It’s reported that temples in the Greater Taipei area are going green in accordance with the government's carbon-reduction policy.

Taishan Temple, a third-class historic site in Taishan Township of Taipei County, began to replace its blessing lights with LED (light-emitting diode) light bulbs three years ago in a bid to save energy. "Traditional bulbs burned out quickly and consumed too much power," Chiu Fu-erh, the temple's director-general, told the reporter. She said that up to now, about one fourth of the 13,000 blessing lights in the temple have been changed into energy-efficient LED light bulbs, which can slash the electricity bill by half. Outside the temple, there stood an isolated ghost money burner, on which a notice was posted saying, "In order to prevent air pollution caused by burning joss paper, the burner is no longer in operation." Chiu explained that everyone at the temple is now advised to put their ghost money in a plastic bag which will be sent to a nearby incinerator for burning. None of these worshippers, she continued, expressed discontent over the policy after realizing the damage burning ghost money might cause to human health and the environment.

Ching-shui Temple of Danshuei, Taipei County, decided to reduce the number of furnaces from eight to two. Hsing-tien Temple in downtown Taipei also encouraged worshippers to burn just one incense stick, instead of three, in front of the deities. Kuan-tu Temple in suburban Taipei, meanwhile, replaced traditional ghost money with lighter and eco-friendlier money.