National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST, Taiwan Tech) actively supports and organises events and programmes that promote the conservation and sustainable use of land, including forests and wild land. Coordinated by the Center for Sustainable Development and Institutional Research, together with the Environmental Safety Office, the Center for General Education, the Departments of Architecture and Civil & Construction Engineering, the Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education, and several University Social Responsibility (USR) teams, NTUST brings land conservation into campus events, local communities and international learning, in line with UN SDG 15 (Life on Land). 1. Sustainability Week Series and Campus ActionEach year the Center for Sustainable Development and Institutional Research, with the Environmental Safety Office and USR teams, organises the NTUST Sustainability Week and the Aspire Higher Festival. These combine talks on sustainability in higher education and campus ESG action, promote ecological protection and the sustainable management of natural resources among students and staff, and reach out to neighbouring schools and communities to build an inclusive sustainability network.1.1 Sustainability policy and land practice: 2025 NTUST Sustainability WeekFrom 17 to 21 November 2025, NTUST held its Sustainability Week under the theme “Next and Tomorrow, United for Sustainability Together”, co-organised by the Center for Sustainable Development and Institutional Research, the Environmental Safety Office and USR teams. Events included a lecture on international trends in higher-education sustainability and ESG standards, a talk on marine waste and sustainable renewal, and the 2025 International Symposium on Intelligent Net-Zero Buildings with speakers from Hongik University (Korea), the University of Tsukuba (Japan), an Indonesian institute and Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior. Together they helped students and staff understand the sustainable stewardship of land and natural resources, from policy and the built environment to daily life.Related news and websites:▸ [2025-11] NTUST Center for Sustainable Development & Institutional Research | 2025 NTUST Sustainability Week series (Next and Tomorrow, United for Sustainability Together) https://po.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1059-141845,r763.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-12-20] Commercial Times | Embedding sustainability and social responsibility in campus DNA: NTUST wins the 2024 National Sustainable Development Award https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20241220700579-4312041.2 Cross-school and community links: green education and workshopsThe Sustainability Week’s school series took workshops off campus: a board-game workshop and environmental disaster-prevention class at Fanghe Experimental High School (19 November), and “Sustainable Living” and “Sustainable Diet” classes at Gongguan Elementary School (21 and 27 November). The 2nd NTUST Aspire Higher Festival (2023) focused on sustainability, running seven workshops that invited nearby primary and secondary schools, borough chiefs and residents, alongside the “Let’s Travel Sustainable Campus” exploration activity. In September 2026, NTUST hosted the Ministry of Education’s USR co-empowerment event “New Horizons for Sustainability: Innovation, Diffusion and International Collaboration”, bringing together practitioners from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Indonesia.Related news and websites:▸ [2023-11-09] Commercial Times | 2nd NTUST Aspire Higher Festival opens with sustainability as its theme https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20231109701290-431202▸ [2023-11] NTUST Campus Bulletin | 2023 NTUST Aspire Higher Festival – Let's Travel Sustainable Campus https://bulletin.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1045-118466.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-09-21] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST gathers USR practitioners from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Indonesia: from local revitalization to international co-creation https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/4447502. University Social Responsibility (USR) and Local Ecological ConservationThrough its USR teams, NTUST works in Indigenous communities, mountain forests and farming villages across Taiwan, turning academic expertise into concrete action for land conservation and sustainable use: environmental education in Indigenous areas, regeneration of farmland and rural public space, and land-friendly management in a reservoir catchment.2.1 Indigenous ecology and forest conservation: Project LET'S Go!Led by Associate Professor Ying Wang of the Center for General Education, the USR project “Project LET'S Go!” is built on “Local Engagement × Citizen Science × Sustainable Action” and works with Indigenous communities at Tongmen