Seoul City Offers Up to 10 Million Won to 'Eco Mileage Groups' Saving Over 10% Energy in Winter

"Energy of 260,000 TOE Reduced by 80,000 Group Members Last Year, Equivalent to One-Third of Dangjin Thermal Power Plant's Annual Generation"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 17th that it will hold the '2022 Winter Eco-Mileage Group Member Energy Saving Competition' starting from the 1st of next month to reduce high concentrations of fine dust during the winter season under the 'Fine Dust Seasonal Management System.'

The competition targets corporations, individual business owners, and organizations located in Seoul who have subscribed to Eco-Mileage, awarding prizes up to 10 million KRW based on the scale of energy usage. This competition will evaluate and award group members whose energy consumption from December to March next year decreases by more than 10% compared to the same period in the previous two years, comprehensively assessing greenhouse gas reduction and excellent practice cases.

All corporations, individual business owners, and organizations located in Seoul can participate in this competition. Public institutions and high energy-consuming businesses with energy usage exceeding 2000 TOE are excluded. Especially for small business owners (with energy usage under 10 TOE) who are struggling due to COVID-19, evaluation will be based solely on greenhouse gas reduction rates. To verify normal business operations, only members who have registered their electricity bills in the Eco-Mileage member information system will be eligible, and those with a greenhouse gas reduction rate of 10% or more will receive 50,000 mileage points.

Awards will be selected by evaluating group members by type and size, with one grand prize, two excellence awards, and approximately 15 to 45 encouragement awards given according to the scale of energy usage. The prize money ranges from a minimum of 500,000 KRW to a maximum of 10 million KRW. At least 80% of the incentives received must be reinvested as 'business expenses for energy saving,' and up to 20% can be paid as bonuses. Donations to the Seoul Energy Welfare Citizen Fund are also possible.

Kim Yeon-ji, Director of the Environmental Citizen Cooperation Division of Seoul City, said, “Commercial facilities in Seoul can significantly reduce greenhouse gases and fine dust. The energy saved by 84,000 Eco-Mileage group members last year was equivalent to the amount produced by one thermal power plant operating for four months,” and added, “We hope for active participation in the ‘Energy Game’ to reduce energy during the seasonal management period.”

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