The impression that factories give people is that they are gray, with a lot of chimneys, emitting fumes and noxious smells. However, Everest’s Tainan factory is full of greenery, bird song and flower fragrance. Can you believe it?
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Everest Eco-Industrial Park (EEIP), combining ecology and green architecture, is an important plan in the Everest Sustainability Model (ESM). The Everest Eco-park, the "shop front" of the EEIP, created by transforming the car park in front of the office building, was completed in December. The eco-park has not only solved the problem of temperatures up to 55 degrees Celsius caused by heat radiating from the tarmac road, by using recycled materials for landscaping and beautification and planting a variety of trees and plants to attract insects, a comfortable outdoor leisure space has been provided for employees. The completion of the ecopark represents the starting point of Everest's ecological conservation promotion efforts.
Everest Ecopark was built using ecological engineering techniques and used recycled building and fishing industry waste materials where possible. For example, old wooden sleepers were used to build a temporary bridge on the trail; recycled bamboo tubes, shells and broken stones were used to floor the trail; waste concrete removed from the factory walls when fans were installed was used to build a permeation base with a water preservation function; and ESM cinder bricks made from cinder produced by burning coal in a furnace were used as the foundation stones of the pond. Also, a scenic permeated water collection pond was also built in the center of the park. Over 100 types of water plant have been planted in the pond, it has a natural slope and an ecological dry bed water purifying ditch, made from ESM cinder bricks and pebbles, to regulate and purify rain and waste water, which is then reused for irrigation. All over the park, the environment protection results of the transformation of the "waste changed into food" spirit into actual action can be seen.
The special assistant to the executive director of Everest's ESM, Gao Jin-que, said: " The park has landscaping and ecological functions. In this limited space, we have created a microcosm of nature and planted a variety of trees and plants to attract living creatures naturally. The ecopark is not only a natural air conditioner for the offices, helping to create a work environment in which air conditioners are not need, moreover, it provides employees with a leisure space and a chance to get close to nature and learn about the importance of ecological conservation."
The ecopark was created and will be taken care of by the joint efforts of Everest staff. Staff and their families and friends have also been encouraged to use clay, straw and rice husks, branches and bamboo and other natural waste materials to make homes for small birds, beetles and bats. Everest hopes that an ESM activity series will not only improve the quality of the environment, it will also gradually pass on the message of the importance of conserving nature.
