[Environment] The First Zero-Carbon Building in Taiwan – NCKU's Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center to Inaugurate

[Environment] The First Zero-Carbon Building in Taiwan – NCKU's Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center to Inaugurate (Chinese Version)

NCKU News (2011/01/07) About to acquire the highest green building certificates from Taiwan's Ecology, Energy Saving, Waste Reduction and Health (EEWH) rating system and the U.S. Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, the Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center (Magic School of Green Technology), the first energy-saving and zero-carbon building in Taiwan, will be inaugurated on January 12th, 2011, in Li-Hsing Campus, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Tainan, Taiwan.

Consisting of three levels above ground one level underground and occupying a total floor area of 4,800 m², the Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center will serve as NCKU’s international conference center and exhibit technologies achieved through green building research, utilizing the most economical and efficient green building technologies such as energy-conservation, renewable energy, waste reduction, water recycling and nano photo-catalysts.

The cost of the Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center, which is NT$87,000 per 36 square feet, adopts 13 different green building design methods, including 5 natural ventilation energy-saving methods, 2 equipment reduction methods, and 5 equipment energy-saving technologies and renewable energy technologies. According to the precise analysis by Department of Architecture at National Cheng Kung University, it is expected that the building’s annual Energy Usage Intensity (EUI) could drop to 43 kWh/(m².yr), much lower than the 125 kWh/( m².yr) of regular office buildings, and its energy-saving ratio to 65%.

“Even though National Cheng Kung University has many innovative teaching research buildings, the Y. S. Sun Green Building Research Center, donated mostly by Chairman Bruce CHENG of Delta Electronics, has a unique significance. Representing an innovative architectural method, concept and transformation, it does not only symbolize the enterprises’ concerns for the global ecology and their contributions to human well-being, it also signifies the beginning of NCKU marching towards a green era,” said President Michael Ming-Chiao LAI of National Cheng Kung University in his opening address.


Further Information:
NCKU News 2011/01/07

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