Elementary School (Xiulin Township, Hualien), Chishang Junior High School (Taitung) and Dong'ao Elementary School (Yilan). In August 2025 the project signed an MOU with Taipower’s Eastern Power Plant; with the Mugua River and Mt. Qilai as its setting, it promotes green-energy education, local video documentation and revitalisation of the Mugua River Story House, helping children understand the links between forests, rivers and energy. Working with the Dongyue Atayal community, it also brings traditional Atayal houses and culture into the curriculum so students learn first-hand how Indigenous people live with the land. The 2026 summer programme continues at sites in Hualien and Taitung.Related news and websites:▸ [2025-08-21] Taiwan Tech News (EN) | From Indigenous Classrooms to Engineering Sites: Project LET'S Go! partners with Taipower's Eastern Power Plant https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140045,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2022-09-30] NOWnews | NTUST USR co-learning: university volunteers introduce Atayal traditional houses to schoolchildren https://www.nownews.com/news/5943420▸ [2026] STUST forwarded announcement | 2026 NTUST x Project LET'S Go! Summer Program (Tongmen Elementary, Hualien; Chishang Junior High, Taitung) https://news.stust.edu.tw/id/932812.2 Sustainable landscape and farmland regeneration: “From Field to Stage” in Guanshan, TaitungThe Department of Architecture leads the USR-Hub project “From Field to Stage: A Place-making Experiment”. In 2026 it signed an MOU with Waseda University, the University of Shiga Prefecture, Guanshan Township Office and Guanshan Farmers’ Association to plan the public space of the “Rice School”, a former wartime granary. Besides renovating the existing granary stage, the plan adds an outdoor “Autumn Stage” in the rice paddies south of the site, so farmland serves both as agricultural landscape and cultural venue, and reuses driftwood left by Typhoon Morakot as circular building material. A related adaptive-reuse proposal won the Gold Award (Sustainable Revitalisation and Reuse) in the 2025 Taiwan Sustainable Architecture Design Student Competition. In 2023 the department had already held a 50-person East Asian Urban and Architectural Design International Workshop at Guanshan’s Riverside Park, the Rice School and the old street.Related news and websites:▸ [2026-02-26] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST Architecture partners with Japan in Guanshan, Taitung to transform rural public space https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/426734▸ [2023-08-14] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST international workshop in Guanshan inspires place-based architectural thinking https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202308140028.aspx▸ [2023-08-14] United Daily News (udn) | NTUST international workshop in Guanshan inspires place-based architectural thinking https://udn.com/news/story/6885/73673362.3 Land-friendly, low-carbon farming: Pinglin tea gardens in the Feitsui Reservoir catchmentAssociate Professor Chia-Chun Ho’s team (Civil and Construction Engineering) works in Pinglin, New Taipei, inside the Feitsui Reservoir catchment that supplies about six million people, addressing the land-use conflict between watershed protection and tea farming. The team developed slow-release, low-phosphorus fertiliser and installed vegetated retention (low-impact development, LID) facilities that cut phosphorus runoff and reduce carbon emissions by about 500 kg per hectare per year, and provides technical support and training for tea farmers. In November 2024, NTUST, the Taipei Water Management Branch (Water Resources Agency), tea farmers and companies held a results conference on water-quality conservation and low-carbon tea and signed a letter of intent. The project won the Excellence Award (Industry Co-Creation) at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards.Related news and websites:▸ [2024-11] Money Weekly | Water-quality conservation & low-carbon tea results: Taipei Water Management Branch, NTUST, Pinglin tea farmers and companies https://www.moneyweekly.com.tw/_Article?AID=161110▸ [2026-04-30] Taiwan Tech News (ZH) | NTUST wins two 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-30] Taiwan Tech News (EN) | Taiwan Tech wins two top honors at 2026 Global Views Monthly USR Awards (Feitsui Reservoir project details) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-148245.php?Lang=en3. International Student Engagement and Field-based Ecological ExplorationNTUST encourages multinational student teams to go beyond campus into Taiwan’s forests, protected areas and local communities, to learn how wild land is conserved and used sustainably, and to carry those lessons back to their home countries.3.1 ECO 4TUNE: Luanshan Forest Museum and New Taipei Metropolitan ParkMaster’s students from Indonesia, Kenya, Vietnam and Taiwan at the Graduate Institute of Digital Learning and Education