Yeonggwang-gun Installs 'Cube-Type Smart Garden' to Reduce Fine Dust

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Jeollanam-do Yeonggwang-gun (Governor Kim Junsung) announced on the 19th that it has selected one company located in the Daema Electric Vehicle Industrial Complex and installed a 10.63m² 'Cube-type Smart Garden' to improve working conditions and reduce fine dust.

The Smart Garden project, supported by the Korea Forest Service's national funds, utilizes idle spaces in industrial complexes and public facilities to create a new type of indoor garden where users can enjoy comfortable rest, healing, and ornamental effects.

Depending on the installation location and conditions, it is divided into cube-type, which is formed in a box shape, and wall-type, which utilizes walls in small spaces such as lounges and meeting rooms.

The newly installed Smart Garden is cube-type, planted with 896 trees including coral trees known for excellent air purification ability, equipped with an automatic watering system that supplies water according to the plant growth status, and growth lighting that helps plant development.

Smart systems such as playing natural sounds have also been actively introduced to maximize convenience in use and maintenance.

Park Jeonghyun, head of the Forestry and Park Division, said, "Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, to provide a comfortable working environment for the exhausted residents, we plan to select two additional companies next year and create Smart Gardens, so we hope for active participation."

Meanwhile, according to research and development data on healing, rest, and ornamental gardens for urban residents conducted last year by the Korean Garden Design Association, measurements taken after experiencing the Smart Garden for 10 minutes showed decreases in levels of tension, depression, anger, fatigue, confusion, and stress.

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