NO. 701 2008-01-02

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LANYANG CAMPUS BUILDS ON ECOLOGICAL SOUND CONCEPTS
The architecture of Lanyang Campus, which looks like a ship, symbolizes a smooth sailing to a brighter future. It was constructed on the principle of minimum disruption to local ecology by being a Green Building that is environmentally sound.

Lanyang Campus (LC) received an award from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) for its ecological-sound design late last year after more than one year of stringent review, making it a model for future “green” buildings on campuses.

TKU WINS GREEN BUILDING LABEL
(1) Dr. Lin Jyh-horng, the Director of Lanyang Campus receives Green Building silver rating from MOI.(2)Picture: Dr. Lin Jyh-horng, the Director of Lanyang Campus receives the Green Building certificate from Lin Yi-yang, the Minister of MOI.

Lanyang Campus received a Green Building label from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) on 12/22 last year in a ceremony that was held at the Taipei International Trade Center, during which Lee Yi-Yang, the Minister of MOI, presented the label and awards to Dr. Lin Jyh-horng, the Director of LC. You Hsien-the, the architect of LC was also awarded with a silver rating for his contributions to green buildings. On top of that, TKU was given a silver rating for its overall efforts in promoting environmental sound concepts at universities campuses. TKU is the only university that won this year’s (the 5th) award among the 7 winners.

MEN AND NATURE IN HARMONY

The winning of the Green Building certificate of Lanyang Campus is an affirmation of TKU dedication to bringing a healthy and balanced ecology into university campuses, setting a good example of combining educational concepts with practices, according to Dr. Kao Po-Yuan, the Vice President for Administrative Affairs. TKU will continue to make the university a place of energy conservation and ecological sustainability. It will also, Dr. Kao added, ensure students’ active participation in the betterment of global environment and social development.

EDUCATION IS THE KEY TO SAVE THE EARTH

Dr. Clement Chang, the Founder of TKU, was extremely proud of Lanyang’s achievement of having won a Green Building Certificate and a silver rating at the fifth Green Building Awards held by the MOI. “Global warming, a result of human activities, has triggered climate change. How to deal with this change is a grave challenge we are facing in the 21st century,” he points out. Constructing environmental friendly campuses with ecological sound new buildings or remodeled old buildings, to him, is an important step towards overcoming this challenge. He insists that all designs in the future should follow ecology, energy saving, waste reduction, and health recommended by the Green Building Promotion Program (GBPP).

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BROAD VISION ARE PART OF LANYANG CURRICULA

Dr. Lin Jyh-horng, the Director of Lanyang, sees the Green Building

GREEN IS THE FUTURE FOR ALL CAMPUSES

With Lanyang Campus winning the Green Building Certificate, the issue of being green and ecological sustainability in other campuses has become equally pressing. Tamsui and Taipei Campuses are not as green as LC on the whole, but TKU has been working on adding green features each time it renovates or remodels an existing building or structure in recent years, according to Chiang Yu-san from the Construction and Repairs Section.

NO PAIN, NO GAIN
Dr. Chang Cheng-Liang, the Director of Energy and Optoelectric Materials Research Center of TKU explains the accessibility of solar energy and should be optimized.

Energy conservation does not come cheaply, at least at the initial stage. For example, investment in the development alternative energy, be it biofuel or solar energy, is notoriously costly. However, it is definitely worth the investment, should we wish to have an earth that continues to sustain human development. Such an investment usually should come from the public sector and educational institutes, according to Dr. Chang Cheng-liang, the Director of Energy and Optoelectric Materials Research Center of TKU. Therefore, with Lanyang Campus having won the Green Building certificate, TKU is proud to have made contributions to combating global warming. He believes the concepts of green buildings should be widely practiced in all universities, as universities have close ties with their local communities. By being green, they can benefit the communities they are in and thus spread the important concepts of sustainable living to the general public.

LANYANG CAMPUS SHOWS THE WAY TO BE GREEN

Lanyang Campus (LC) was awarded with a Green Building Certificate and a Silver rating from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) last December by meeting the six indices of the nine set forth by the MOI. The followings are the measures LC took to pass each of the six indices:

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