formed the team “ECO 4TUNE” and designed their own five-day SDGs journey for the 10th Explore Taiwan 120h competition (2024), co-organised by the CTCI Education Foundation and the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy, winning third place. Their most memorable stop was the Luanshan Forest Museum in Taitung, where a Bunun guide led them along traditional hunting trails and they shared Bunun meals and made mochi, gaining insight into how Indigenous people live in harmony with the forest; the site links nature and culture to SDGs on quality education, sustainable communities and life on land. The team also studied New Taipei Metropolitan Park, which integrates flood prevention with ecological protection and recreation (SDGs 11, 13, 15), and visited the Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station. Through NTUST’s Digital Fellowship Program, team members shared Taiwan’s sustainability practices with schools in Kenya and Indonesia.Related news and websites:▸ [2024-05-13] CNA / United Daily News (udn) | NTUST multinational student team shines in Explore Taiwan 120h SDGs competition https://udn.com/news/story/6928/7959958▸ [2024] Taiwan Tech News (EN) | Taiwan Tech forms international student team for customized Taiwan SDGs exploration tour https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-126348.php?Lang=en▸ [2024] NTUST Secretariat News (EN) | ECO 4TUNE visits Luanshan Forest Museum and New Taipei Metropolitan Park https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-126101.php?Lang=en3.2 International students in local land-based fieldworkNTUST’s Engineers in Action programme regularly takes local and international students into rural communities. In summer 2025, NTUST formed its first joint international team with partner universities from Japan and Indonesia for a 10-day field programme in Dong'ao, Yilan, combining local environmental improvement with Indigenous culture so that international students take part directly in caring for Taiwan’s land and communities.Related news and websites:▸ [2025-06-30] Taiwan Tech News (ZH) | NTUST Engineers in Action join Japan and Indonesia to empower rural Dong'ao https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138039,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-06-30] Taiwan Tech News (EN) | Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural communities https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-138260.php?Lang=en

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST, Taiwan Tech) supports education and community outreach on water-resource management and the conservation of fresh-water and aquatic ecosystems through University Social Responsibility (USR) practice, engineering research and development, and local and transnational action. Its flagship is the Ministry of Education USR programme “Engineers in Action” (EIA), which draws on research capacity in architecture, construction engineering, chemical engineering, materials science and industrial management to bring fresh-water and water-resource knowledge to remote Indigenous communities in Taiwan and to communities in Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal and Japan. 1. Off-campus Water Resources, Irrigation and Water-saving SupportNTUST teams work with local communities and partner universities to support off-campus water conservation: repairing leaking ponds and irrigation channels, upgrading drainage, and installing water-saving irrigation and rainwater-harvesting systems, strengthening community capacity to manage and maintain water resources.(1) Gubug Lazaris, Indonesia: repairing leaking ponds and channels, maintaining greenhouse irrigationIn summer 2026, the EIA team worked with Widya Mandala Catholic University (UKWMS) in the Gubug Lazaris community, repairing leaks in ponds and channels to reduce water loss and maintaining greenhouse irrigation facilities to meet residents’ farming water needs. In 2025 the team had already restored an idle organic greenhouse in the same community and installed an automatic sprinkler irrigation system with new pipes and wiring, replacing flood irrigation with targeted watering to save water.Related news and website links:▸ [2026-09-24] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST Engineers in Action head to Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan to meet community needs https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/445125▸ [2025-10-08] NTUST Campus News | NTUST Engineers in Action deepen work in Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140988,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw(2) Kemiri Village (Pacet), Indonesia: rainwater harvesting and aquaponicsFrom June to July 2026, NTUST and Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) students spent two weeks in Kemiri Village, Pacet, Mojokerto, East Java. The flagship work was a Rainwater Harvesting System—gutters, pipes, filters and storage tanks providing an alternative water source and promoting