7.1

By 2030, ensure universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services.

7.2

By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

Energy conservation strategies for residential buildings

In line with the Taipei City Self-government Ordinance for Green Buildings, the City continues to promote green building certification for new buildings to create an energy-saving, carbon-reducing, green, eco-friendly, healthy, and comfortable living environment. Under the ordinance, new public buildings, buildings built per the Act for Promotion of Private Participation in Infrastructure Projects, or buildings built on public land with a total project cost of over NT$ 30 million must obtain green building certification. New non-public high-rise or buildings applying for additional floor space are also required to apply for green building certification.

Build a smart, energy-saving Taipei City

According to the City's 2020 electricity consumption statistics, residential and business sectors accounted for 92.58% of the City's total electricity consumption (around 14.92 billion kWh, of which the service sector accounted for approximately 48.6%, and the residential sector approximately 34.9%). It is evident that promoting energy conservation in the residential and business sectors is the City's top priority, so the “Taipei City Energy Conservation Promotion Task Force” was established. With 2005 as a baseline, the goal of the task force is to reduce electricity consumption by 2% by 2020 in the short-term, and 5% by 2025 in the mid-term. Competent authorities joined forces to promote power-saving measures, strictly controlling industrial and commercial inspection mechanisms and assisting government offices, schools, and communities in implementing power-saving strategies. At the same time, the task force promoted the use of social housing complexes as smart grid demonstration sites and the installation of solar photovoltaic systems on the rooftops of government offices, schools, and private institutions.

(1)   Equipment replacement

In collaboration with the central government, the City subsidized the service industry, hotel industry, medical institutions, transportation industry, government offices, schools, neighborhoods, and households to replace old equipment. As a result, business and residential sectors saved roughly 579 million kWh of electricity in 2020 compared to 2016, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 295 thousand tons, approximately equivalent to the carbon sink of 762 Da'an Forest Park.

(2)   Organize the Energy Conservation Leadership Award

To enhance private enterprises' ability to manage energy conservation efforts and encourage residential communities to actively promote energy conservation, the City organized the Energy Conservation Leadership Award to reward and openly praise enterprises in the service sector or residential communities that achieved outstanding energy conservation performance, inspiring others to do the same, turning the low-carbon, energy-saving lifestyle into a social movement. In 2020, a total of 53 units applied for the award, and 18 winners were selected. Collectively, they saved approximately 10 million kWh of electricity, reducing approximately 5,095 tons of carbon emissions, approximately equivalent to the carbon sink of 13 Da'an Forest Park.

(3)   Taipei City provides industrial and commercial energy-saving counseling

Through counseling and tracking measures, we help users apply for government subsidies to accelerate the replacement of old equipment with energy-saving equipment or introduce them to ESCO 7 service providers to carry out energy-saving improvement projects. The City also designated 20 types of users for inspection as per Article 8 of the “Energy Administration Act” promulgated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and collaborated with hypermarkets, electronics add home appliance stores, home appliance retailers, and other chain stores to promote energy-saving products.