Saving US$40 Million and 417,000 Tons of Carbon

TAIPEI, Taiwan–(EMWNews)–The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has organized the 2008 MOEA

Energy Saving Award Ceremony on July 23^rd 2008,

to commend enterprises and schools with excellent energy saving

performance and promoting energy saving education. The Vice Minister of

Economic Affair, Shih Yen-Hsiang, was invited to present awards to the

winners. According to the MOEA, in order to promote the result of energy

saving and to raise public awareness on energy issues, a total of 272

well-performing enterprises and 99 schools had been awarded in this

ceremony over the past 25 years.

The process of selecting the final winning participating organizations

took two months. Of the 82 enterprises and 40 junior high and elementary

schools participating in this competition, 16 enterprises and 9 schools

with outstanding energy saving achievements were selected.

According to the Bureau of Energy (BOE), the award-winning enterprises

and schools this year have saved a total of 195,000 KLOE, equivalent to

US$40 million in energy costs, and have reduced a total of 417,000 tons

of carbon emissions (equivalent to 2.5 Yangmingshan National Park).

The multidimensional achievements of award-winning enterprises this year

include newly renovated energy saving technologies, and the extended use

of high EER lighting and installation of solar power system. In the area

of schools, energy saving education committee, energy saving training

activities for teachers and the establishment of energy education

programs were introduced.

The four enterprises that won the Distinctive Energy Saving Performance

Award included: Formosa Petrochemical Corporation; Uni-President

Enterprises Corporation; Chi Mei Optoelectronics; and Ling Tung

University. The twelve enterprises that won the Excellent Energy Saving

Performance Award included: Nanya Plastics Corporation; Formosa Plastics

Group; Yulon Motors Corporation; Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation;

Inotera Memories Inc; Kinsus Interconnect Technology; Puli Christian

Hospital; Winsor Hotel Taichung of Pou Chen Group; the Beitun Branch of

B&Q Corporation; the Taipei West Branch of Taiwan Power Corporation;

Tainan City Government; and National Science and Technology Museum.

BOE states that the promotion of energy education is indispensable. In

addition to coordinating with the government’s

energy saving and carbon emissions reduction policies, the award-wining

schools were dedicated to the promotion of energy education. Besides

organizing energy-saving-related activities at times, they designed

teaching agenda to encourage student participation. There are 3 school

winners of the Distinctive Energy Saving Performance Award and 6 schools

winning the Excellent Energy Saving Performance Award.

The MOEA and BOE have put in tremendous efforts in promoting energy

saving concepts to industry and business, as well as energy education to

school over the years. This Energy Saving Award strengthens the practice

of energy saving in the educational and private sectors, and goes

further to pursue sustainable development for the country by maintaining

a balance among effective energy use, environmental protection and

economic development.

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