We've written all about Nissan's efforts to be a greener company that makes greener cars. To this end, they have created an environmental action plan called "Nissan Green Program 2010". It turns out that they've decided to invest some 90 billion yen ($783 million) into a new Research and Development center to help them meet these environmental goals. Not only will Nissan's engineers and researchers be working on making improvements to their vehicles at the Engineering Center, they have also incorporated energy saving measures into the building itself. See below:

"The Engineering Centre employs an environmentally-friendly turbo freezer that uses water as coolant for the air conditioning system, a first in Japan. With the all-new turbo-freezer system, Nissan will collect data to support further improvements to the system for wider industrial-scale applications. Other "eco-technologies" incorporated into the design of the Engineering Centre include use of crystal liquid ice thermal storage and heat recovery system (CLIS-HR), eco-glass, and a rain-water and waste-water heat recycling system to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions."

The building was officially opened on October 4th and is located within the Nissan Technical Centre (NTC) campus in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

[Source: Nissan]