Innovation and communication
“Changing how people think is crucial to sustainable development. That’s why Taipower is working hard to create opportunities for dialogue.” Yuan believes that D/S One is an important part of this effort. This year, for example, D/S One is working with a science teachers’ group sponsored by the K-12 Education Administration of the Ministry of Education (MOE), and with Za Share, Taiwan’s largest innovative education enterprise, to develop three brand-new educational tools to bring green energy education to all of Taiwan’s elementary, middle, and high schools, its universities, and the general public. In addition, D/S One is working with Banqiao Senior High School, Xinban Special District schools, and local government to establish the Design and Technology Alliance, which will promote living-technology courses.
Named one of Taiwan’s “Ten Science Bases” at the MOE’s first Taiwan Science Festival in 2020, D/S One has cooperated with Young Scientist Monthly on a “wind catcher” project that enabled children to build their own anemometer, and with Mr. Sci Science Factory on an event that showed attendees how to make their own Wardian case terrariums. These hands-on science-focused activities earned D/S One first prize in the education promotion category of Global Views Monthly’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility Awards in 2021.
Because D/S One is Taiwan’s first renewable energy exhibition space and Taipower’s first branded venue, the company asked Cogitoimage for help with project planning. Taipower also worked with a number of designers and media companies, including Professor Kung Shu-chang from National Chiao Tung University’s Graduate Institute of Architecture, and Tony K.M. Chang, a former CEO of the Taiwan Design Center (now the Taiwan Design Research Institute). D/S One’s many international accolades, including a 2020 Red Dot Design Award, a 2020 MUSE Award (Onsite Digital Experience) from the American Alliance of Museums, and a 2021 MUSE Design Award (Exhibition Experience, Experiential & Immersive) from International Awards Associate (IAA), have given Taipower the confidence to follow up with a D/S Two and perhaps even a D/S Three.
“Taipower hopes that the D/S brand will become Taiwan’s premier renewable energy education center, introducing environmental thinking and the concept of energy transition to help build a sustainable future for our island.” Smiling, Yuan adds that the nearer-term hope is that Taipower D/S One becomes a favorite leisure-time destination, one that allows people to jointly explore renewable energy experiments and the aesthetics of an electrified life, and charms them with its merging of the creative and cultural with green energy technology.
Taipower D/S One’s creative products and educational materials are a big hit with visitors.
Taipower hopes that D/S One’s unique mix of the creative/cultural with green energy technology will catch on with the public.