Green Campus

The university campus closely interacts with urban development, which will drive and change the surrounding environment, connect with the local population, social culture, etc. Campus openness promotion has made campus community an unavoidable development trend, which shoulders the social education burden and the urban infrastructure responsibility. The school has actively and constantly progressed toward the sustainable green university objective by incorporating sustainability and net zero emission concepts, introducing high-tech and green buildings, and improving energy-saving performance. The goal is to construct a healthy, safe, innovative, sustainable, and sunny “green, low-carbon, environmentally friendly, and beautiful campus.”

Greenhouse Gas Inventory

The carbon neutral policy is comprised of a three-step carbon management process: (1) check and quantify the carbon footprint, (2) reduce the carbon footprint as much as possible, and (3) achieve the carbon neutrality objective. YunTech introduced carbon inventory at the end of 2021 and used 2021 as the benchmark year. The halfyear inventory activity began after an inaugural meeting on January 5, 2022. The investigative activities for this case purposefully included the time available for the School of Management team to create the school’s industry-academia energy for carbon inventory. After the carbon inventory investigation is completed, the school is expected to publish an emission and greenhouse gas inventory report and calculate the future carbon-neutral annual targets based on the school’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Green Buildings

Among the campus buildings, five have obtained the green building mark since the establishment of the school: Management Building 3, Design Building 3, Engineering Building 5, Industry-Academia Research Building, and Comprehensive Teaching Building. They use the energy-efficient building structure and heating and air conditioning to reduce the use of air conditioners. The buildings have also established an air cooling system based on the principle of natural ventilation by effectively directing the wind direction during the summer. The Industry-Academia Research Building won the Diamond Candidate Green Building and Smart Building certificates. This green building was constructed using smart high-tech technologies, materials, and products to make it safer, healthier, more convenient, and more comfortable to achieve energy-saving, carbon-reduction, and environmentally friendly goals.

• Applied for the “Green Building Certificate for Future Technology Application Building” in 2021
• Passed the “Candidate Green Building Certificate” on February 17, 2022

Campus Electricity

We completed smart load management for 31 substations throughout the whole school. The high-voltage side electric meter connection project can monitor the real-time power consumption of each district on campus, manage the load according to Taipower’s contracted capacity, and lower electricity costs while conserving energy and reducing carbon emissions. In the future, we will gradually expand the smart monitoring capacity of campus electrical equipment and use it as an unloading and regulating resource to reduce power consumption, improve equipment utilization rate to avoid idle and excessive equipment, and grasp the data and formulate individual power saving plans based on the electricity consumption situation of each department and building.

YunTech consumed 67,801 gigajoules (GJ) of energy in 2021 by managing energy resources and implementing related energy-saving measures, which reduced energy consumption by 4.11%.

Water Resources Management

The annual water supply of Yunlin county, where YunTech is located, has an annual water supply of 1.936 billion tons. In terms of household water consumption for people, the Hushan Reservoir has a water storage capacity of 53.47 million tons, and the water source is safe. Our school campus is not located in a water-stress area. In response to the extreme climate changes in recent years, the school has established a water resource system to implement campus water conservation, discharge water quality control, water recycling, and strengthen wastewater treatment management.

Regarding tap water consumption in school, purchase water-saving equipment with water-saving labels, strengthen daily pipeline inspection and maintenance, and implement low-flow consumption. The school planned the rainwater sewage diversion collection pipeline system at its establishment and constructed a sewage treatment plant. It is the first campus in Taiwan to implement reclaimed water recycling and reuse campus domestic sewage after treatment. In addition, the school is equipped with rainwater collectors on the roofs of many buildings, such as the Industry-Academia Building, Comprehensive Teaching Building, Engineering Building 5, Engineering Building 6, and Management Building 3. The rainwater is used for toilet flushing and gardening after simple purification. About 11,100 metric tons of water can be conserved. In addition to significantly lowering water bills, it can also reduce water, wastewater treatment, and energy costs.

Sewage and recycling treatment

Waste Disposal

The waste at the school is primarily divided into general industrial waste (domestic waste) and industrial waste (laboratory waste), which are properly classified, stored, and removed according to regulations to avoid pollution of the environment or danger to teachers and students. The general waste is cleared and disposed of by outsourced trucks according to the “Compulsory Garbage Sorting” policy of the Executive Yuan Environmental Protection Agency. Hazardous industrial waste generated in the laboratory (such as organic liquid waste, inorganic liquid waste, solid waste, and so on) is temporarily stored in the laboratories of various departments before being entrusted by the Environmental Safety Science and Technology Center to a legally operated waste removal and disposal agency to handle disposal matters.

Garbage Collection and Efficient Resource Use

The garbage recycling rate of our school in 2021 was 34.30%, an increase of 7.2%.

Reduce the Use of Disposable Tableware

In 2021, three outsourced restaurants were required to provide reusable tableware and continue to promote disposable tableware reduction. Disposable plastic straws are no longer supplied in restaurants or for take-outs, and Biodegradable and environmentally friendly straws are provided instead for those who need straws.

Green Transportation

YunTech’s campus is designed to create a sustainable, green, energy-saving, and low-carbon environment. The school has completed its bicycle and walking system to promote the use of bicycles and pedestrian paths. Public vehicles such as on-campus and off-campus buses are provided according to the main roads and building layouts of the school for the teachers and students to take advantage of. The school has provided public bicycle lanes, pedestrian walkways, and free transit vehicles to pick up and drop off teachers and students. The goal is to create a perfect and sustainable green transportation environment for teachers and students while increasing the percentage of sustainable commuting. We have also collaborated with local governments and bus companies to establish bus service stations around campus and increase the use of sustainable green transportation.

Priority Procurement and Green Procurement

Priority procurement

To protect people with disabilities, the government regulates that public agencies and units at all levels must prioritize purchasing goods and services produced by people with disabilities. The annual mandatory purchase amount for goods and services produced or sold by people with disabilities must reach 5% of the total purchase amount for a specific project according to the priority procurement method.

Green procurement

YunTech has issued notifications regarding the annual priority procurement and green procurement ratio for food and supplies according to the ethical procurement policy and written orders from the superior authority. YunTech has maintained a green procurement rate of over 99% in the past 3 years to implement green procurement and fulfill social responsibilities, operate a fair and reasonable system, and formulate ethical procurement policies for food and supplies. Our priority procurement has exceeded the 5% requirement in the past three years.