Gwangju City Selects and Supports 55 Complexes for Low-Carbon Green Apartment Development Project

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 23rd that it has selected 55 complexes to participate in the 'Low-Carbon Green Apartment Creation Project' and will begin full support.

This project supports each apartment complex to save energy and reduce food waste in order to realize the '2045 Carbon Neutral City,' and awards apartments with outstanding performance at the end of the year.

There are 28 sites in the 'Energy Saving Sector' that reduce electricity, gas, and water usage, and 27 sites in the 'Food Waste Reduction Sector,' with a total of 42,513 households expected to participate.

Gwangju City plans to provide customized diagnostics for each participating apartment complex to inform ways to reduce energy and food waste, and to educate and promote the necessity of greenhouse gas reduction to apartment managers and residents.

At the end of the year, 40 outstanding apartment complexes will be selected through a comprehensive performance evaluation and awarded a total prize of 180 million won along with a plaque certifying them as excellent green apartments.

The prize money will be used for energy saving and apartment environment improvement.

The 'Low-Carbon Green Apartment Creation Project' is a citizen-participation greenhouse gas reduction project first started nationwide by Gwangju City in 2010, which has reduced a total of 14,000 tons of greenhouse gases until last year, equivalent to planting 2.13 million 30-year-old pine trees.

Song Yong-su, Director of the Climate and Environment Policy Division of the city, said, “To realize the '2045 Carbon Neutral Energy Self-Reliant City' declared by Gwangju City last year, energy saving at home and food waste reduction are urgent,” and added, “Although it may be somewhat inconvenient, I hope everyone actively participates in greenhouse gas reduction activities starting with themselves.”

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