Elders in Jeonju Lead the Way in Responding to the Climate Crisis

Published 24 Feb.2022 14:50(KST)

Jeonju Senior Club and Jeonju Energy Center Sign MOU for Climate Crisis Response Utilizing Senior Job Opportunities

Elders in Jeonju Lead the Way in Responding to the Climate Crisis

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Senior citizens in the Jeonju area are taking the lead in the energy transition movement to replace existing fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.

On the 24th, Jeonju Senior Club (Director Kim Hyo-chun) and Jeonju Energy Center (Center Director Choi Woo-soon) signed a business agreement to transform Jeonju's climate crisis into hope by utilizing senior job opportunities.

According to this business agreement, the ‘Energy Guardians’ project team, a senior job project operated by Jeonju Senior Club, will train seniors with sufficient activity capabilities and experience as experts through education and dispatch them to Jeonju Energy Center.

The senior energy guardians dispatched to Jeonju Energy Center will assist with projects aimed at realizing Jeonju as a carbon-neutral city by 2050, including △building energy diagnosis △energy self-reliance magnifier △Jeonju City solar power plant survey tasks.

Among these, the ‘building energy diagnosis’ task is one of the Energy Center’s unique education and promotional support activities, which provides free building energy diagnosis and consulting on energy efficiency improvements to citizens who want energy diagnosis for detached houses and non-residential buildings.

Additionally, the ‘energy self-reliance magnifier’ involves space curating for visitors to the remodeled Energy Center based on energy efficiency, aiming to raise awareness of the climate crisis among citizens and inform them about methods to reduce building carbon emissions and improve energy performance.

Furthermore, the ‘Jeonju City solar power plant survey’ task aims to expand renewable energy, a key strategy for carbon neutrality, by identifying the status of solar power plants in the region, inspecting power generation facilities to increase renewable energy production, and assessing the potential for spreading renewable energy.

The Energy Guardians from Jeonju Senior Club dispatched to Jeonju Energy Center will complete capacity-building training for carrying out energy transition projects and are scheduled to begin full-scale activities starting in April.