Kyosuke Takano
Kyosuke Takano
Executive Officer
Principal, Sustainable Design Group, Engineering Department
Kyosuke Takano joined Nikken Sekkei after finishing studies at Waseda University's graduate school in 1989. As a mechanical engineer in the Engineering Department, he gained experience in new construction and renovation projects and practiced total project management. Since 2016, from his position in the life cycle design department, he has been in charge of renewal projects focusing on total construction and equipment energy savings as well as global environmental consideration. His team received the Energy Conservation Grand Prize, the Society of Heating, Air-Conditioning and Sanitary Engineers Renewal Prize, and the Carbon Neutral Grand Prize for the Kyoto Station Building Heat Source and HVAC Renovation. From 2022 at the Sustainable Design Group, he has been working to promote a business model to provide continuing services to address client issues, including building equipment deterioration diagnosis, medium- to long-term maintenance planning, heritage, asset utilization, and carbon neutrality. He is a licensed Building Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and Building Equipment Diagnostic Engineer.