An information system for sustainable materials management with material flow accounting and waste input–output analysis by Pi-Cheng Chen, Kun-Hsing Liu, Ray Reu, Bo-Chieh Yang, Kuang-Ly Cheng, Sheng-Chung Wu, Yi-Hua Lee, Chun-Ling Ho, Harvey J. Houng, Hwong-Wen Ma

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Evaluation on Eco-Environmental Quality of Ordos Plateau by Ruiyan Wu, Ming Zhao, Ruiping Zhou

“…According to “Technical Criterion for Ecosystem Status Evaluation” issued by State Environmental Protection Administration, on the basis of Arcgis platform, using the comprehensive evaluation index method, the paper takes Dongsheng district as a case, selected biological richness index, vegetation coverage index, land stress index, water network denseness index and pollution load index to evaluate the quality of ecological environment. …”
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Risk Management and Regulatory Control of Toxic Chemicals in Taiwan by S.L. Chen, P.T. Lu, H.L. Lee, C.H. Lu, S.Y. Yuan, H. Tsai, J.R. Chen

“…In this paper, we describe the evolution of Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act (TCSCA) regulated by Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration during the past two decades. …”
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Valorization of Value-Added Resources from the Anaerobic Digestion of Swine-Raising Manure for Circular Economy in Taiwan by Yu-Ru Lee, Wen-Tien Tsai

“…Obviously, the regulatory measures by the Council of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Administration, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs have provided economic and financial supports towards the reduction of 67.39 × 10³ metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030. …”
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Carbon Dioxide Concentrations and Temperatures within Tour Buses under Real-Time Traffic Conditions. by Chun-Fu Chiu, Ming-Hung Chen, Feng-Hsiang Chang

“…The findings confirmed that the CO2 concentrations detected in the tour buses exceeded the indoor air quality standard of Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (8 hr-CO2: 1000 ppm) and the air quality guideline of Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department (1 hr-CO2: 2500 ppm for Level 1 for buses). …”
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Overview of Biomass-to-Energy Supply and Promotion Policy in Taiwan by Yu-Ru Lee, Wen-Tien Tsai

“…In order to expand bioenergy diversification, the central competent authorities, including the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), Council of Agriculture (COA), and Environmental Protection Administration (EPA), have announced the relevant policies for bioenergy promotion under the authorization of acts. …”
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Method for rapid deployment of low-cost sensors for a nationwide project in the Internet of things era: Air quality monitoring in Taiwan by Fan-Lun Chen, Kun-Hsing Liu

“…When the air quality problem of PM 2.5 first raised public attention and an emerging low-cost sensor technology appeared suitable as a monitoring measure for said problem, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration devised a nationwide project involving large-scale sensor deployment for effective pollution monitoring and management. …”
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Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Air Quality by Yun-Chia Liang, Yona Maimury, Angela Hsiang-Ling Chen, Josue Rodolfo Cuevas Juarez

“…Several prediction models have been developed using an 11-year dataset collected by Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA). Machine learning methods, including adaptive boosting (AdaBoost), artificial neural network (ANN), random forest, stacking ensemble, and support vector machine (SVM), produce promising results for air quality index (AQI) level predictions. …”
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Assessment of shallow groundwater use for irrigating park trees in the metropolitan Taipei Basin according to variability conditions of water quality by Cheng-Shin Jang, Yi-Ming Kuo, Shih-Kai Chen

“…First, six hydrochemical parameters of groundwater associated with the Taiwan irrigation water quality standard were collected from a 12-year Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration survey. The first, second, and third quartiles of the six hydrochemical parameters were obtained to establish three estimation thresholds. …”
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Using High-Frequency Information and RH to Estimate AQI Based on SVR by Jiun-Jian Liaw, Kuan-Yu Chen

“…The Environmental Protection Administration of Taiwan’s Executive Yuan has set up many air quality monitoring stations to monitor air pollution in the environment. …”
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Air Conditioning Operation Strategies for Comfort and Indoor Air Quality in Taiwan’s Elementary Schools by Ling-Yi Chang, Tong-Bou Chang

