Congratulations to Shuo-Chen Lee (李碩宸) for receiving the People's Choice Poster Award at the 2025 GREENIE Conference.

Congratulations to Shuo-Chen Lee (李碩宸) for receiving the People's Choice Poster Award at the 2025 GREENIE Conference — the Green Innovation & Engineering International Conference, held September 21–24, 2025 at National Taiwan University under the theme Rethinking Engineering for Sustainability.

His award-winning poster, "Uncovering Transboundary Carbon Emissions: A Global Responsibility Analysis of the Automotive Industry's Carbon Footprint," examines how carbon responsibility is shared across borders in the global automotive industry. By comparing production-based and consumption-based carbon accounting — using the Kia Ceed and Tesla Model 3 as case studies — the study shows that the carbon footprints of importing countries are often significantly underestimated. Drawing on global vehicle-production figures and UN Comtrade trade data, the analysis traces how the emissions embodied in traded vehicles shift responsibility between exporting and importing nations. The work makes the case for a consumption-based framework that more fairly attributes emissions to the countries that ultimately drive demand.

GREENIE brings together students and researchers working at the frontier of green innovation and sustainable engineering. The People's Choice Poster Award, decided by a vote of conference attendees, recognizes work that communicates its ideas with exceptional clarity and impact.

We are incredibly proud of Shuo-Chen's achievement — and of the E3 Center's continued work on fairer, more transparent carbon accounting for a sustainable future.