Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch () is a public library in Beitou Park, located within Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is Taiwan's first green library.

History The library was opened in November 2006.

Architecture

It is a two-story building and it is notable as being constructed to be an eco-friendly green building, in which the building was designed to curb water and electricity consumption. It was designed by Bio-Architecture Formosana.Taipei's green libraries—eco-friendly architecture making headway .School/Public Library Visits , IASL Conference, 2007. The building uses large windows to reduce the consumption of lighting electricity. The roof was designed to be partially covered with photovoltaic cells to generate electricity and also designed to capture rain water to be stored and used to flush toilets.

Transportation The library is accessible within walking distance East from Xinbeitou Station of the Taipei Metro.

See also List of libraries in Taipei

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