“…It is shown that the resulting CO₂ concentration in the classroom is still consistent with the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) regulations and the thermal comfort of the students is achieved for more than three-quarters of the school day.…”
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Estimating the Pollution Risk of Cadmium in Soil Using a Composite Soil Environmental Quality Standard by Mingkai Qu, Weidong Li, Chuanrong Zhang, Biao Huang, Yongcun Zhao

“…A case study was conducted using a sample data set from a 150 km2 area in Wuhan City and the composite SEQS for cadmium, recently set by the State Environmental Protection Administration of China. The method may be useful for evaluating the pollution risks of trace metals in soil with composite SEQSs.…”
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Analyzing Biodiversity Management Challenges in the Sorkhabad Protected Area of the Zanjan Province, using a Grounded Theory study by Parvaneh Safarialamouti, Esmail Karamidehkordi, Jaber Aazami

“…A sample of participants consisting of 15 experts from the Environmental Protection Administration and the Natural Resources and Watershed Management Administration in the Zanjan Province were selected through a theoretical and snowball sampling and the data were collected by semi-structured interviews. …”
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Turning Food Waste into Value-Added Resources: Current Status and Regulatory Promotion in Taiwan by Wen-Tien Tsai

“…Based on the joint efforts by the central governing authorities (including the Environmental Protection Administration, the Council of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs), this study also examined the regulatory promotions for utilizing food waste as an available resource for the production of value-added resources (i.e., organic fertilizer, pig feed, and bioenergy). …”
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Effectiveness of SOx, NOx, and Primary Particulate Matter Control Strategies in the Improvement of Ambient PM Concentration in Taiwan by Jiun-Horng Tsai, Ming-Ye Lee, Hung-Lung Chiang

“…This could be underestimated by 24% in comparison with data from the ambient air quality monitoring stations of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA). The results of the simulation of the PM_2.5 concentration showed high PM_2.5 concentrations in central and southwestern Taiwan, especially in Taichung and Kaohsiung. …”
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Accumulation and degradation of anionic surfactant linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) by Spirulina platensis(钝顶螺旋藻对阴离子表面活性剂(LAS)的富集与降解) by LIHao-xiang(李昊翔), JIANGXiao-long(蒋小龙), CHENFeng(陈锋), CHENHong(陈红)

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In-situ Measurement of Aerosol Water Content in an Urban Area Using a Sequential Aerosol-Water Measurement System (SAWMS) by Shao-En Sun, Shih-Yu Chang, Shuenn-Chin Chang, Chung-Te Lee

“…In this study, the sequential aerosol-water measurement system (SAWMS) was applied to measure AWC at the Xiaogang air-quality monitoring site of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration, located in an industrialized seaport city. …”
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Source Apportionment of Heavy Metal Contamination in Urban-Agricultural-Aquacultural Soils near the Bohai Bay Coast, Using Land-Use Classification and Google Satellite Tracing by Ling Zeng, Shan Jiang, Linhai Jing, Yuan Xue

“…The contamination distributions by OCK mapping were then graded based on the standards of the China National Environmental Monitoring Center and the Chinese Environmental Protection Administration, which showed that Cu and As contaminations in parts of this area were over the natural level but not polluted, Cr contamination was omnipresent over the natural level in this area and even reached the polluted level in parts of this area. …”
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Long-range transport of Asian dust and air pollutants to Taiwan: observed evidence and model simulation by C.-Y. Lin, Z. Wang, W.-N. Chen, S.-Y. Chang, C. C. K. Chou, N. Sugimoto, X. Zhao

“…Based on hourly measurements of Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration (TEPA) air quality monitoring stations, Lidar and in-situ IC, a significant long-range transport dust and air pollutants event on 18 March 2005 has been identified. …”
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Influence of Interior Decorations on Indoor Air Quality in Fitness Centers by Po-Yen Kuo, Chiung-Yao Chen, Tzu-Yu Wu

“…In order to understand the air quality of fitness centers according to the Environmental Protection Administration’s “Indoor Air Quality Standards”, as well as to discuss how fitness center air-conditioning ventilation systems can effectively remove indoor air pollutants, this study focused on six Taichung fitness centers in a seven-sample air quality investigation, employing handheld precision instruments in space air testing and using linear regression analyses of the concentrations of indoor chemical pollutants, including factors such as temperature, relative humidity, CO₂, O₃, CO, CH₂O, TVOC, PM2.5, and PM10. …”
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