1. Evaluation of Low Carbon City Promotion
Assisting Tainan City Government found the project office of Tainan Low Carbon City,
which is responsible for evaluation the 10 constructional strategies (contains 44 measures and 97 specific actions). The main work are tracking the progress of each actions, alteration of projects,and calculating the amount of carbon reduction and fixation. To the end of October, the total amounts of carbon reduction and fixation were expected to attain 317,796 ton CO2e and 3,938 ton C in 2014, respectively.
The short-term reduction target of Tainan low carbon city is cutting down 1.04 million tones
CO2e in 2014 which is 13 % lower than BAU; the long-term reduction target is diminishing 2.23 million tons CO2e in 2020 which is 26 % lower than BAU. According to the results of greenhouse gases (GHGs) inventory, the amount of carbon reduction during 2011 to 2012 was 0.92 million tons CO2e, and the GHGs emission excluding industrial sector in 2012 was 6.83 million tons CO2e which has reached the 2014 target in advance.
2. Promoting Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland Ranking Evaluation
(1) Low Carbon Sustainable Homeland
The plans help EPA to promote low-carbon sustainable homes, write 7 performed projects
and upload to Low Carbon Sustainable Information System.
(2) Low Carbon Sustainable Homeland Certification and Rating
To the end of November, we have helped 113 villages (except 31 villages which have no
willingness to participate) to upload 93 departments’ files. As a result, 76 villages (including model community) got nominated, 6 villages were nominated and been examined, and 4 villages
got copper grade. Besides, we also assisted 8 administrative regions, 3 regions with getting
nominated (except 2 regions which have no willingness to participate). Base on the statistical
results which have been made at the end of November, Tainan city have 73 villages got
nominated and been ranked third; furthermore, according to the statistical results of cities, only 12 cities got nominated, Tainan city was ranked 6.
3. Plan for improving Energy Conservation
(1) Plan for Low Carbon Communities Counseling
There are 25 communities sign up low-carbon communities counseling plan in this
year. After on-site survey, Tainan Low-Carbon City Project Office and experts pick 19
communities to perform reconstruction. Total budget of reconstruction are 5,236,495 NT
dollars, which is including 2.6 million NT dollars financial subsidy and 2,636,495 NT
dollars communities self-financing. The expected environmental benefits of this project
include: 642,129 kWh per year can be saved, 4,423,098 NT dollars expenditure per year
could be recovered, and 335.2 tons of carbon emissions per year can be eliminated.
(2) Plan for campus energy efficiency enhancement
In response to the energy-saving trend of campus, the plan assisted 20 schools in
installing 20 sets of energy monitoring equipment, and 16 schools with improving 619 sets
of circuit. These measure can effectively help school to understand the current status of its
energy consumption and improve the efficiency of energy utilization to reach the goal of
campus energy-saving.
(3) Counseling Plan for Low-Carbon and Environmental Religions
The project assisted 2 temples to replace the traditional high energy consumption
lighting equipment by LEDs or other high energy efficiency lights, each counselling case
could get 540,000 NT dollars financial subsidy at most. The counseling object in this year
are Luermen Matsu Temple and Xinying Taizigong. The Luermen Matsu Temple replaced
10,663 high energy efficiency lamps, cost 960,000 NTdollars. It will save 157,687
kWh/year, reduce 536,134 NT dollars/year power spending, and reduce 157,845
kgCO2e/year emissions. The Xinying Taizigong replaced 8,556 high energy efficiency
lamps, cost 1,020,000 NT dollars, and it could help Xinying Taizigong save 84,694
kWh/year, 287,960 NT dollars, and diminish 109,790 kgCO2e/year emission.
(4) Plan for Low-Carbon Demonstration Night Market Counseling
This project spend 900,000 NT dollars counseling and reconstructing
garden-night-market as a low carbon demonstration night market, hope it can extend the
energy-saving ideas and practices to other night markets in Tainan. For this reason, We
have helped Tainan Low-Carbon City Project Office formulate eight low-carbon
promotion programs, including: set up recycling area, replace high energy efficiency lights,
use environmentally friendly tableware, install fume control equipment, recycle cooking
oil, reconstruct public toilets、promote smokeless night market, and maintain clean and tidy.All the work will be finished before December 31.
4. GHGs inventory, Carbon Footprint and Carbon Neutral
(1) Results of Greenhouse Gases Inventory
According to the “Guidelines for calculating county-level GHG “from EPA, this
project investigated the GHGs inventory of Tainan city (the target year of administrative
area is 2010 and administrative institute is 2012). The result showed that total GHGs
emissions of administrative area in 2012 was 22.95 million tons CO2e, in which industrial
sector (including energy of industry and industrial processes) contributed 70.26%, energy
of transportation contributed 13.55%, household energy contributed 11.27%, waste sector
contributed 3.25% and agricultural sector contributed 1.67% to the value. And it was
decreased 0.2 million tons CO2e compared to 2011.
On the other hand, in administrative institute, the total GHGs emissions was 184,008
tons CO2e, in which energy sector contributed 72.10% to the total value (energy used in
building and facilities, street lighting and traffic signals, transportation, and fugitive took 30.87%, 24.86%, 14.88% and 1.49%, respectively), waste sector contributed 26.11%,
industrial processes contributed 1.77% and agricultural sector contributed 0.02 %.
(2) Carbon Footprint Results of Four Commercial Products
The carbon footprint was estimated by PAS2050:2011 and EPA
Guidelines,“ Calculation Carbon Footprint of Commercial Products and Services” for the
four selected products. Carbon footprint results are as following: 64.69 gCO2e/300
ml-product for NuLife Sports Drink, 1.04 kgCO2e/a piece cheese cake for Original Cheese
Cake, 4.03 kgCO2e/600 ml-product for Cheng Ta 58 degrees Kaoliang Liquor, and 1.74
kgCO2e/30cm*30cm*2cm-brick product for terrazzo brick, and assisted above firms to
gained the carbon footprint labels of products.
(3) Campus carbon neutral planning
According to the carbon neutral of Yong-An elementary school project, it have been
finished the examination of greenhouse gas in Yong-An elementary school. Also, the
carbon neutral of Yong-An elementary school project have been passed the verification by
third party. The carbon reduction plans this year include setting solar panel (26.7kW) and
changing high energy-consuming equipment. Therefore, the solar panel (31.875kW) have
been set, 50 high energy-consuming lighting have been changed into LED lighting, and 2
energy-consuming hot-water heater have been changed into energy-saving drinking
fountain. William Lai, the major of Tainan city, declared the start of carbon neutral in Oct.30 2014 and expected to achieve the goal of carbon neutral in Oct. 2015.
5. Promoting Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction Activities
(1) The Website of Low Carbon Tainan City
Based on the concepts of “simple, convenient, and sharing life“, we set up and
maintain Tainan Low-carbon city website as knowledge exchange platform which
integrates the associated information included carbon reductions, low-carbon sustainable
development and to be the open databases for the citizen. The website link is
http://tainan.carbon.net.tw/.
(2) Promoting and Publicity Activities
This project helped with Tainan EPB to participate for “422 Low-Carbon Diet”,
“Low-Carbon Tainan City Installation Art Activities”, “Engaging Tainan Citizens with
Climate Change Adaptation Roundtable” held with Ministry of Science and Technology,
“Press Conference of Carbon Neutral” and “Year-End Press Conference” chaired by the
Mayor, and exhibited the products that get carbon labeling
