Kaohsiung Lantian Elementary School wins the Public Works Gold Award for Special Excellence, the first all-steel elementary school in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Lantian Elementary School won the Public Works Gold Award for Excellence, and is the first all-steel elementary school in Taiwan. (Provided by Gao City Education Bureau)

The new construction project of Lantian Elementary School in Nanzi District, Kaohsiung City, stood out from 118 projects nationwide and won the 26th Public Works Gold Award "Excellent Public Works Quality Award" in the construction category. It is one of only 5 projects nationwide to win this honor.

In addition, Lantian Elementary School is also the first all-steel elementary school in Taiwan. It combines smart energy, ecological conservation and low-carbon design to create a new generation net-zero campus.

In response to Nanzi's industrial development and schooling needs, the Kaohsiung City Government invested nearly 1 billion yuan to build the Lantian Elementary School building. The school site is about 2.95 hectares. It is planned to have 48 elementary school classes, 2 kindergarten classes and 3 public childcare centers. It was completed 4.6 months ahead of schedule.

The Education Bureau stated that the Lantian Elementary School campus adopts an all-steel structure design, which has the advantages of earthquake resistance and steel recycling, and is estimated to reduce carbon emissions by 1,947 metric tons. It also has a 1,671kW building-integrated solar photovoltaic system, equipped with energy storage and smart energy management equipment, which is estimated to generate approximately 2.3 million kilowatt hours per year and reduce 1,142 metric tons of carbon emissions. It has obtained the "Near-Zero Carbon Building 1+" label, the highest level of energy efficiency for new buildings.

In terms of ecological design, the campus has 13 buildings staggered to form a natural wind corridor, which reduces the need for air conditioning. It also retains nearly 200 old trees and combines rainwater recycling and flood detention facilities to improve campus ecology and flood control resilience. The campus also has no physical walls, introduces 5G and AI humanoid recognition systems to enhance safety, and integrates children's philosophy and topic-oriented learning to create a learning area that combines education, technology and sustainability functions.

Director of Education Wu Lisen said that Lantian Elementary School won the Gold Award for Excellence, which was the result of the joint efforts of the city government, school and engineering team. He thanked each team for working together from planning and design, construction supervision to quality management to implement innovative technologies and sustainable concepts in campus construction.

Kaohsiung Lantian Elementary School won the Public Works Gold Award for Excellence, becoming the first all-steel elementary school in Taiwan. (Provided by Gao City Education Bureau)