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Energy excellence<br />
Standing 508 metres tall, the world’s<br />
tallest offi ce building is truly a sight<br />
to behold. In July 2011, the Taipei Financial<br />
Center, Taipei 101, also became the<br />
world’s tallest green building, achieving<br />
Leadership in Energy and Environmental<br />
Design (LEED) Platinum Certification<br />
under “Existing Buildings” for outstanding<br />
energy effi ciency measures.<br />
Over a 20-month period, the offi ce<br />
building underwent a series of optimisation<br />
measures and energy consumption<br />
was signifi cantly reduced. With 101<br />
fl oors above ground and fi ve below<br />
ground level, this “green building” is<br />
now achieving annual energy savings of<br />
10 per cent. Current consumption was<br />
reduced by 4.8 million kilowatt hours,<br />
water consumption was reduced by<br />
28,000 tonnes and there are now 1,261<br />
fewer tonnes of waste produced than<br />
there were before the effi ciency measures<br />
were introduced. Taipei 101’s<br />
energy consumption is now up to 30<br />
per cent lower than that of an average<br />
building, resulting in annual savings<br />
of around 700,000 US dollars.
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