The government should consider implementing energy-efficient certification for new buildings to meet its carbon neutrality goal by 2050, experts said yesterday at an online forum hosted by the Delta Electronics Foundation.
A legal mechanism is required to compel developers to meet clearly defined standards, National Cheng Kung University architecture professor Lin Hsien-te (林憲德) said.
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), released on Monday, shows that regulatory guidelines for architectural design and building materials would help urban areas reduce carbon emissions, Lin said.
The university’s Sun Yun-suan (孫運璿) Research Building is one of seven model carbon-zero structures mentioned in