Taiwan Power Building Explained

Taiwan Power Building
台電大樓
Location:No. 242, Section 3, Roosevelt Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan
Coordinates:25.0172°N 121.5306°W
Floor Count:27
Building Type:Office
Start Date:1979
Completion Date:1983
Architect:Kaku Morin

The Taiwan Power Building, also known as Taipower Building or Taipower Headquarters, is a skyscraper office building in Zhongzheng District, Taipei, Taiwan. The height of building is, and it comprises 27 floors above ground, as well as three basement levels.[1] The tower was completed in 1983 and was designed by Kaku Morin. It houses the corporate headquarters of Taiwan Power Company and was the first building in Taiwan to surpass . The building overtook the First Commercial Bank Building in 1983 and became the tallest building in Taiwan from 1983 to 1988, before it was overtaken by TWTC International Trade Building.[2] [3]

In 2018, although the Taiwan Power Building had been completed for 36 years, through the integration of smart energy conservation, using the Intelligent Building Energy Management System, it monitored and analyzed its energy usage, updated the air conditioning system, and created a green computer room. It saves around 1.6 million kilowatt-hours of electricity and nearly 4,000 tonnes of water annually, and has thus been awarded the highest level of platinum certification for existing building renovations by the U.S. Green Building Certification Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).[4] It is the oldest LEED certified green building in Taiwan, receiving full marks to place in the top fifth percentile of office buildings worldwide, and only about 400 buildings in the world have received this certification.[5] [6] [7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taiwan Power Building - The Skyscraper Center. skyscrapercenter.com.
  2. Web site: Taiwan Power Building - Emporis. https://web.archive.org/web/20150620161058/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/122263/taiwan-power-building-taipei-taiwan. dead. June 20, 2015. Emporis.com.
  3. Web site: Tai Power Building - SkyscraperPage. skyscraperpage.com.
  4. Web site: Taipower headquarters earns highest-level green building certification. taiwantoday.tw. 9 May 2018 .
  5. Web site: (Chinese)台電大樓變得更「溫柔」了! 讓你漫遊駐足. nownews.com. 30 April 2016 .
  6. Web site: (Chinese)逾40年台電大樓節電又省水 回收水資源超過9,000噸. udn.com.
  7. Web site: (Chinese)台電大樓節能一把罩 回收水資源逾9000噸. cna.com.tw.
  8. Web site: (Chinese)台電大樓站周邊 學區影響房價. tw.appledaily.com.