The full name for the EEWH-GF system is EEWH Evaluation Manual III: EEWH-GF (Green Factory). The third system in Taiwan’s “green building assessment family” completed after EEWH-EC for ecological communities, it is identified as an integral part of the green building policies of the Executive Yuan. At a 2010 conference themed on carbon and energy use reduction, the Executive Yuan passed a resolution to extend the scope of green building policies from housing and regular buildings to also encompass the sustainable development of factories, in view of Taiwan’s high-tech industry competence. The Executive Yuan instructed the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to cooperate in implementing certification of green factories, thereby rewarding and encouraging industries to take on responsibility for cutting energy consumption and carbon emission and protecting our planet besides pursuing productivity.