I gave an explanation about energy-efficient housing to Nagano prefecture officials.

Yesterday I drove to Okayama for a day trip, and today I drove to Kyoto for a day trip. The day after tomorrow I'm also driving to Okayama for a day trip, so I'll have driven about 4km in these four days. I usually travel by plane and bullet train, so when I occasionally travel by car this much, I really appreciate the value of public transportation. I don't dislike driving myself, but I end up wasting time because I can't do anything in between.

A little while ago, I received an email from an official of Nagano Prefecture saying, "I have a business trip to Kyoto, and I would like you to teach me various things about energy-efficient housing." Today happened to be the day of a meeting with a new client in Kyoto, so we had a meeting in the hotel lounge inside Kyoto Station in the morning.

He was studying very enthusiastically, so we talked about a wide range of topics, including what we should do as a local government, the priorities, and points to note when instructing construction companies. Nagano Prefecture has always been an environmentally advanced prefecture, with the governor being enthusiastic about environmental measures, and making fuel consumption calculations mandatory for energy-efficient homes eight years ago. Tottori Prefecture's guidance will begin after April, but I think it is desirable that prefectures are trying to take the lead in this way, unlike the rest of the country, where minimum standards have been postponed.

I sincerely hope that some of the things I have mentioned will be put into practice.