Air Quality Monitoring
With the convergence of climate change awareness and urban governance in recent years, cities have come to be regarded as important nodes in concerted efforts to respond to the climate change crisis. In the campus-scale air issues, NTU regards “Indoor Air Quality", “Outdoor Air Quality" and “Thermal Comfort" as the focus.
 Indoor Air Quality |
Due to the different nature of teaching and research, indoors can pay attention to the change of carbon dioxide concentration in the classroom, the concentration of chalk ash, and the operating specifications of the laboratory. |
 Outdoor Air Quality |
Outdoors, we can pay attention to the direct emissions caused by on-campus transportation and the impact of off-campus traffic conditions on the air quality in the school. |
 Thermal Comfort |
Including sunlight, ventilation, humidity, etc. |
University x Community
Mapping Local Comfort
In 2024, the NTU SC+ Project Team launched the Mobile Sensing Comfort Mapping Project in Taipei City’s Daxue Village to help local communities respond to environmental challenges posed by climate change. The team developed a lightweight mobile sensing device that measures temperature, humidity, PM2.5, light intensity, wind speed, and noise levels. By collecting community-specific environmental data through these roving detectors, the team produces high-resolution “comfort maps” that identify areas of poor air quality and excessive noise, providing scientific evidence to inform future environmental and urban improvements in these communities.
To encourage community participation, the team also hosted a workshop on community comfort, inviting Daxue Village residents to review collected environmental data and discuss feasible strategies for urban enhancement, such as reconfiguring green spaces to improve airflow and formulating noise reduction measures for problem areas.
