Osaka University and Nippon Foundation Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (to be completed in February 2025) certified as ZEB Ready!

In advance of its completion in February 2025, the Osaka University and Nippon Foundation Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research at Suita campus has been certified as ZEB Ready, with the "design primary energy consumption" of this building calculated at 55% less than the "standard primary energy consumption."

The Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research is the first building at a national university with a total area of more than 10000m² to be certified as ZEB Ready.

The building received its certification of the Building-Housing Energy-Efficiency Labeling System (BELS) from the Center for Better Living on September 20, 2024.

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What is ZEB Ready?

A Net Zero Energy Building ("ZEB") is a building that aims at a “zero” balance of annual primary energy consumption while maintaining a comfortable indoor environment.

Based on the primary energy consumption level of buildings, the ZEB is evaluated in 4 stages: ZEB, Nearly ZEB, ZEB Ready, and ZEB Oriented, and energy savings of greater than 50% is certified as ZEB Ready.

Osaka University and Nippon Foundation Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (Issued on September 20, 2024)