water conservation and efficient use. The team also built an aquaponics system in which culture water is recirculated. ITS’s official news linked the project to SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation).Related news and website links:▸ [2026-07-19] ITS News (Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Indonesia) | ITS dan NTUST Transformasikan Desa Kemiri melalui Engineers in Action 2026 https://www.its.ac.id/news/?p=110370(3) Dong’ao / Dongyue Atayal community, Yilan, Taiwan: channel desilting and drainage improvementEIA has worked with the Dongyue Atayal community in Nan’ao Township, Yilan, since 2020. In 2024 a volunteer team of about 50 cleared sediment from the waterway beside Dong’ao Elementary School, installed new downspouts and rearranged stones to reduce hazards, turning the channel into a safe foot-soaking area, and built an aquaponics system that recycles water. In 2025 about 60 students and teachers from NTUST, Songshan Vocational High School, Osaka Institute of Technology (Japan) and Widya Mandala Catholic University (Indonesia) restored the long-closed Babaw Kulu trail, cleaning drainage ditches and using eco-friendly construction methods that balance trail drainage with protection of the mountain environment.Related news and website links:▸ [2024] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech mobile engineers bring passion and professionalism to Dong'ao for social welfare https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-128503.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural Dong'ao (Chinese) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138039,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural Taitung https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138260,r1182.php?Lang=en2. Ecological Pond and Water-quantity Management ResearchNTUST’s architecture and construction researchers have long studied site water retention and the water budget of ecological ponds. A graduate thesis applied the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) inventory model to simulate the replenishment and storage of ecological ponds and analyse water savings, providing a reference for local hydrology and water allocation. This line of work now extends to water-quality monitoring and water-purification technology.(1) Simulating ecological-pond water management with the EOQ modelThe master’s thesis by Tsai (蔡政融, 2007), NTUST Graduate Institute of Architecture, treats the water held in an ecological pond as an “inventory” and borrows the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) concept from inventory management to simulate the pond’s replenishment mechanism, examining how much water to add and when, as a reference for reducing external top-up water and improving water savings. The study is cited by later work such as National Chung Hsing University’s “A Study on the Management Model of Ecological Ponds”, and serves as a methodological reference for water-quantity control and water-saving analysis of building-site and campus ponds.Related news and website links:▸ [2007] Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (NCHU) – reference list | Tsai, C.-J. (2007) 'Simulating the water-quantity management mechanism of ecological ponds with the EOQ model', NTUST Graduate Institute of Architecture (cited in 'A Study on the Management Model of Ecological Ponds') https://swcdis.nchu.edu.tw/AllDataPos/JournalPos/%E7%B7%A8%E8%99%9F50/%E7%AC%AC1%E6%9C%9F/5%E7%94%9F%E6%85%8B%E6%B0%B4%E6%B1%A0%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E6%A8%A1%E5%BC%8F%E4%B9%8B%E7%A0%94%E7%A9%B6.pdf▸ Related website | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan (search NTUST ecological-pond theses) https://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/(2) Water-quality monitoring and purification: research that protects fresh-water ecosystemsIn April 2026, a Materials Science team and National Taiwan University developed a self-powered water-quality monitoring system that detects heavy metals and disinfects water without an external power supply; the work was published in Advanced Functional Materials offering a new technical direction for real-time fresh-water quality monitoring. In January 2026, Prof. Hung Wei-Song’s Chemical Engineering team unveiled a graphene “black magic carpet” that purifies water and generates electricity using only solar and wave energy.Related news and website links:▸ [2026-04-07] NTUST Campus News | NTUST and NTU develop a self-powered water-quality monitoring system that detects heavy metals and disinfects https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-146288,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-04-07] United Daily News (udn.com) | NTUST and NTU develop self-powered water-quality monitoring system https://udn.com/news/story/6928/9427114▸ [2026-04-07] Liberty Times | NTUST–NTU team develops wireless sensing bottle for real-time water-quality monitoring https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/5395648▸ [2026-01-19] NTUST Campus News | Prof. Hung Wei-Song's graphene 'black magic carpet' purifies water using solar and wave energy https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143957,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw(3) Campus ecological restorationIn February 2026, NTUST and its alumni built an ecological defence against biting midges, managing campus green and water areas with eco-friendly methods and restoring campus greenery, making the campus a teaching site for urban fresh-water and green-space ecology.Related news and website links:▸ [2026-02-19] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech and alumni build eco-defence against biting midges, reviving a greener campus (Chinese) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-144455,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2026-02-19] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech and Alumni build eco-defense against biting midges, reviving a greener campus https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-145350,r1182.php?Lang=en3. Transnational and Rural Water-quality / Irrigation ImprovementThrough Engineers in Action, NTUST faculty and students bring engineering expertise to remote villages and mountain towns in Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Nepal and Japan, improving irrigation, drinking-water quality, slopes and water facilities while promoting environmental education and community collaboration. Running since 2020, the programme was invited to the 2025 Osaka Expo as the only Taiwanese USR project on show and received a 2026 Global Views USR award.(1) Vietnam: RO drinking-water system and water reuseIn 2026, with Can Tho University (CTU), the team installed a reverse-osmosis (RO) drinking-water filtration system at Hoa-An 1 Primary School, improving pupils’ drinking water and sanitation, and paired it with hydroponic vegetable racks that reuse water so that children learn about the water cycle through growing plants.Related news and website links:▸ [2026-09-24] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST Engineers in Action head to Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan to meet community needs https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/445125(2) Indonesia: irrigation facilities and solar aquaponic greenhousesSince 2019 the team has built agricultural irrigation equipment in rural Indonesia and Vietnam. In 2024 it installed solar-powered aquaponics and greenhouses in Magetan, Indonesia; in 2026, with ITS, it built a solar aquaponic greenhouse in Pacet Village, using recirculated water for fish farming and cultivation to reduce water use.Related news and website links:▸ [2019] Storm Media | NTUST goes to rural Indonesia and Vietnam: toilets, libraries and agricultural irrigation equipment https://www.storm.mg/article/1854715▸ [2024-10-01] NTUST English News | From Indonesia, Vietnam to Japan: Taiwan Tech Engineers in Action promotes sustainable development across rural areas https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-131167.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-09-24] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST Engineers in Action head to Indonesia, Vietnam and Japan to meet community needs https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/445125(3) Nepal: slope stabilisation and disaster prevention in a mountain townAssociate Professor Hsiao (蕭博謙, Department of Civil and Construction Engineering) and students have worked for years with the Zhu Zhu Mama Child Education Care Association in Upper Pisang, Annapurna region. In 2024 they levelled slopes and laid stone steps for an orphanage in Kathmandu; in 2025 they built a retaining wall in front of a century-old house and planned evacuation routes and assembly points suited to the mountain terrain, strengthening the town’s disaster resilience.Related news and website links:▸ [2024-07] NTUST English News | USR Beyond Borders: Taiwan Tech Students Build a Pathway for an Orphanage in Nepal https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-127813.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST Campus News | NTUST deepens work in Nepal mountain town for revitalisation and disaster-prevention education (Chinese) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-140536,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-09-23] NTUST English News | NTUST deepens work in Nepal mountain town (English) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-141506.php?Lang=en(4) Japan: spring-water filtration teaching and international visibilityIn 2024 in Kawakami Village, Nara Prefecture, the team taught local pupils to build spring-water filters from PET bottles, activated carbon, quartz sand and cotton, introducing water-source protection. In 2025 the programme exhibited at the Osaka Expo, attracting over 600 visitors in three days.Related news and website links:▸ [2024-10-01] NTUST English News | From Indonesia, Vietnam to Japan: Taiwan Tech Engineers in Action promotes sustainable development across rural areas https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-131167.