NCTU and Edimax Together Launch World’s First EdiGreen Air Quality Display Wall & the IoT Classroom: Design Space

Hsinchu, Taiwan – November, 2017

Edimax Technology, a leading networking solution provider, teamed up with National Chiao Tung University today to build the EdiGreen air quality real-time monitoring system and launched the IoT classroom of “EDIMAX NCTUCS Design Space”. Mau-Chung Frank Chang, President of NCTU, and Gene Renn, Chairman of Edimax, attended the press conference and both talked about the excitement of the future of the new cooperative relationship. 



NCTU is actively building up the first Smart Campus in Asia Pacific, President Chang said, to utilize these smart technologies and various innovative applications in Internet of Things (IoT), big data, artificial intelligence and virtual reality, we are pleased to have industry-university collaborations such as AirBox projects with Edimax. With the newest innovation and the aforementioned cooperation in campus, a living lab foundation is set in stone in the university. The NCTU EdiGreen air quality monitoring system enabled today will allow 15,000 of NCTU students and teachers conduct more studies on IoT and Big Data Cloud technologies and enjoy intelligent life in school.

Edimax Chairman, Mr. Gene Renn, said that Edimax has already deployed more than 3,600 AirBox air quality monitoring stations worldwide, and the number is still on the rise. The EdiGrenn ecosystem is currently the world’s largest IoT platform for air quality monitoring system. With over 30 years’ experience in IT and networking industry, and now the support of NCTU, Edimax is very honored to be providing talented Taiwanese pupils the know-how of advanced technologies to accelerate Taiwan’s establishment in the IoT leading role.



The co-hosted project includes 21 air quality monitoring stations deployed across five campuses of NCTU, the EdiGreen air quality display wall, the EdiGreen Home indoor air quality monitoring solution, Design Space IoT classroom and, finally, the IoT technological and operational experience exchange platform. Both the dean of Department of Computer Science of NCTU, Chien-Chao Tseng, and the general manager of Edimax IoT BU, Kevin (Kai-Tse) Huang, agreed that these stations are set to inspire students’ creative thinking and learning more about IoT technology, where operational experiences leading to business startups can be carried out from here. The cooperation with NCTU is also a great opportunity to help move Edimax ahead in its development in the IoT industry.  
About National Chiao Tung University
National Chiao Tung University is one of Taiwan’s leading public research universities located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is considered one of the most selective schools in Taiwan, with a reputation as being the research and development foundation of the Taiwanese “Silicon Valley”, the Hsinchu Science Park. Approximately 65% of CEOs in high-tech companies in the Hsinchu Science Park are NCTU alumni, playing an important role in helping Taiwan build a solid economic growth. Having celebrated the 120 years of history in 2016, the university will also honor its 60 years of establishment in Taiwan in 2017. We also want to declare that, we want to make one of the top universities into a great university, and devote even more to the human civilization.
 
About Edimax Technology
Edimax Technology is dedicated to the design, development, and manufacture of smart networking solutions for homes and business. With 31 years of experience and a worldwide footprint, the company provides superior solutions that combine the latest and best-fitting technology with customer needs. 20 branch offices around the world offer direct, real-time services and support to more than 300 partners across 70 countries. With ISO 9000/14000 certification and recognized by Interbrand as one of the top 35 global Taiwanese brands, the company consistently delivers advance networking solutions and services in SMB, SOHO, Smart-connected networking, and the Edimax Cloud platform. All these are achieved based on Edimax’s core values of Quality, Service, Innovation and Integrity (QSII). Visit www.edimax.com for more information.