Shuichi Miura Associate Professor of the Department of Environmental Design, Tohoku University of Art and Design Born in 1963, from Hyogo.
Focusing on architecture and local communities, Mr. Miura's research domain varies from energy conservation and practical use of natural energy to technical evaluation and policy on global warming countermeasures. He sees forests as a great creator of renewable energy as well as a provider of job opportunities. Rich as Tohoku cities are in forest resources, he believes energy produced in forests can help each community become independent. His dream of Tohoku becoming a 'green energy frontier' -- transitioning its energy source from nuclear power to natural energy -- drives him to put his ideas into practice.
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