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-12-03] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech USR gains international visibility: Engineers in Action invited to Osaka Expo (Chinese) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-142778,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2025-12-03] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech USR Program, Engineers in Action, gains global spotlight at Osaka World Expo https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-143617,r1182.php?Lang=en▸ [2026-04-30] NTUST Campus News | NTUST wins two awards at the 2026 Global Views USR Awards https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-147199,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw4. Sustainable Development and Water-environment EducationCoordinated by the Center for Sustainable Development and Institutional Research together with the Center for General Education, NTUST integrates the SDGs—including water and ecosystem goals SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 14 (Life Below Water) and SDG 15 (Life on Land)—into teaching and campus activities. According to the Commercial Times, NTUST offers about 1,500 courses with SDG and USR content each year, attracting about 50,000 enrolments.(1) SDG-integrated courses and the “Sustainable Campus” seriesThe Center for Sustainable Development and Institutional Research and the Center for General Education regularly run a “Sustainable Campus” series promoting the UN SDGs and university social responsibility. NTUST received the 2024 National Sustainable Development Award for its smart energy management, greenhouse-gas inventory, innovative research and sustainability education. The Center for General Education’s Social Practice Course System lets students carry out sustainability projects with off-campus communities and NGOs.Related news and website links:▸ [2024-12-20] Commercial Times | NTUST wins the 2024 National Sustainable Development Award https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20241220700579-431204▸ Related website | NTUST Center for General Education – Social Practice Course System https://sp.cge.ntust.edu.tw/(2) NTUST Unlimited Festival and climate-action lecture: outreach beyond campusThe 2nd NTUST Unlimited Festival (2023) took sustainable development as its theme, holding seven sustainability workshops with participation from nearby primary and junior-high schools, and working with neighbouring borough chiefs and residents. In May 2026, NTUST and the Ministry of Environment co-hosted a “Youth Participation in Climate Action” lecture attended by about 130 students and members of the public.Related news and website links:▸ [2023-11-09] Commercial Times | 2nd NTUST Unlimited Festival opens with sustainability as its theme https://www.ctee.com.tw/news/20231109701290-431202▸ [2026-05-28] Central News Agency (CNA) | NTUST and the Ministry of Environment hold climate-action lecture on data technology for sustainable cities https://www.cna.com.tw/postwrite/chi/434666(3) Water-environment workshops for rural pupilsAt Dong’ao Elementary School, EIA volunteers taught pupils to build simple water filters from PET bottles and gravel to understand water purification; in 2025 they ran eight STEAM sustainability workshops covering power generation, acid–base reactions and carbon footprints. In Vietnam and Japan, hydroponics and spring-water filtration teaching likewise bring fresh-water and ecosystem-conservation concepts into communities.Related news and website links:▸ [2024] NTUST English News | Taiwan Tech mobile engineers bring passion and professionalism to Dong'ao for social welfare https://www.secretariat.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1063-128503.php?Lang=en▸ [2025-06-30] NTUST Campus News | Taiwan Tech engineers team up with Japan and Indonesia to empower rural Dong'ao (Chinese) https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/406-1000-138039,r167.php?Lang=zh-tw▸ [2024-10-01] NTUST English News | From Indonesia, Vietnam to Japan: Taiwan Tech Engineers in Action promotes sustainable development across rural areas https://www.ntust.edu.tw/p/16-1000-131167.php?Lang=en

