The objective of the project is to help Tainan City Government to integrate the energy saving and low carbon concept into the administrative plan and to compete for the demonstration low carbon city in southern Taiwan towards EPA. The project is implemented by the establishment of the communication platform for the government authorities with public participation thus to reach the consensus of low carbon policy. As the result, "The Project of the Second Stage of the Establishment of Low Carbon Tainan" (第二階段臺南市低碳城市建構計畫書) will be compiled as the foundation of the development of low carbon Tainan City. On the basis of the "The Planning Project of the First stage of the Establishment of Low Carbon Tainan" (臺南市第一階段「低碳城市規劃構想計畫書」), the project collected the plans of various government units, and the suggestions from the related organizations, schools, business, and civil society organizations. In the period, 46 consultation meetings were held, five of which were hosted by the city mayor. The eight carbon reduction phases were confirmed to be the planning principle. Furthermore, 59 promotion measures and 113 specific practices were derived from 12 project, including sustainable low carbon communities (永續低碳社區), low carbon cultural & tourism(低碳文化觀光), multi green energy(多元綠色能源), eco-city function(生態城市機能), high efficiency and low carbon transportation(高效低碳運輸), civil low carbon life(全民低碳生活), recycling-based society(循環利用社會), low carbon building(低碳節能建築), low carbon campus (低碳環境校園), regulations of public education(規章全民教育), implementation of green remediation(貫徹綠色整治), and international city image(國際城市形象) . Under the estimation of BAU (Business As Usual) model, the carbon reduction will achieve 2.74 million ton in 2014, which is 34 % less than the base year (2009). In 2020, the carbon reduction will be 3.56 million ton, 40% less than the base year. Among the 12 low carbon projects, the two most significant carbon reductions lie in "civil low carbon life" (0.69 million ton, 25.25% of total amount) and "recycling-based society" (0.70 million ton, accounting for 25.69% of total). The total budget is 28.4 billion NT dollars until 2014, of which the main part is the private funds (17.8 billion NT dollars, 62.7% of total amount).

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