The number of buildings in Taiwan receiving or being pre-approved for green building certification in a single year has risen almost 70 times in eight years, to 349 in 2008 from five in 2000, the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said yesterday.Considerable progress has been made in promoting sustainable buildings since the Ministry of the Interior launched a green building program in 2001, the CEPD said.
As of September this year, 2,295 buildings have been certified as "green buildings, " and they have reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 521,000 tons annually and saved users NT$2.16 billion in electricity and water costs.
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