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Delta shows MOOCx online teaching and Namasia LEED certification outcomes
DEF 2021/04

The new book of DeltaMOOCx shows online smart manufacturing teaching outcome
Founded by the Delta Electronics Foundation, DeltaMOOCx platform has long being promoting "smart manufacturing" online courses. In 2021, in response to the pandemic, the Foundation published the book "New Horizons in Online Learning: University" to share platform and curriculum creation experience with the public.

Through interviews with teachers and students, co-sharing the teaching andlearning experience; and discussing the impact of online learning on future higher education on the experience of platform operation and course management, with suggestions for implementing the teaching of the teachers. In 2014, Delta Foundation has co-founded the DeltaMOOCx platform with National Taipei University of Technology, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and National Yunlin University of Science & Technology.

It has convened outstanding professors from local universities to produce university automation teaching materials, shoot in studios, make repeated corrections, and finally produced the most excellent series of courses, to disseminate the principles and new knowledge related to industrial automation. Over the past 6 years, covering high school/industrial vocational high school core basic science courses, and has accumulated over 10 million views.

Delta Namasia Minquan Elementary School obtains LEED Platinum certification for existing buildings
The Namasia Minquan Elementary School, which the Delta Foundation donated and helped rebuild after Typhoon Morakot, obtained LEED Platinum certification for existing buildings this February. It is currently the first LEED V4 certified elementary school in Taiwan. Since 2015, the library of Namasia Minquan Elementary School has achieved "net-zero energy consumption." Compared with other elementary schools in Taiwan, the average energy saving performance was higher by 93%. Currently, the application for "LEED Zero Energy" has been submitted to the U.S. Green Building Council.

The construction techniques maximize natural lighting and guide the wind flow into the building to naturally reduce energy consumption. Additionally, many pieces of energy-saving equipment have been installed. Upon initial completion, the School has been certified as a "Diamond Green Building," the highest credential for green buildings in Taiwan. In 2019, Delta further introduced a distributed energy system on campus, integrating multiple functions like energy generation, energy storage, and energy management to enhance renewable energy use and the tribe's disaster prevention resilience. In recent years, the School has also served as an emergency shelter during the flood periods, accommodating more than 5,000 evacuees. It is an exemplary case for green building disaster prevention campus and has been published in prestigious international journals. 

In response to the local need for the children to "stay away from disasters, not the hometown" and learn in safe, energy-efficient green buildings, Delta in 2019 announced that it would devote particular care to preschoolers by continuing to sponsor the construction of school buildings for the affiliated kindergarten of the School, so that the next generation of newborns can grow and thrive in healthy and energy-saving green buildings.