Gyeongnam National University President Jae-gyu Park Joins 'Click! Empty Mail Challenge'

President Jae-gyu Park of Gyeongnam National University participated in the 'Click! Empty Mail Challenge'. [Image source=Gyeongnam National University]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Park Jae-gyu, President of Gyeongnam National University, participated on the 31st in the 'Click! Empty Mail Challenge' to practice carbon-neutral climate action in daily life.

The Empty Mail Challenge is a relay campaign started by Changwon City last July with the purpose of practicing carbon-neutral climate action in daily life by clearing unnecessary emails.

Globally, data centers operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to store digital data consume enormous amounts of electricity, and carbon dioxide is emitted during the cooling process of the heat generated by servers processing data.

In the case of emails, 4g of carbon dioxide is emitted per email, and spam emails and neglected emails in infrequently used accounts occupy storage space in data centers, leading to large-scale power consumption.

President Park said, "Gyeongnam National University faculty and staff will actively participate in practicing carbon-neutral climate action in daily life by deleting unnecessary emails."

President Park, who joined the campaign upon the recommendation of Park Jeong-soon, Director of Changwon Fatima Hospital, nominated Lee Ho-young, President of Changwon National University, and Nam Gil-woo, Chairman of Gyeongnam Newspaper, as the next participants in the challenge.

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