Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
The EcoLogistics Community is established by ICLEI, a city network with ambitious visions, led by various innovators and dreamers, and supported by experts and industrial enterprises. It aims to be an international leader in sustainable freight and ecological logistics. Taoyuan has officially signed a contract with ICLEI on October 27, 2019, becoming the world's first chair for the international EcoLogistics Community.
EcoLogistics is the development of freight transport based on a low-carbon, sustainable, and people-oriented perspective. Over 2,000 logistics companies, accounting for 80% of total logistics companies are located in Taoyuan. Taoyuan, as the center of Taiwan's logistics industry, has the responsibility to lead the international community to implement EcoLogistics. Therefore, Taoyuan EcoLogistics Project Office was established to integrate the city government, industry, experts, scholars, and international organizations, in order to promote EcoLogistics. By doing this, cities can not only develop the economy but also protect the environment and create a win-win situation.
Air Quality Box- New Means-New Technology Enforcement
Solution Description
The Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan and the Environmental Protection Administration Executive Yuan jointly deployed 1,000 sets of micro air quality sensors in large industrial areas and neighboring communities in the city, established an Internet of Things for environmental monitoring, and combined environmental sensing data with temporal and spatial analysis to reduce Range to the minute street scale, with real-time and complete air pollution digital analysis and warning message notifications to improve smart monitoring and technology law enforcement capabilities.