It’s almost a cliche to say that the Japanese consumer likes vending machine. Given the huge ECO movement that has been sweeping industries here over the last few years it was inevitable that companies would start looking at these convenient dispensers and ways to make them greener.
CScout Japan investigated a lot of these trends as part of its comprehensive ECO Japan report earlier this year, and continues to monitor local ecology developments.
Coca-Cola Japan is certainly a leader in this field, having developed some of the first stand-out prototypes.
The ecoru/solar uses energy-efficient LED lighting, as well as a heat pump, HFC-free refrigeration and vacuum insulation. Of course, this saves Coca-Cola money in electricity to supply the machine, meaning they have lower overheads — and can pass those savings onto the consumer. Given that the planet also benefits then everyone’s a winner!
Fuji Electric also produced the E3 vending machine, which also gets energy from a solar panel and insulates in the winter by growing moss on its side. It collaborated with Coca-Cola to create the e-40, one of the original, ground-breaking vending machines, in 2008, which used 40% less energy than other machines.
http://www.cocacola.co.jp/corporate/news/news_20100316.html
Coca-Cola Japan is certainly a leader in this field, having developed some of the first stand-out prototypes.
The ecoru/solar uses energy-efficient LED lighting, as well as a heat pump, HFC-free refrigeration and vacuum insulation. Of course, this saves Coca-Cola money in electricity to supply the machine, meaning they have lower overheads — and can pass those savings onto the consumer. Given that the planet also benefits then everyone’s a winner!
Fuji Electric also produced the E3 vending machine, which also gets energy from a solar panel and insulates in the winter by growing moss on its side. It collaborated with Coca-Cola to create the e-40, one of the original, ground-breaking vending machines, in 2008, which used 40% less energy than other machines.
http://www.cocacola.co.jp/corporate/news/news_20100316.html
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