Why Did the Air Conditioner Installation Rate in Nowon-gu Security Offices Soar to 96%?

Security Office Air Conditioner Installation Rate Soars from 67% to 96%... 373 New Units Installed in Security Offices Following Early-Year Support Project Completion

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] On stiflingly hot days, even turning on the fan in the security office only blows out hot air. After one patrol round, the whole body is soaked with sweat. Air conditioning is desperately needed, but no one dares to mention it for fear of being fired.

"It's so good, and I'm grateful and thankful. When it was installed in April, I didn't expect it to get this hot... Without it, this summer would have been really tough."

This is what Mr. B, a security guard at Apartment A in Sanggye-dong, said.

The security offices in Nowon-gu apartments have changed. What happened?

Nowon-gu (District Mayor Oh Seung-rok) announced that the air conditioner installation project for security offices, initiated earlier this year, has been completed.

To improve the working environment of security workers employed in apartments, which account for 80% of all residential types, the district invested over 200 million KRW from the district budget in February to support the installation of air conditioners in security offices, providing up to 480,000 KRW per unit.

As a result of the application process, 385 security posts in 35 apartment complexes without air conditioners applied for the support project, and by mid-July, air conditioners were installed in 373 posts across 34 complexes.

With this support project, the air conditioner installation rate in Nowon-gu security offices, which was only 67% in the 2020 demand survey, surged to 96%. Including the 872 posts that already had air conditioners installed, a total of 1,245 out of 1,295 security offices in the area are now equipped with air conditioning.

The district plans to continue urging complexes without air conditioners installed in security offices, including those that could not apply due to the absence of resident representative meetings, until the end of this year.

The related department cited residents’ consensus on improving security workers’ working conditions as the key to the early completion of the project. They also explained that incentives such as awarding extra points to apartment complexes with air-conditioned security offices in the joint housing support project selection starting this year appeared to have a significant effect.

Along with the air conditioner installation support project, the district has been promoting the “Basic Facility Support Project for Apartment Security Guards” since June to maintain employment succession and improve working conditions for security workers.

Under the condition of maintaining and succeeding employment for at least two years for all security personnel, up to 10 million KRW per complex will be provided for installing insulation sashes in security posts and break rooms, replacing toilet bowls, and installing electric water heaters and shower facilities.

District Mayor Oh Seung-rok said, “With unprecedented heat waves expected to continue, I am very pleased that security guards no longer have to work in sweltering security offices,” and added, “We will continue to promote various support projects so that security guards and other workers in multi-family housing can work in safe and respectful environments.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.