1.OverviewNational Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) uses its Smart Energy Management System to track both where campus energy comes from and how much is used. The system records, in real time, the electricity generated by on-campus green (renewable) energy installations. It also records grid electricity purchased through the university’s two utility accounts (main campus 00-84-9650-11-0 and Research Building campus 00-84-9654-11-4) and consumed by each building. With both low-carbon generation and total consumption in one place, the university has the data it needs to calculate its share of low-carbon energy and the carbon emissions from electricity use.On the home page, the “Green Power Information” panel shows green-power generation for the current day and month; on 7 November 2026, for example, it showed 979 kWh for the day and 8,420 kWh month-to-date. In the Analysis module, “Annual Electricity Statistics” charts each account’s year-by-year consumption. Main-campus consumption fell from about 22.42 GWh in ROC year 105 (2016) to about 19.84 GWh in 108 (2019), and was about 21.24 GWh in 112 (2023). These charts let the university review the long-term effect of its energy-saving and carbon-reduction measures.2.How Low-carbon Energy Is TrackedReal-time renewable generation: Daily and monthly green-power generation updates continuously, so the contribution of self-generated low-carbon electricity is always visible.Grid consumption and emissions accounting: Consumption for each account and building can be exported by day, month and year. Combined with the grid emission factor, it gives electricity-related emissions and the share of total use met by green power.Long-term trend review: The “Annual Electricity”, “Yearly Electricity” and “Taipower vs. System” comparison functions show year-on-year changes in consumption and demand, so progress toward carbon-reduction targets can be checked.Analysing efficiency measures: Further analyses (optimal contract capacity, power factor, elevator regenerative energy, chiller COP, and the benefits of circulation fans and shading devices) track how much each low-carbon and energy-saving measure actually delivers.3.System LinkNTUST Smart Energy Management System: http://140.118.104.124/manage/pc/content/index.aspxFigure 1. NTUST Smart Energy Management System home pageFigure 2. “Green Power Information” showing daily and monthly on-campus green-power generation (7 Nov 2026: 979 kWh / 8,420 kWh) Figure 3. Analysis module “Annual Electricity Statistics”: main-campus consumption (kWh) for ROC years 104–112 (2015–2023), used to track long-term energy use and carbon reduction

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) extends its policies on ethical sourcing, waste disposal, minimising disposable items and energy efficiency to its outsourced campus dining operators through contract clauses (12.2.7). It extends the same policies to construction contractors, their subcontractors and product suppliers through its construction procurement contracts and Taiwan's government green procurement scheme (12.2.8).1.Policies extended to outsourced services1.1 Outsourcing contract for the Student Activity Center First Cafeteria (AA-11201)Campus dining facilities are run by outsourced operators. Sustainability requirements are written into the contract, the operator is responsible for meeting them, and the university inspects compliance regularly. Key clauses:1.2 Supporting measures to reduce disposable itemsCampus cafeterias offer discounts to diners who bring their own tableware.Stainless-steel lunch boxes are encouraged for university meetings to replace disposable tableware.The Second Teaching Building cafeteria sells reusable meal containers.Staff and students are asked not to request disposable cutlery or plastic bags when ordering through delivery platforms.Evidence:Student First Cafeteria contract excerpts (pp.5, 15)Bring-your-own tableware and disposables reduction: https://she.ntust.edu.tw/p/405-1068-82816,c8648.php?Lang=zh-tw2. 12.2.8 Policies extended to outsourced suppliers and supply chain partners2.1 Construction procurement contractsAll construction procurement by the NTUST General Affairs Office follows the Public Construction Commission (Executive Yuan) Model Contract for Construction Procurement. Construction waste is handled in line with Taiwan's Surplus Earth and Stone Disposal Programme and the Waste Disposal Act. The contract binds contractors and their subcontractors as follows:The movement of surplus earth and stone can be tracked on the National Land Management Agency's Surplus Earth Information System. 2.2 Green procurementFor all items designated by the Ministry of Environment, NTUST must buy eco-labelled products. Any exception needs the President's written approval before the order is placed.Every purchase is reported on the national Green Living Information Platform with its eco-label number or as a non-eco product, following the university's green procurement SOP.Construction and service procurement are also covered by green procurement (a bonus criterion in the government's evaluation).2025 (ROC year 114) result: 98.67% green procurement rate for designated items, a score of 100 and an "Excellent" rating.Evidence:Green procurement page (2025 evaluation, SOP): https://she.ntust.edu.tw/p/405-1068-81804,c8647.php?Lang=zh-twPCC Model Contract for Construction Procurement: https://www.pcc.gov.tw/content/index?type=C&eid=9812&lang=1Surplus Earth Information System (tracking): https://soilmove.nlma.gov.tw/soilmove/engGisQueryConstruction contract excerpts: p.18 (Art. 9 items 23-24), p.49 (Appendices 3-4)