Reorganizing and integrating the functions of the former Institute for Environmental Protection, Pollution Monitoring Center, and Global Environment Knowledge Center, the Kawasaki Environment Research Institute opened on February 1, 2013, within the Life Science and Environment Research Center (LiSE) located in the Tonomachi International Strategic Zone.
In order to not only monitor, survey, and research ways of further improving local environments and preventing environmental pollution from occurring but also respond appropriately to environmental problems, which are becoming increasingly diverse and complex, and as a base for conducting comprehensive studies and research related to broader environmental areas, the Kawasaki Environment Research Institute not only has constructed a system of fixed-term researchers that utilizes the knowledge and networks of specialist researchers, but also is undertaking research and efforts in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and other related organizations, both domestic and international, as well as local Kawasaki enterprises with excellent environmental technology.
Five Functions of Kawasaki Environment Research Institute
(1) Promoting international contributions through Kawasaki’s excellent environmental technology
(2) Gathering and diffusing information about Kawasaki’s excellent environmental technology
(3) Research aimed at symbiosis between the city and industry
(4) Monitoring, surveying, and researching ways to further improve the environment and prevent environmental pollution from occurring
(5) Environmental education and training through collaboration with diverse entities
Organization of Kawasaki Environment Research Institute
- ・Planning & Promotion Section
(Environmental education, acceptance of visitors /trainees from overseas, collection/diffusion of environmental technology information, etc.) - ・Urban Environment Section
(Joint industry-university-private sector research, surveys/research aimed at realizing a low carbon society, etc.) - ・Project Research Expert
(JCM activities, research on lifestyle changes aimed at building a low carbon society, etc.) - ・Regional Environment & Pollution Monitoring Section
(Analytical surveys of PM2.5 composition, water quality surveys of drainage from factories/workplaces, measurements in continuous monitoring of the environmental atmosphere, etc.)
・Environmental Risk Research Section
(Surveys related to biodiversity in water areas, environmental surveys of chemical substances, etc.)
