999 aiming at publicizing eco-products and realizing a sustainable society. This was the 13th time the exhibition was held.
We would like to thank you more than 180,000 people who visited the exhibition, and the many people who visited Sharp’s booth during the three days of the exhibition.
Sharp introduced its initiatives at two stages. “Eco-Positive Stage” presented Sharp’s solar power business from its beginnings 52 years ago in solar cell R&D to its present-day worldwide total solutions business in the field of solar power. At “Eco House Stage”, a video presentation introduced the automated HEMS – Home Energy Management System – evolved from visualized HEMS.
Many people visited Eco-Positive Stage (left) and Eco House Stage 
Sharp exhibited the thin-film solar module for mega-solar power plants which won the Gold Award at the Good Design Awards 2011 in Japan and the “Black Solar”, high-efficiency monocrystalline solar module for residential use. A prototype solar cell with the world’s highest conversion efficiency of 36.9% was displayed as well.
Thin-film solar module for mega-solar power plants which won the Gold Award at the Good Design Awards 2011 Japan |
Black Solar high-efficiency monocrystalline solar module for residential use |
Prototype of solar cell with world’s highest conversion efficiency of 36.9% |
A video presentation showed automatic HEMS, and visualized HEMS was also exhibited. How to save energy was demonstrated by indicating the power consumption of home appliances on tablet devices and LCD TVs.
A demonstration was made of visualized HEMS and automatic HEMS. Also, a prototype of lithium-ion rechargeable batteries was also displayed.
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Tablet devices and LCD TVs can provide a clear indication of power consumption of the home appliances.
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Many visitors experienced a visualization of power consumption by a combination of 70-inch touchscreen “BIG PAD” LCD monitor, tablet devices and digital multi function devices. A next generation conference system was exhibited as well. In addition, a comparison demonstration was made of energy consumption by LCD monitors, achieving both energy saving and brightness.
70-inch touchscreen “BIG PAD” LCD monitor, tablet devices and multi function device |
Comparison of energy consumption using LCD monitors, one with automatic backlight control function |
Back-up power supply in case of power failure or disaster |
Sharp’s environmentally friendly products were exhibited, such as thin, light and portable AQUOS LCD TVs, air conditioners, refrigerators, Plasmacluster generators and air purifiers, and LED lighting. Visitors experienced the deodorizing effect of Plasmacluster Ions and the energy efficiency of LED lighting.
A comparison of old-versus-new structures of portable AQUOS LCD TVs attracted many visitors’ attention. |
Energy saving technology for air conditioners and refrigerators was introduced. |
Many visitors were surprised at Plasmacluster Ion’s deodorizing effect. |
At the area of LED lighting for offices and homes, visitors experienced the energy efficiency of LED lighting through use of a hand-turned wheel to generate electricity. |
This area introduced Sharp’s environmental technologies, such as unique plastic material recycling, bioplastic, and recycling of waste LCD panels. Many visitors, mainly elementary school students, learned about Sharp’s plastic material recycling technology at the experimental area.
Area presenting Sharp’s technology for plastic material recycling, bioplastic, and recycling of waste LCD panels |
Experimental area for explaining the plastic recycling process by using models |
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