Taoyuan County’s “Integration Plan for Maintaining and Improving Air Quality 2012 : Clean Air Zones and Indoor Air Quality Maintenance Plan” was implemented for the period from June 11, 2012 to June 10, 2013. The plan focused on the three areas of Clean Air Zone inspection and management counseling, bare land surveys and improvement counseling, and indoor air quality inspection and management counseling.
In terms of the Clean Air Zone inspection and management counseling, 306 instances of monthly on-site inspections and maintenance for 26 existing Clean Air Zones, and counseling for the private adoption of 5 Clean Air Zones, were completed in this annual plan. During the implementation of this plan, in addition to assisting with the completion of the Zhongli City Wenxiao 12 Clean Air Zones (now named Zhongli City Longgang Forest Conservation Park), as well as the tracking and counseling of the construction from start to finish (Zhongli City Longgang Forest Conservation Park), the counseling of Xinwu Township Office in applying for new establishment subsidies for one Clean Air Zone from the Environmental Protection Administration was also carried out; after approval for its establishment by the Environmental Protection Administration, this will become the 27th Clean Air Zone in the County. In order to substantially elevate the usage rates of Clean Air Zone in the County and to draw public attention to issues related to Clean Air Zones, the “Taoyuan County Creative Sketches in Clean Air Zone” program was organized to effectively encourage the public to embrace Clean Air Zones, so that they can appreciate the air purification and environmental beautification benefits of establishing Clean Air Zones. This is expected to raise public awareness to devote people’s efforts to environmental protection, thereby elevating the overall environmental quality of the County.
In terms of bare land survey and improvement counseling, surveys of 11 not-for-construction bare land sites, with a total surface area of about 7.23 hectares, were completed in this annual plan. For the largest bare land site, 2.32 hectares were improved using plant cover and hay mat cover to effectively reduce bare land dust pollution and to add greenery to the environment.
In terms of indoor air quality inspection and management counseling, on-site inspection and counseling, and CO2 inspection work for 205 indoor locations, as well as the counseling and tracking for improvement at 17 indoor locations that failed the CO2 inspection, were completed in this annual plan. In addition, qualified examination institutions approved by the Environmental Protection Administration were commissioned, with the planning and examination methods publicized by the Environmental Protection Administration adopted, to survey indoor air quality at seven different types of indoor locations in the County (for 9 items: CO2, CO, methane, ozone, volatile organic compounds, bacteria, fungus, PM10 and PM2.5), in order to better understand the current air quality conditions at various indoor locations in the County. Furthermore, experts and scholars in the field of indoor air quality maintenance and management were invited to conduct on-site examinations and counseling at five indoor locations to effectively improve their indoor air quality; in order to facilitate the promotion of Indoor Air Quality Act so that officially announced premises can proactively implement indoor air quality maintenance and management, two sessions of indoor air quality promotional and explanatory meetings for air quality regulations were held, in which indoor air quality experts and scholars were invited to provide counseling in regard to existing regulations and indoor air quality maintenance and management methods to personnel from officially announced premises. This is expected to effectively improve the indoor air quality at such premises, and to lessen the impact on them by the new Act.
