11.4) Sustainable practices

TKU takes the "sustainable campus" as the core spirit of campus environmental management, formulates the blueprint of the campus development plan based on the short, medium, and long-term, and creates a safe and sustainable campus environment. The Tamsui campus is located on a hillside, which is not suitable for bicycles, therefore priority is given to the development of public transportation instead of private means of transportation. We have reduced the number of parking spaces on the campus; instead, more and more pedestrians and vehicles separating roads are set up to provide a more comfortable environment for faculty, staff, and students to roam on campus.

In addition, the concept of sustainable development has been gradually introduced through the renewal of the student dormitory hardware and the change of living behavior patterns; for example, the school's original large-scale transportation vehicle was responsible for the connection between campuses and MRT stations, but the diesel vehicles were old and led to air pollution. Therefore, the original large-scale transportation vehicles were eliminated, and the coordinating bus operators were replaced by medium-sized low-chassis buses. The service frequency was increased to 100 times the original morning, afternoon and evening. The setup of the shared bicycle station has greatly improved the convenience of commuting to and from the MRT station and the light rail station on the Tamsui campus, and also increased the willingness of faculty, staff, students, and even disabled friends to use public transportation. The wall-free campus with free entry and exit of personnel makes the campus the best relay point for residents of the neighboring community to travel to and from Tamsui MRT Station, expanding the accessibility of public transportation services for surrounding residents.

TKU was accredited and re-accredited by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion "International Safety School" in 2008 and 2012 respectively, becoming the first college in the world to pass this accreditation school.
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• 11.4.1) Sustainable practices targets
  Measure and set targets for more sustainable commuting.
• 11.4.2) Promote sustainable commuting
  Undertake actions to promote more sustainable commuting.
• 11.4.3) Allow remote working
  Promote or allow telecommuting or remote working for employees as a matter of policy or standard practice, or offer a condensed working week to reduce employee commuting.
• 11.4.4) Affordable housing for employees
  Provide affordable housing for employees.
• 11.4.5) Affordable housing for students
  Provide affordable housing for students.
• 11.4.6) Pedestrian priority on campus
  Prioritise pedestrian access on campus.
• 11.4.7) Local authority collaboration regarding planning and development
  Work with local authorities to address planning issues and development, including ensuring that local residents are able to access affordable housing.
• 11.4.8) Planning development - new build standards
  Build new buildings to sustainable standards.
• 11.4.9) Building on brownfield sites
  Build on brownfield sites, where possible.