Gwanak-gu Offers Up to 100,000 Eco Mileage Points for New Sign-Ups

Eco Mileage Evaluations Twice a Year Every 6 Months with Up to 100,000 Mileage Points Awarded

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Junhee) is recruiting new members for Eco Mileage, a program that allows households to save energy usage and enjoy various benefits with the accumulated mileage.

Eco Mileage is a citizen participation program combining "eco" and "mileage," where households, schools, and businesses voluntarily reduce greenhouse gases by saving energy to respond to climate change.

Eco Mileage evaluates and awards mileage twice a year, every six months, based on the usage of two or more types of energy?electricity, water, and city gas?at homes, schools, and businesses.

Members who reduce their energy usage by 5% or more compared to the average usage during the same period over the past two years receive mileage up to 100,000 points annually, depending on the reduction rate.

By participating in Eco Mileage, members not only contribute to reducing greenhouse gases but also save electricity, water, and city gas. The collected energy usage is aggregated every six months, and mileage worth up to 100,000 KRW per year is awarded based on the reduction rate.

The awarded Eco Mileage has a validity of five years and can be used in various ways before expiration, including ▲conversion to cash ▲payment of local taxes and apartment management fees ▲exchange for mobile cultural gift certificates or traditional market Onnuri gift certificates ▲donations to energy-poor households, enabling energy saving and sharing simultaneously.

A Gwanak-gu official stated that since the program started in 2009, as of July, about 70,000 Gwanak-gu residents have joined Eco Mileage, with a cumulative mileage amounting to 900 million KRW.

Those wishing to join can sign up on the Eco Mileage website or visit their local community service center or the Green Environment Division of the district office.

Park Junhee, Mayor of Gwanak-gu, said, “To solve the increasingly serious fine dust and environmental problems, it is important that the culture of energy saving spreads throughout daily life in the local community and that everyone participates in the energy-saving movement. We ask for the interest and participation of local residents.”

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