NCUE has established a dedicated organization to assist in guiding industries, local residents, and relevant stakeholders in Central Taiwan on strategies and methods for water conservation. This ensures that our students, staff, and local residents obtain knowledge related to sustainable water resources management and that local industries improve their water utilization efficiency, which fosters a sustainable supply and the recycling of fresh water.

1. Administrative organization:

(1) Established the Research Center for GIS and Disaster Prevention (Figure 1):

Natural disasters are frequent in Taiwan. To minimize their impacts, the plan is to improve the effectiveness of disaster management and governance through geographic knowledge and the data provided by geographic information science, technologies, and knowledge management. The goals of water saving and conservation are further achieved through the planning and implementation of disaster prevention, mitigation, and relief.

Website: https://geo3w.ncue.edu.tw/rcgdp/

Figure 1: Research Center for GIS and Disaster Prevention

(2) Established the Innovation Incubation Center (Figure 2):

NCUE has established the Innovation Incubation Center to effectively connect with local industries and to advise and improve the local plumbing hardware and other traditional industries, thereby achieving the goals of water saving and conservation. These goals are also realized through active contacts with local industries and by counselling and participating in the SBIR plan.

Website: https://iic.ncue.edu.tw/

Figure 2: Innovation Incubation Center

2. Research:

(1) Faculty appointment:

Our Department of Geography hires faculty members who are experts in environmental and ecological conservation and who specialize in hydrology to enhance its research capacity in hydrology. Education in hydrology and ecology serves as the starting point for realizing the goals of disaster prevention and mitigation, as well as water saving and conservation.

(2) At the national level

(a) NCUE actively encourages faculty members to utilize their research capabilities to assist in national-level disaster prevention and mitigation goals, ultimately achieving water conservation objectives and supporting Taiwan’s sustainable water resource management and development.

(b) NCUE encourages relevant departments to undertake projects from the National Science and Technology Council. For example, the Department of Geography is executing the project,  Impacts of Large-scale Circulation Changes on Precipitation in the Asian Monsoon Region under Global Warming (II). Through research capacity, this actively influences various sectors to conserve water, enabling better utilization of water resources.

3. Industry Collaboration

NCUE’s Innovation Incubation Center actively collaborates with local industries. In particular, the 2023 Net Zero Just Transition Employee Education and Training Forum activity cultivated basic concepts of net zero just transition among the Changhua County Industrial Association, labor unions, and workers. The main purpose of promoting just transition internationally is to create a net-zero future that leaves no one behind (Figure 3).

Figure 3: 2023 Net Zero Just Transition Employee Education and Training Forum Activity