Press Release Back Number(2005)

Chubu Electric Power and Hitachi team up to begin offering a "fully electrified IT condominium-system" service

July 21, 2005
Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.
Hitachi, Ltd.

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. and Hitachi, Ltd. have reached agreement on jointly offering a "fully electrified information-technology condominium-system" service. In the future, the two companies plan to proceed with various joint-development efforts such as checking the energy-conservation performance of devices in fully electrified condominium homes, as well as jointly providing products such as full-electrification systems and security systems for condominium use.


In recent years, residents' awareness of the importance of crime prevention and security has been increasing. In addition to a rise in the adoption of security systems for restricting entry by nonresidents?such as restrictions on elevator use and the installation of automatic locks on entrances to condominiums, apartment buildings, and other housing complexes, as well as on front doors of individual units?demand is increasing for conveniences such as remote locking of residential front doors and remote operation of home appliances using mobile phones


The "fully electrified IT condominium system" combines the "full-electrification systems" provided by Chubu Electric Power with Hitachi's net@ITEM IT system for condominiums, to provide condominium developers with a high-value-added, "fully electrified IT condominium system."


By utilizing the strengths of each company, Chubu Electric Power and Hitachi aim to enhance their development and provision of services that meet the market's needs for strengthened security and improved convenience, seeking to achieve adoption of these services by a cumulative total of 1,000 homes in the Chubu Electric Power service area?centered on the Nagoya region?by the end of the 2006 fiscal year.


Details of this joint project


1. Joint provision of full-electrification systems and security systems for condominium use:
Implementing activities for providing services throughout the Chubu Electric Power service area by fusing the strengths of the "full-electrification systems" promoted by Chubu Electric Power with those of Hitachi's net@ITEM system

2. Joint development of new functions and services

Overview of the "fully electrified IT condominium system" service


  • • Personal authentication using IC cards (control of entry at housing-complex entrances, coordinated elevator operation, electric lock control)
  • • Elevator operation services including limitation of the destination floors available to visitors
  • • Dedicated Internet connections using Chubu Electric Power's fiber-optic services
  • • Provision of information via homepages for exclusive use by condominium residents
  • • Mobile-phone services (unlocking of housing complex entrances, locking/unlocking of front doors to individual units, security configuration, home-appliance operation, transmitting via e-mail of images of visitors arriving while the resident is absent)
  • • 24-hour system maintenance monitoring and emergency response services provided by Hitachi's customer service center (also handles telephone cancellation and reissue of lost or damaged IC cards, on a 24-hour basis)