National Tsing Hua University is committed to sustainable development. In recent years, it has incorporated sustainable development planning in its teaching, research, and campus governance, and has won numerous awards. For example, in the 14th TCSA Taiwan Corporate Sustainability Awards in 2021, Tsinghua ranked first in the overall competition and won the "Taiwan Model Sustainability University Award", and won two awards in the individual competitions: the "Social Inclusion Leadership Award" and the "Gold Award for University Sustainability Report".
In order to further enhance Tsinghua's excellence in sustainable development and to deepen the practice of sustainability on campus, the Regional Innovation Center will hold the First Campus Innovation Living Lab (hereinafter referred to as this project) in February this year. The project aims to create a sustainable campus environment through a tripartite collaboration among schools, teachers and students, and to implement sustainable education.
The April exhibition is co-organized by the Campus as a Living Lab (CLL) at National Tsing Hua University and the Soka Gakkai Taiwan's Seeds of Hope and Action exhibition, which focuses on innovation in sustainable living on campus. The Soka Gakkai Taiwan has long been committed to SDGs, emphasizing the idea of "starting from the heart" and the idea that by sharing ideas and starting with the problems around us, activists can bring about environmental and social change by practicing where they are.
In May, three award-winning teams were selected by the judging panel of each division, namely. The three student teams that won the final awards were: "The Fairy came down to earth to win the championship" for their efforts to realize a sustainable clothing auction platform; "Inter-institutional Innovation Virus is not sustainable" for their design of a touchless button elevator; and "404 I Found" for their design of an incentive system for dormitory electricity use.
In the future, we will continue to promote the collaboration and cooperation between various departments and student teams, so that sustainability is not a one-time activity, but a culture of Tsinghua campus, and the spirit of sustainability can be implemented in the campus life of every student, teacher and staff.
清華校園永續生活創新實驗室 NTHU Campus as a Living Lab