The issue of low-carbon and sustainable home has created a trend around the world. Everyone can feel that this specific environmental issue on energy-saving and carbon-reduction is no longer a slogan, but changes and attitudes in daily life. In this project, with the low-carbon thinking and creativity, the low-carbon education demonstration plot in the new form is re-initiated and propaganda activities and education and viewing and learning on low-carbon are organized to obtain the greatest propaganda effectiveness and actively promote the importance of energy-saving and carbon-reduction. Cooperated with Environmental Protection Administration and its policies and plans, this project enables environmental education to permeate into daily life and brand its influence into people’s mind. Meanwhile, it leads the public in the country to be aware of the importance of energy-saving and carbon-reduction education and propaganda, further enhance the public’s understanding of issues on energy-saving and carbon-reduction and help them acquire the knowledge of the relevant low-carbon in basic necessities, education and entertainment. The most important part is the public’s awakening. In addition to the innovation in energy-saving techniques and the system reform to promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction, through efforts of various units to plan specific actions at all levels, this project systematically guides the public to implement the environmental protection in their daily life and promotes common responses through the relevant propaganda activities.
The implementation results of this project include two propaganda activities in the Environmental Protection Day; the first World Car Free Day is organized in Jieshou Park and the second Fall Environmental Day is organized in Zhuluo Aokou. A total of about 404 community residents and fellow villagers actively participated. There are four promotion and education activities about the low-carbon and waste-reduction, which are organized in Jieshou Activity Centre, Ren’ai Activity Centre, Dongju Primary School and Tangqi Primary School respectively. A total of about 221 community residents, teachers and students participated. Experts and scholars in the low-carbon and environmental protection field in Taiwan are invited to give lectures on promoting low-carbon and waste-reduction. For greening and beautifying the low-carbon education demonstration plot, seedling purchased and planted is completed. A total of eight kinds of plants have been planted, including rhaphiolepis umbellata, cerbera manghas, rose, bougainvillea, allemanda cathartica, lantana camara, murraya paniculata and radermachera sinica. There are total 260 plants with a total area of 485 (m2) and overall afforestation benefit (carbon sequestration) expected to be 276.75(t). The key points are targeted and promoted by the completion of energy-saving equipment subsidies and electronic elegiac couplet demonstration and promotion subsidies, which have 19 applications for energy-saving equipment subsidies with 16 passing and 3 failing. Additionally, the electronic elegiac couplet demonstration and promotion equipments are built in 4 townships and five islands. Operational manuals on electronic elegiac couplet demonstration and promotion equipments are provided to facilitate to manage units and help the public operate smoothly. In order to improve the effectiveness of low-carbon promotion this year, a promotional seminar and coaching about application for carbon-footprint label for products are organized and completed. The carbon labeling application of Matsu Kaoliang Liquor from Matsu Liquor Factor Industry Co. Ltd was assisted to be completed on November 15th, 2017. Furthermore, a promotional seminar and coaching on applying for ESCO are organized and completed. A total of 29 companies are visited this year, which 45% of companies have the intention and 31% of companies have not. An education and training on greenhouse gas emissions declaration is organized and six cases of greenhouse gas emission declaration management of companies in the county (including checking and approval) are investigated, among which only Zhushan Power Plant of Taiwan Power Company meets the standard of tubes and others do not. Viewing and learning activities on the low-carbon are organized from September 27th to the 29th. Chief of the Environmental Protection Administration led fifteen representatives from county institutions and the relevant fields to visit four low-carbon demonstration communities, including Zhongshan Village of Yilan County, Babao Village of Yilan Line, Jinhuali of Taoyuan County and Qianjiali of Xinzhu County. They also visit and communicate in Dongshan River Ecoark, the Cultural Park in Luodong Forestry, Lao-Jie River Education Center, Neiwan Street and Jhulian Temple.
