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Development Goals

Short-Term (2023-2024) Objectives and Quantitative Indicators

Industrial Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

1.Energy-saving technology of data center

  • Completion of water-side and air-side natural cooling equipment.
  • The instantaneous PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) value of the data center reaches 1.35 (classified as Gold level), lower than the global average PUE (1.55) in 2022.

2.Energy-saving technology of advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities

  • Utilize heat recovery technology, operating parameters optimization, and automatic adjustment of energy-saving modes to enhance the energy efficiency of air conditioning systems for cleanroom.
  • Reduce the preheating energy consumption of the air conditioning system by more than 5%.

Building Energy-Saving and Net-Zero Emission Technology

  • On the basis of the achievements of the first phase, continue exploring full-scale environmental wind field and urban updraft numerical analysis technology.
  • Develop low-carbon inorganic coating materials for insulation/cooling, with insulation/cooling effects reaching at least 8°C.
  • Complete the integration of drone vehicles with thermal imaging systems and conduct at least 10 full-day effective measurements to verify the cooling performance of building envelopes and asphalt pavements.

Energy Storage and Low-Temperature Heat Transfer Technology

  • Develop an air conditioning system with demand management capable of responding to rapid regulation of power demand and reduce peak power load.
  • Develop ice storage tanks suitable for small air conditioners, with cooling capacities below 50 RT-hr.
  • Develop high-temperature and low-temperature energy storage systems suitable for cold chains, improving the energy recovery rate of refrigeration systems.

Intelligent Control Technology

  • Completion of the development of an active intelligent environmental energy management system and application to office spaces. Managing equipment such as lighting and air conditioning in specific spaces based on personnel access.
  • Completion of an APP system for the development of a cloud-edge website using real-time control technology such as SignalR.
  • Develop interactive integration technology for BIM (Building Information Modeling) and energy simulation of refrigeration and air conditioning, optimizing system design efficiency.

 

 

Mid-Term (2025-2027) Objectives and Quantitative Indicators

Industrial Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

1.Data Center Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

  • Completion of phase-change heat transfer energy-saving equipment.
  • Increase the supply air temperature of air conditioning by more than 1°C to reduce the power consumption of chiller.
  • The instantaneous PUE value reaches below 1.25 (classified as Platinum level, the highest).
  • Reduce carbon emissions by more than 10%.

2.Semiconductor Factory Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

  • • Continue research on short-term objectives, incorporating energy efficiency improvement technologies and energy efficiency management to enhance the energy efficiency of the manufacturing, aiming to reduce the energy consumption of a single process by more than 10%.

Building Energy-Saving and Net-Zero Emission Technology

  • On the basis of the achievements of the first phase, continue exploring near-zero carbon building design and building energy-saving management technology.
  • Establish at least 1 demonstration site with low-carbon inorganic coating materials and conduct at least 5 mid-scale performance verifications.
  • Develop energy-saving equipment for air conditioning and adopting new refrigerants with low greenhouse effects.
  • Complete at least 5 dynamic satellite data analyses.
  • Complete the measurement and observation analysis of urban vertical enthalpy and updraft for 5 samples.

Energy Storage and Low-Temperature Heat Transfer Technology

  • Improve the efficiency of air conditioning equipment by 10% through innovative heat exchange and control technologies.
  • Increase the melting and storage efficiency of ice storage tanks for small air conditioners by 15%.
  • Complete 2 related products for air conditioning systems with rapid power demand regulation.
  • Promote 2 application cases of technology that reduces the peak power demand of a building.
  • Complete 2 products of smart energy-saving system for high-temperature and low-temperature energy storage in the cold chain.
  • Complete 3 course materials for demand-side control technology for air conditioning.

Intelligent Control Technology

  • Complete the design and development of NILM (Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring) hardware devices, including the integration of e-Meter and wireless communication network transmission modules.
  • Develop NILM for on-site power load monitoring.
  • Develop AI energy-saving and predictive diagnostics technology to enhance system predictive maintenance and fault diagnostics capabilities.

 

 

Long-Term (2028-2032) Objectives and Quantitative Indicators

Industrial Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

1.Data Center Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

  • Achieve an average PUE value below 1.20.
  • Reduce carbon emissions by more than 20%.
  • Complete the energy-saving design guidelines for data centers with down-blow air conditioning supply.
  • Reduce carbon emissions by more than 10%.

