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Goto Lab
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The lab studies energy and the environment from the perspectives of corporate management and innovation.
AboutAbout the lab
Thinking about energy and the environment from a corporate perspective
The Goto Lab studies energy and environmental issues from the perspectives of corporate management and innovation.
The lab develops analytical methods that measure productive efficiency and managerial efficiency, and applies them to data on firms and industries.
Its research themes also include the economics and policy of energy and the environment for a sustainable society, as well as regional economies.
It combines analysis using econometrics and mathematical models with qualitative surveys of trends in firms and industries.
Key terms
- Productive efficiency analysis
- An analysis that measures and compares how much output is produced from the resources put in
- Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
- An analytical method that handles multiple inputs and outputs together to compare the efficiency of organizations
- Econometrics
- A field that analyzes economic data with statistical methods to test whether economic theories hold
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies energy and environmental issues from the perspectives of corporate management and innovation. Applying econometrics and mathematical models, it analyzes production and cost functions and conducts analysis with Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), and it also carries out qualitative surveys of trends in firms and industries.
*Illustrative imageConnecting Electric Vehicles to the Power Grid
Could the batteries of many electric vehicles be used to balance electricity supply and demand? Using Tokyo as an example, the lab simulates user behavior and analyzes how profits could be shared among the companies involved so that the system can spread.
*Illustrative imageForecasting Output from Virtual Power Plants
A virtual power plant bundles small-scale generation such as solar power and storage batteries and operates them as if they were a single power plant. Its challenge is that the amount of generation is hard to forecast. The lab uses machine learning to make forecasts more reliable and designs operation that can earn a profit in the market.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Efficiency in Environment and Economy Together
The lab uses methods such as data envelopment analysis to measure how efficiently companies and regions operate, taking into account not only profit but also environmental burden. It also analyzes why companies join climate change initiatives and what effects those initiatives have.
MembersFaculty
The Goto Lab's members include faculty, researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorMika GotoPublications ↗
- Project Associate ProfessorReza Nadimi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Ow of electricity pylons across a landscape in Dhaka” A S M Jobaer / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Connecting Electric Vehicles to the Power Grid: “Electric car wireless parking charge closeup” NJo / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Forecasting Output from Virtual Power Plants: “Solar park inverter and mounts” Lauri Veerde / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Efficiency in Environment and Economy Together: “Factory Chimney Smoke (Unsplash)” veeterzy veeterzy / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (時松宏治研究室): “Raikheda power station IN 2015 (Ctpp)” Epagemakerwiki / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (髙須研究室): “Heidelberg Brevik Carbon Capture” PutTheKettleOn / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (阿部研究室): “Rooftop Solar panels on homes in Mehsana, Gujarat, India” Nizil Shah / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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