Daiwa House to Exhibit at Little Tokyo Design Week 2011

OSAKA, Japan, July 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Daiwa House Industry will exhibit at Little Tokyo Design Week 2011, to be held in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles, California, from July 13 to July 17, 2011.

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Over the nine-year period from 1976 to 1984, Daiwa House Industry sold single-family houses through four local subsidiaries in California and Texas. Daiwa House Industry is currently expanding its business, primarily through the development of condominiums in China. As its next step, the Daiwa House Group will globalize its business by expanding into Southeast Asia and Australia.

In April 2011, Daiwa House California, a local subsidiary, was established in San Jose, California, marking its first foray into the real estate business after a 27-year absence.

Daiwa House Industry decided to exhibit at this event to demonstrate the technological capabilities of its world-leading earthquake-proof industrialized method of housing construction and eco-friendly innovations, as well as its approach to emergency temporary housing, which is still being built in areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake in early March 2011. The exhibit also helps to make the new subsidiary and its activities better known to people living in the United States.

At the event, Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd. of the Daiwa House Group will display the world's first EDV-01 disaster emergency mobile support unit that provides enough water and electricity for two adults to live on for one month with no additional materials supply, as well as the PARO therapeutic robot modeled after a baby seal, which has seen in service in areas hit by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The exhibit will help to publicize the businesses that the Daiwa House Group plans to engage in from its California office.

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The event will be hosted by Hitoshi Abe, Chairman of UCLA's Department of Architecture & Urban Design. Modeled after the Japan World Exposition held in 1970, the event will introduce living environments, lifestyles and cultures of the future that Japanese technology and design are working to bring about.

The exhibit will be held at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, the Japanese American National Museum, and the MOCA Geffen, all located in Little Tokyo. Some of the exhibits will include steel shipping containers serving as gallery spaces for a variety of disciplines, as well as a fashion show, musical performances and movies. Another exhibit will show the lives of Japanese citizens as they try to rebuild in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. A total of 75,000 visitors are expected.

- Location:  244 S San Pedro St # 505 Los Angeles, CA 90012-3832, United States

- Inquiries: Daiwa House California (Tel. +1-408-878-6076)

(Background information)
- Exhibit details
(1) Introduction to the Daiwa House Group
Video and panel displays will introduce the businesses of the Daiwa House Group.
- SMAxEco HOUSE, a model house fitted with lithium-ion storage batteries that showcases the Group's environmental and energy technology, information and communication technology, and battery storage technology.
- Sample exhibit of Exterior Thermal Ventilation Walls
- Presentation of cherry tree preservation activities on Mount Yoshino in Nara Prefecture
- PARO therapeutic robot modeled after a baby seal

(2) EDV-O1 disaster emergency mobile support unit for exhibit
Exhibit of disaster emergency mobile support unit developed by Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd. of the Daiwa House Group.
- Functions as a frontline survival base during disasters
- Includes photovoltaic power generation system, fuel cells, lithium-ion storage batteries, potable water collection and distillation from the air, satellite communications system, shower, and induction heating (IH) for cooking
- Remote control operated hydraulic pump system raises the walls to form a second floor, providing shelter for two adults for roughly one month
- Can be transported by various means including helicopter, truck or ship

(3) Business lounge installed at Daiwa House California
A business lounge was installed at the Daiwa House California subsidiary, established in San Jose, California, on April 5, 2011.

The business lounge will serve as a place where people can discuss and create new business opportunities and will help to publicize the business activities of Daiwa House California.  

Disclaimer:

This English translation has been prepared for general reference purposes only. The Company shall not be responsible for any consequence resulting from the use of the English translation in place of the original Japanese text. In any legal matter, readers should refer to and rely upon the original Japanese text of the press release dated July 8, 2011.

Contact:
Takeshi Wakita
Daiwa House California
Tel: +1-408-878-6076
e-mail: [email protected]
URL: http://www.daiwahouse.co.jp/English/index.html

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