2.Semiconductor Factory Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

  • Promote the application of energy efficiency improvement technology in factory systems with the primary goal of enhancing energy efficiency.

Building Energy-Saving and Net-Zero Emission Technology

  • Collect multi-scale analysis data using AI data analysis methods, and establish an effective system to evaluate heat dissipation benefits.
  • Further develop numerical technology for analysis of full-scale building wind field .
  • Completion of the development of coating materials and commercialization of at least 1 product.

Energy Storage and Low-Temperature Heat Transfer Technology

  • Obtain 3 patents related to innovative energy-saving technologies and launch 3 products.
  • Complete 5 technical teaching materials and 3 remote teaching materials.

Intelligent Control Technology

  • Complete the identification of operational behavior parameters for neighborhood NILM.
  • Complete the development of multi-field neighborhood NILM to achieve intelligent demand-side energy management/load response DR control.
  • Complete the development of a smart control power energy management system using NILM.
  • Develop digital twin controllers for refrigeration and air conditioning systems to reduce operating costs and improve system energy efficiency.

 

 

Excellence and Continuity

Industrial Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

1.Data Center Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

The traditional Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units tend to mix hot and cold air streams, thereby reducing the efficiency of an air conditioning system. We implemented the down-blow air supply method to replace the CRAC units in a small-scale data center on the campus of Taipei Tech. By separating the hot and cold aisles to prevent air stream mixing, the efficiency of the air conditioning system is enhanced, effectively removing the heat generated by the servers.

2.Semiconductor Factory Air Conditioning Energy-Saving Technology

Promote the application of energy-saving technologies in the high-energy-consumption air conditioning systems of the semiconductor industry, aiming to improve energy efficiency and achieve energy savings and carbon reduction.

Building Energy-Saving and Net-Zero Emission Technology

Build on the achievements of the first phase in energy monitoring, building flow field simulation, air conditioning equipment energy-saving, and low-greenhouse-effect refrigerants, continuing to advance these technologies in the current phase while enhancing research on building materials:

1.Development of Low-Carbon Inorganic Heat Dissipation Coating Materials and Cooling Asphalt Concrete Technology

Focus on the application of heat radiation dissipation mechanisms to develop low-carbon inorganic coating materials for buildings that can effectively insulate heat gain and quickly dissipate heat.

2.Integration and Testing of Drone Vehicles and Thermal Imaging Systems

Integrate drone vehicles with thermal imaging systems to analyze spectra in atmospheric window wavelength ranges under outdoor conditions, and verify the cooling performance of building envelopes and asphalt pavements.

The technologies developed aim to strengthen the industries competitiveness by energy savings and carbon reduction .

Energy Storage and Low-Temperature Heat Transfer Technology

From 2021 to 2023, seven professors from the center leading by distinguished professor Liang-Han Chien executed the Ministry of Science and Technology project: "Research and Development of Fast-Regulating Ice Storage Air Conditioning Systems," comprising six sub-projects. The research applied the ice storage to power demand regulation for air conditioning, addressing the need of rapid power regulation corresponding to electric power grid with high renewable energy penetration. Air conditioning that utilizes advanced intelligent control technology and flexible ice melting and cold release technology can improve the supply power stability with satisfying indoor thermal comfort. Related technologies will be further developed towards miniaturization, creating small-scale air conditioning and cold chain storage systems suitable for schools, thereby increasing the value of ice storage and intelligent control systems.

Intelligent Control Technology

Existing centralized intelligent grid demand-side energy management systems have drawbacks compared to edge intelligence technology, including (1) interruption of intelligent services during internet outages and/or intermittent connections; (2) high bandwidth costs for data transmission; and (3) inability to meet local "real-time" decision-making response needs for large-scale/cross-domain data analysis applications. Therefore, this theme develops Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) technology with Edge-Cloud Intelligence through Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring (NILM) (circuit identification technology) and further advances residential (building) energy management technology, such as load response DR control (identifying and outputting user-operable load behavior parameters for adjustable loads). The technologies developed under this theme can promote energy savings in buildings and industries, enhancing the value of the construction and air conditioning industries.