As the 2050 net-zero carbon emission policy is being fully implemented, the pressure on the construction industry to transform is increasing day by day. The Taichung City Building Management Association's August Master Lecture will be held on the 13th, inviting Professor Cai Yaoxian of the Department of Architecture of National Cheng Kung University to give a speech entitled "Blue Ocean Strategy Towards Net-Zero Buildings". From the three aspects of sustainability, health and intelligence, he will deeply analyze the technological innovation and residential design practices guided by the policy, and reveal the next wave of key trends in green buildings to the industry.
"I want to convey a very important concept: carbon reduction must start with 'design!'" Cai Yaoxian pointed out that energy-saving behavior by residents is one thing, but the construction industry today needs to focus more on carbon reduction from the source of design. Because buildings are derived from the land and are based on the land, "there is an inseparable relationship between sustainable construction and environmental sustainability."
Yang Zhipeng, chairman of the Taichung City Building Management Association, noted that according to estimates by the United Nations Environment Programme, the global building and construction industry accounts for approximately 37% of greenhouse gas emissions, and electricity and energy consumption contributes nearly 40% of global energy-related carbon emissions. Therefore, it is considered one of the top sectors to promote net-zero carbon emission policies in various countries. The construction industry is also one of the key industries that are first and foremost targeted in these policies.
Last month, the Construction Management Association invited Huang Yuwen, Vice President of the Chinese Architects Association, as well as Jiang Haipeng, Deputy General Manager of Lufu Construction, and Kang Yuping, Brand Director, to discuss the direction of real estate innovation under the green ecological trend.
This month, we continue our focus on how the industry is responding to net-zero carbon emissions policies. We invited Professor Tsai Yao-hsien, currently a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Architecture at National Cheng Kung University, to discuss the practical blueprint for the architecture industry's journey toward net-zero emissions. He is also Vice Dean of the College of Planning and Design at National Cheng Kung University, President of the Taiwan Society for Indoor Environmental Quality, and Chairman of the Research and Development Committee of the Taiwan Institute of Architecture.
Yang Zhipeng said that Cai Yaoxian is the director of the "Sustainable Building Design Engineering Laboratory" and has long been committed to integrating building environmental control and simulation technologies into the design process, promoting healthy, environmentally friendly and people-oriented spatial concepts, and actively participating in the formulation of my country's green buildings, green building materials, building energy efficiency and building embodied carbon emissions policies. He can be said to be an important promoter of the country's net zero building policy.
Cai Yaoxian's speech focused on three core concepts: sustainability, health and wisdom, moving from public policies and regulations to technological tools and residential implementation, constructing a concrete and feasible strategic blueprint.
The lecture also shared the latest technology in the design process of residential complexes, using Building Information Modeling (BIM) to optimize carbon emissions, indoor environmental quality, and construction costs for multiple purposes, thereby implementing high-performance, low-carbon, and low-cost design solutions.
As the global wave of sustainability sweeps across the globe, the architectural industry must rethink the relationship between spatial design and energy use. Yang Zhipeng stated that this lecture provides Taiwanese architects with a systematic, forward-looking perspective and practical technical strategies. It serves not only as a knowledge exchange on net-zero transition but also as a preview of the future, driven by the collaborative efforts of industry, academia, and policy.
Source: Economic Daily News
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