COOLER SCHOOLS: A NT$35.6 billion project would upgrade the electrical systems of older schools and install air-conditioners in more than 100,000 classrooms

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 29, 2020
By: Rachel Lin and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer

The Ministry of Education yesterday said it would launch a project to ensure that each classroom in the nation’s public elementary, junior-high and high schools are equipped with air-conditioners by 2025.

The project would first upgrade the electrical systems of some of the older schools before air-conditioners are installed to ensure better energy efficiency, the ministry said, adding that air-conditioners would be installed in more than 100,000 classrooms nationwide.

Several teachers’ and parents’ groups have over the past few years been calling for air-conditioners in classrooms amid record-high temperatures nationwide, the ministry said.

The number of days that temperatures have exceeded 35°C in Taipei has increased from 39 to 56 per year over the past decade, it said, citing Central Weather Bureau data.   
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