1. A brownfield refers to an industrial site that is now being prepared for redevelopment. The original site of NCUE's Jinde Campus was initially planned as a brewery from 1956 to 1960. However, the brewery construction plan was terminated because the water quality was unsuitable for beer production. The factory buildings left on the site were converted into what is now Yi-Hui Hall (Figure 1), used by the Department of Fine Arts to exhibit student work.

Reference: National Changhua University of Education (2020), Baisha Rui-Zhe Hua-Yu Mian-Yan (Figure 2).

2. Disused container units stood on the Shida Campus (Figure 3). Under a collaboration with Ørsted Taiwan Ltd., which donated a megawatt-scale energy storage system, the units were removed and replaced with energy storage and photovoltaic installations (Figure 4). The site is now a research and demonstration space for renewable energy and microgrids, used for teaching, visits and industry–academia collaboration. The megawatt-scale system is the largest energy storage installation at any higher education institution in Taiwan to date, and supports campus energy conservation through functions such as peak shaving and valley filling.

3. NCUE continues to bring existing buildings back into use. Two disused staff housing units on the Jinde Campus, Faculty Housing 1-5 and 1-6, have been refurbished as the International House, a gathering space for international students, and as Hou Garden, an alternative exhibition and performance space for the Department of Fine Arts (Figure 5, with International House on the left and Hou Garden on the right). The buildings were constructed in 1964 as staff housing for Jinde Experimental High School and were taken over by NCUE when it was founded in 1971. They fell vacant after the resident staff retired and moved out. In 2007, NCUE refurbished them as a space for creative work, exhibitions and exchange by Department of Fine Arts faculty, students and artists in residence, giving the buildings a new educational and cultural use (Figure 6).

In 2023, NCUE refurbished part of the same block as the International House (I-House), a gathering space for international students, which opened in October that year. Its yellow and pink walls are a distinctive feature. Besides a common room and a meeting room, it contains two Muslim prayer rooms, an ablution area (Figure 7) and a small kitchen, reflecting the University’s commitment to cultural diversity.

The Campus Headlines report web page is shown in Figure 8. URL: https://www.ncue.edu.tw/p/406-1000-23844,r93.php?Lang=zh-tw

To make further use of these older buildings, NCUE applied in 2025 to the Changhua County Cultural Affairs Bureau for a grant under its scheme for the adaptive reuse of historic houses, for the “NCUE Former Staff Housing Exhibition and Performance Space Refurbishment Project.” The project received funding in 2026 to further improve the exhibition and performance facilities. Repairing and reusing existing buildings extends their service life and brings previously developed but underused campus space back into use, while supporting cultural preservation, art education and sustainable development.