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    The Inariyama Special Education School for mentally and physically challenged students is located along the Chikuma River. The school facilities are placed in clusters to resemble a town. Almost all of the wood used for the building, including 28,000 larches from 250 hectares of land, was produced locally. A traceability system was established to track the wood from production to milling, the first of its kind in Japan. The larch wood structure was assembled without metal hardware using ancient Japanese techniques, minimizing energy use and CO2 emissions.

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    The Inariyama Special Education School for mentally and physically challenged students is located along the Chikuma River. The school facilities are placed in clusters to resemble a town. Almost all of the wood used for the building, including 28,000 larches from 250 hectares of land, was produced locally. A traceability system was established to track the wood from production to milling, the first of its kind in Japan. The larch wood structure was assembled without metal hardware using ancient Japanese techniques, minimizing energy use and CO2 emissions.

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    Commendation 2011 - Inariyama Special Education School

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    Sarjana
    The Inariyama Special Education School for mentally and physically challenged students is located along the Chikuma River. The school facilities are placed in clusters to resemble a town. Almost all of the wood used for the building, including 28,000 larches from 250 hectares of land, was produced locally. A traceability system was established to track the wood from production to milling, the first of its kind in Japan. The larch wood structure was assembled without metal hardware using ancient Japanese techniques, minimizing energy use and CO2 emissions.

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    INARIYAMA SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOL

    “Inariyama Special Education School” for mentally and physically challenged students
    is located in a residential area spreading along the Chikuma River. In order to create a
    “school that resembles a town”, the school facilities are placed in clusters.
    Almost all the wood used for this building was produced in the area. 28,000 larches cut
    in an area of 250ha were used for structure and finish. A “traceability system” which
    clarifies the place of production, distribution
    channel, and lumber mill was established for the first time in Japan.
    The larch wood, which was up till now considered to be difficult to handle as structural
    material, was assembled without using metal hardware, employing techniques that
    stem from ancient Japanese wooden architecture. By avoiding the use of metal we
    achieved a minimum energy consumption and CO2 emission during the manufacturing
    process.

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