In order for Shanghai Advanced Research Institute (SARI) of Chinese Academy of Sciences to build a world-class energy-saving science and technology park, and to make it a demonstration system of intelligent energy, a delegation of five people led by Mr. Nakawake Takeshi, Director of Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI), visited China on July 15 and signed a cooperation memorandum with SARI on energy-saving buildings and intelligent energy system.

Prof. HUANG Weiguang, Vice President of SARI, and other researchers attended the signing ceremony. SARI and NSRI made an agreement on the development goal of future intelligent city and conducted fruitful discussion on how to carry out future cooperation. The two parties signed a memorandum of cooperation, which marked the start of the project of energy-saving buildings and intelligent energy system. 

Nikken Sekkei is a comprehensive consulting firm providing research services related to environment, energy and city administration, etc. NSRI is the think-tank of Nikken Sekkei Group which has its range of experts from various fields, including architecture, city planning, structure, equipment, environment and engineering works.