In response to the global goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, National Cheng Kung University(NCKU) is implementing initiatives across multiple areas. In addition to adopting green energy to reduce carbon emissions, the University continues to advance research into green energy and net-zero technologies and collaborates with partners to cultivate green talent for the net-zero transition. Through these efforts, NCKU aims to encourage everyone to reduce carbon emissions and move toward a more sustainable way of life.
Carbon reduction and emission reduction process
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NCKU's Carbon Reduction and Emission Reduction Process
- NCKU Advances Green Sustainability with the Launch of an EV Charging Station for Blood Donation Vehicles
NCKU joined the “Eco-Friendly Blood Donation Vehicle Program” in collaboration with the Kaohsiung Blood Center. An electrical connection point was installed at the designated blood donation site in front of Yun-Ping Building on the Kuang-Fu Campus, reducing reliance on diesel generators and associated carbon emissions. This initiative demonstrates NCKU’s commitment to social responsibility and sustainable development.https://news-secr.ncku.edu.tw/p/406-1037-279973,r81.php
- NCKU Installs ECOCO Smart Recycling Machines to Promote Green Sustainability
NCKU’s ECOCO smart recycling machines have been in operation since 2024. In 2025, five machines were installed across campus, collecting 66,166 PET bottles, 6,789 aluminum cans, 7,454 PP cups, 8,085 batteries, and 2,541 milk bottles. These efforts engage faculty and students in campus recycling and resource reuse.https://oga.ncku.edu.tw/var/file/27/1027/img/719176627.pdf
- NCKU’s “Hydrogen for Carbon” Wins the 2025 TUSA Climate Leadership Award
Led by Distinguished Professor Shih-Kang Lin of NCKU’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering, the project “‘Hydrogen for Carbon’ towards Taiwan carbon neutrality by academia-industry joint efforts” engaged more than 200 researchers over three years to develop low-carbon ironmaking technologies with the steel industry. The project has achieved annual carbon emission reductions of 1.55 million tons and won the Climate Leadership Award at the 2025 Taiwan University Sustainability Awards (TUSA), highlighting NCKU’s impact on national carbon-reduction technology development.https://sdg.ncku.edu.tw/news-160.html
- NCKU Net-Zero Lab
To support Taiwan’s 2050 net-zero policy, NCKU established a Net-Zero Lab led by Assistant Professor Ting-Chia Ou of the Program on Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing. The lab focuses on green energy and net-zero technology development. In 2025, its project, “Integration of Innovative Coastal Wave Energy and Carbon-Negative Cement Materials with a Supercapacitor Energy Storage System to Achieve Net-Zero Goals,” received an Honorable Mention in 2025 Net-Zero Tech International Contest, demonstrating NCKU’s research efforts in carbon reduction, renewable energy, and net-zero technologies.https://nzl.ais2m.ncku.edu.tw/#goal
- Making Carbon Sinks Visible: Geo-AI-Driven Carbon Reduction Measurement Technology
NCKU’s research team used terrestrial laser scanning technology to capture millions of three-dimensional spatial data points from a banyan tree, generating a detailed point cloud model. The team then applied 3DMASC for automated point cloud classification and used the TreeQSM algorithm to reconstruct the tree’s three-dimensional structure. The analysis estimated the tree’s volume at 55.52 cubic meters and its carbon storage at 46.93 metric tons. This technical workflow developed by NCKU demonstrates how spatial information technology can extend from regional-scale carbon sink mapping to automated quantitative analysis at the individual-tree level, providing a scientific and quantifiable basis for net-zero emissions pathways.https://usr-hub.web2.ncku.edu.tw/var/file/189/1189/img/867587895.pdf
- NCKU Partners with Southern Taiwan Universities to Develop Net-Zero Green Talent
NCKU serves as the Southern Taiwan training center of the Ministry of Environment’s Net-Zero Green Talent Development Alliance. The program brings together experts from government, industry, and academia, including NCKU Distinguished Chair Professor Tzu-Ching Chang and Tainan Environmental Protection Bureau Senior Technical Specialist Mei-Kuei Chu, to provide training on climate change, greenhouse gases, carbon accounting, carbon footprints, voluntary reduction, and verification systems. Courses are open to university and college students as well as members of the public.https://sdg.ncku.edu.tw/product-950.html