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After more than two years of construction, NTHU and Delta Electronics jointly celebrated the grand opening of Delta Hall on October 13th, 2011. Delta Hall is a certified Bronze Class Green Building funded with a generous donation from the Chairman of Delta Electronics, Dr. Bruce Cheng, as well as support provided by Ministry of Education under the Toward a World-Class University Project.
Distinguished guests at the ceremony included Chairman Bruce Cheng, Mr. Yancey Hai, CEO; Rong-Chang Liang, CTO, both from Delta Electronics and Director General Tzong-Ming Yen of Hsinchu Science Park, as well as the Deputy Mayor Jian-Hua You of Hsinchu City and President Tsong P. Perng of Yuan Ze University. In addition, former Presidents of NTHU, Prof. Chung-Laung Liu and Prof. Wen-Tsuen Chen also participated in this joyful occasion.
President Lih J. Chen believes that the collaboration between NTHU and Delta Electronics has a profound significance. Delta Electronics has received many rewards for its contribution to social development, and is well-known for its advocacy on social responsibility, green energy, and promotion of environmental protection. All these parallel with the NTHU’s effort of construct a green campus. President Chen also stated that Chairman Cheng has long been promoting energy conservation, environmental protection, and education. Under his leadership, Delta Electronics has become a global leader in the manufacturing of power supply devices. His emphasis on the research and development of power supply devices has increased the efficiency of such devices to 90%, or even higher. Additionally, Chairman Cheng has also endeavored to develop LED and photovoltaic as part of his effort to promote green buildings.
President Chen also indicated that Chairman Cheng has been a generous donor towards education, and has been a great supporter to NTHU. Chairman Cheng donated a considerable amount of Delta Electronics stock to the University in 2000; the dividend of these stocks is earmarked to support the operation of the Yun-Suan Sun Technology Seminar. He also donated 220 million NTD to fund the construction of Delta Hall, and the basic cloud technology devices and services to activate the cloud computing technology cooperation project between NTHU and Delta Electronics.
President Chen believes that NTHU students should take Chairman Cheng as a role model. He is sincere, honest, motivated, and emphasizes research and development. More importantly, Chairman Cheng takes the advancement of society as his personal responsibilities and work hard to give selflessly at all times.
Chairman Cheng said that NTHU has a glorious history and an honorable tradition. The University has become internationally renowned over one hundred years of development; its performance in academic research is particular noteworthy. Delta Electronics is pleased to be able to establish a green Delta Hall on NTHU campus, to provide a healthy and environmental friendly learning atmosphere. He also hopes that the teachers and students can experience the various benefits brought by the LED illuminations and photovoltaic systems of this green building. Chairman Cheng also mentioned that the aim of the cooperative agreement on cloud computing research and development signed by both parties is to build an academic "green technology cloud," based on environmental friendly concepts. He anticipated outstanding outcomes from the collaboration between Delta Electronics and the University in the field of technology research and development.
Delta Electronics sponsored a three-year Delta cloud related technical development program, and provides basic cloud devices and services. Under the leadership of Professor Yeh-Ching Chung, fifty professors and students are organized as a team to research and develop dispersed cloud computing middleware. The appliances located within the campus provides the computing required for everyday research and development, and the team is allowed to connect to the remote "super energy-efficient cloud data center" of Delta Electronics, through an internet-connected elastic expansion; which can also serve as an off-side backup in case the cloud computing system at the University fails.
The design of energy-saving ventilation, lightening, and shading of Delta Hall certified it as a Bronze Class Green Building by Ministry of the Interior. In addition, LED illuminations and photovoltaic systems used in Delta Hall will reduce at least 20% of power consumption and increase energy saving efficiency. All these achievements exemplify the philosophy of Delta Electronics, "Environmental Friendly, Conserve energy, Love the Earth."
The Research and Development Center of NTHU and Delta Electronics is located in Delta Hall as well, providing the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Institution of NanoEngineering and MicroSystem a state of art facility to conduct research projects on new energy developments, energy storage, environmental friendly energy conservation, and power supply devices.
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