A Case Study on Strategies for Promoting Low-carbon Living Environment in Dujia, Longshan, Jinshan, Dagang, Jinhua, and Zhengyi Communities
| Autor: | Yi-bin Jiang, 姜義彬 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 101 The purposes of the study is to investigate the conditions of "eco-green", "low-carbon building/energy saving", "low-carbon transport", "resources cycle", "renewable energy", and "low-carbon life" for three rural communities (Dujia, Longshan, and Jinshan communities) and three urban communities (Dagang, Jinhua, Zhengyi communities) through "depth interviews" and "Low-Carbon Community Assessment System (LCCS) of Environmental Protection Administration (EPA)". We also applied the SWOT analysis to draw out the strategies to promote low-carbon living environments of communities in the future, and to calculate the efficiency and monetary value of carbon reduction of public facilities. The conclusions are as follows: 1.In general, "eco-green" and "low-carbon life" are easy to achieve the effectiveness for promoting a low-carbon community. 2.We used LCCS to assess separate four-level degree for promoting low-carbon living environment, including "high", "medium", "low", and "none". The total assessed items is forty five. The results showed that there were ten assessed items are high-level degree in six communities, even Jinshan and Zhengyi communities which were selected a low-carbon model community from EPA only had eight and ten items for high-level degree. 3.The reasons of relatively low factors are below: (1) Caused the low-level factors of "eco-green" is that "residential density" is too higher to lack sufficient green spaces and available planting spaces. Meanwhile, vertical-greening technologies are not available. (2) Caused the low-level factors of "low-carbon building" is that most of "public building" were older and did not meet the standard of building energy efficiency, then the prices of energy-saving equipments are expensive and “Smart Grid system” is not yet popular development in communities. (3) Caused the low-level factors of "low-carbon transportation" is that "low-carbon public transportation system" is not convenient enough, the community has no jurisdiction to plan and manage the road system, including to promote ride-sharing, to prohibit activities of illegal behaviors for pedestrian space, and to obtain private lands for expanding public roads. (4) Caused the low-level factors of "resource recycling" and "renewable energy" is that community did not the fund to develop "energy-saving facilities". Meanwhile, government authority is not yet a complete set of mechanisms for approaches of professional counseling and reward. (5) Caused the low-level factors of "low-carbon life" is that low-carbon knowledge is not enough in community. It also depends that there are carbon reduction issues combined with school resources, special industry with environmental and resource characteristics, and B & B''s management strategy for promoting a low-carbon living environment. According SWOT analysis and community resource characteristics, we proposed thirteen general strategies which to promote low carbon living environments in the communities. Then, we assessed strategies and feasibility through the second depth interviews, the results showed that most of strategies were feasible. We also calculated the efficiency and monetary value of carbon reduction of public facilities in communities, the results showed that the efficiency and monetary value of carbon reduction respectively were 29,536.5 kgs of carbon dioxide and NT$ 413,222 each year for Dujia community, 28,814.4 kgs and 681,198 NT$ for Longshan community, 36,555.9 kgs and 377,194 NT$ for Jinshan community, 45,745.8 kgs and 1,898,933 NT$ for Dagang community, 31,222.8 kgs and 1,453,660 NT$ for Jinhua community, 18,716.4 kgs and 938,385 NT$ for Zhengyi community. |
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