Seoul City Establishes 'Energy Innovation Zone' in Yangcheon-gu for Intensive Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Concentrated Support for Green Mobility, Green Cycle, and Other Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects in the Energy Innovation District
Expanded Support for Non-Face-to-Face Resident Experience Activities 'Eco-Friendly Green Generation Program'

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul City announced on the 29th that it has selected Yangcheon-gu as a Seoul-type Energy Innovation District and will officially start the project from August.

Yangcheon-gu is promoting five major projects for greenhouse gas reduction by 2050 in Seoul. In particular, Sinjeong 3-dong, a key area, is implementing Seoul's five major greenhouse gas reduction projects for 2050, including zero-energy buildings, Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS), electric vehicle charging stations, bicycle paths, solar power, Yangcheon Urban Agriculture Park, and RFID-based food waste volume control in apartment complexes. The area has a high population density and is concentrated with elementary, middle, and high schools, libraries, parks, and apartment complexes.

Going forward, Sinjeong 3-dong plans to expand the five major greenhouse gas reduction projects and introduce new energy industries and create energy zero cafes through the Energy Innovation District, in cooperation with local residents and civic groups, considering local characteristics and resident acceptance.

Yangcheon-gu is also operating the "Eco-friendly Green Generation (EGG) Program," which selects 10 excellent local energy and environment-related facilities to encourage citizen interest in the climate and environmental crisis in daily life, allowing citizens to freely explore and experience them.

Additionally, it plans to discover more Eco-friendly Green Generation (EGG) exploration courses that can be freely explored and experienced non-face-to-face and support the activation of environmental education experience programs that can be conducted both online and offline.

Seoul City, in particular, has established an energy information platform centered on the Energy Innovation District, which integrates and analyzes dispersed energy information such as electricity, gas, heat, and water, allowing regional energy to be viewed at a glance, and will introduce it to citizens in mid-August.

Kim Yeon-ji, Director of the Environmental Citizen Cooperation Division of Seoul City, said, "The Energy Innovation District is a project that concentrates greenhouse gas reduction projects centered on key areas through cooperation among citizens, companies, organizations, and schools to realize carbon neutrality by 2050," adding, "We will actively support Yangcheon-gu Energy Innovation District to become a leading model for new energy businesses and greenhouse gas reduction projects."

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