SPECIAL REPORT
Pioneering low-carbon port innovation:
Delta powers Taichung Port’s transformation with smart community solutions
Text by BABG 2024/12
Delta successfully implemented its Smart Community Solution at the Taichung Port branch of Taiwan International Ports Corporation. This solution integrates various systems, including central monitoring, security surveillance, smart street lighting, and smart energy management, through a unified management platform. It provides real-time monitoring and management of diverse facilities and equipment within the port area, enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring the safety of the port. The smart energy management platform not only consolidates existing electricity, water usage, and renewable energy information but also displays carbon emissions and comprehensive energy consumption data. The highly scalable system architecture serves as a foundation for integrating future infrastructure, such as electric vehicle charging and energy storage systems, supporting Taichung Port’s vision of transitioning into a low-carbon, sustainable, and intelligent port.

The vice president of the Taichung Branch of Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Chen Jong-Long, stated that Taichung Port is of significant importance to Taiwan's trade and energy sectors, and in recent years, it has become a key hub for the wind power industry. The Ports Corporation has continuously sought innovative technologies to apply and upgrade its infrastructure. Delta, with its expertise in both the construction and energy sectors and extensive experience in system integration, introduced an advanced management platform to enhance Taichung Port's existing infrastructure. By offering a range of products and services, Delta was selected to collaborate in improving the port's management efficiency and service quality and help achieve the goal of intelligent and sustainable management. In April of this year, Port of Taichung was awarded the Gold Medal in the "Energy Sustainability" category of the ESG Logistics Sustainability Award by the The Global Logistics & Commerce Council of Taiwan, further demonstrating its commitment to sustainable development.
The Intelligent Energy Management Platform is integrated into the control center's video wall, allowing management personnel to monitor real-time energy dynamics.

Roland Chiang, deputy head of Delta's Building Automation Business Group, stated that Port of Taichung, as one of the key logistics hubs in the Asia-Pacific region, has been actively pursuing sustainability goals through innovative technologies and green infrastructure in recent years. Large port areas like Port of Taichung, due to their vast size and complex infrastructure, face significant challenges in integrating the monitoring of all equipment and energy management systems. Additionally, the existing systems present substantial optimization potential. This is why Delta has provided a one-stop smart community management solution with customized services, making community management more intelligent and efficient. Delta’s collaboration with the Taichung branch lays a solid foundation for the port’s low-carbon and sustainable development.

Delta's smart community solution provides the advanced intelligent integration management platform required to integrate both the existing and newly constructed infrastructure at Port of Taichung. By connecting critical information, GIS positioning, statistical charts, and surveillance footage, the solution enhances operational efficiency. The system enables real-time monitoring of electricity loads and various renewable energy sources, such as real-time and accumulated solar power generation data from rooftop and carport solar panels. In the future, it will also integrate energy storage systems for coordinated scheduling to optimize power usage. The platform also integrates all existing and new video surveillance equipment, and AI cameras with electronic fences have been installed at key facilities to provide real-time anomaly alerts, enhancing the security of the port area. Additionally, smart street lighting has been installed along certain port roads, enabling remote control and management of individual lights and circuits, reducing nighttime inspection manpower by 90% and providing real-time repair dispatch information. This system can be expanded into more feature-rich smart lamp posts in the future. Delta has also added a water level monitoring system to Taichung Port's effluent discharge system and utilizes communication software to push updates on water storage conditions, increasing the efficiency of recycled water resource utilization.
(Left) Apply Delta's VIVOTEK's AI cameras to critical areas and provide automatic alarms when abnormalities occur ; (Right) Adopting PLC and NB-IoT technology to realize remote control and management of single lights and circuits.

Highly scalable system architecture, with the possibility of integrating facilities such as energy storage systems to optimize power usage in the future.

Delta has extended its long-established building automation solutions to more complex connecting hub environments with larger facilities. It has successfully provided one-stop solutions for a diverse range of sites, including the Ching-Kuo Chi-Hai Cultural Park in Dazhi, Taipei, semiconductor high-tech industrial parks, and large container logistics centers for maritime operators. Delta’s collaboration with the Taichung branch marks a new milestone in the sustainable and intelligent transformation of port area facilities.

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