Animal shelter designs Taiwan’s first green bird-safe building
Animal shelter designs Taiwan’s first green bird-safe building
2025-10-14
Nearly 10% of birds rescued in Taiwan last year were injured from flying into glass windows, according to New Taipei’s Animal Protection and Health Inspection Office. The Ruifang Animal Shelter is the first green building in Taiwan to incorporate a bird-safe design by using dotted window decals to help birds recognize the glass as an obstacle to avoid.
Birds passing by this building all fly around or over it. None of them collide with the glass windows. That’s because there are small, white dots spaced five centimeters apart on all the windows. These dots help birds recognize the glass as an obstacle, rather than mistaking the reflection for continuous open space.
Hsieh Chi-heng
Bird-glass collision reporter
This is the bird that most often hits glass, the Taiwan barbet, a species endemic to Taiwan. It takes up 20% of our database about bird-glass collisions. These are birds we often see in urban Sanxia, like the light-vented bulbul, Swinhoe’s white eye, and Eurasian tree sparrow, which are also often victims found beneath glass windows.
This is the first green building in Taiwan with windows designed to prevent bird-glass collisions, built here in New Taipei’s Ruifang District. Last year there were 1,440 bird rescue cases, 9% of which involved bird-glass collisions, according to data from the Animal Protection Office. This green building has 142 glass windows that enhance energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions. All windows are patterned with small white dots so that birds can recognize them as an obstacle, while still allowing light to pass through.
Tsai Tai-hua
Raptor research group secretary-general
Overall, Taiwan is 50 years behind countries in Europe and America. Now that Taiwan finally has its first green building that incorporates anti-collision windows, it’s a great start.
Liu Shu-fen
Agricultural Bureau deputy director
There are 142 glass panels. We need to prevent birds from colliding with the glass when looking for food and causing casualties.
The Ruifang Animal Shelter marks an important start for Taiwan in designing green, bird-safe buildings. In addition to caring for stray animals, it’s also important to make sure the wild birds that call our skies home can live safely.
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防窗殺鳥! 瑞芳動物之家全台首座防撞綠建築
2025-10-14
根據新北市動保處統計，去年鳥類救援中，有將近一成的鳥，是"窗殺"，就是撲飛到窗戶玻璃而受傷。新北瑞芳動物之家，全台第一棟綠建築又結合防窗殺鳥的設計，透過圓形窗貼，讓鳥知道這裡是障礙物，避玻璃安心飛翔。
好幾隻鳥兒在屋頂上方盤旋，彼此非常有默契的繞過這棟建築物，沒有鳥一時衝動，想去挑戰玻璃硬度，因為這棟建築物，做了相當完善的防窗戶殺鳥的措施，就是在玻璃上貼上間距五公分的白色圓點。
[[野鳥撞玻璃回報社團版主 謝季恆]]
“這邊這個就是我們最常撞的五色鳥，台灣特有種，牠其實撞到是我們整個資料庫裡面五分之一，20%都是牠。然後像這邊是都市三峽，我們都市常常見到的鳥，白頭翁、綠繡眼、麻雀，牠們其實也常常在，玻璃下面的受害者。”
新北市府在瑞芳打造全國首座防鳥窗殺的綠建築。根據統計，去年動保處鳥類救援，共有1440件，其中窗殺案佔了9%。綠建築有142面外窗玻璃，能提升採光、節能減碳，但如何避免窗殺，就是在玻璃上貼上圓點，兼具透光，又能讓鳥類知道，這裡有障礙阻隔。
[[台灣猛禽研究會祕書長 蔡岱樺]]
“台灣的話其實整體來說，其實已經晚了歐美國家五十年了，那台灣到現在終於有一個就是，首創的綠建築，也加上了窗殺這個議題的一個建築，算是一個蠻好的一個開始。”
[[新北農業局副局長 劉淑芬]]
“總共有142片的玻璃，要防止這個猛禽在覓食的時候，衝撞這個玻璃，造成死傷。”
台灣第一棟綠建築又結合防鳥窗殺的動物之家，是個起步，希望除了照顧流浪動物之外，天空上翱翔的野鳥，也能安全自在的生活。
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