Practical process for introducing smart business continuity management of smart city in Japan

This is the study about the smart building projects implemented in Japan, and discuss their prospects. In Japan, the smart building projects are proposed, and their prospects will be discussed in this paper. Nowadays many companies & organizations are preparing a business continuity plan(BCP) so that they can continue or resume the business operation after outbreak of incidents, by the SBCM business continuity function can be further optimized to be implemented not only in these companies or buildings but throughout a city. Under SBCM, the safety of the city will be more secured, practical convenience of city will be more improved, and the value will be added to city. SBCM to the MM21 District at Yokohama has been examined, the result indicates that it is able to meet all requirements effectively. Studies were conducted to find measures for maintaining utilities necessary for business operation during occurrence when business operation are otherwise interrupted. Furthermore, since methods and purposes of these projects are being developed, it is sure that we will meet to all requirements effectively in future. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.