"Reducing Your Electricity Bill" Seoul City Offers Customized Energy Diagnosis for Shops and Homes

Seoul Energy Designers to Conduct Comprehensive Survey of Apartment Complexes and Provide Customized Energy Saving Methods Starting April
From October, Scope Expands to Shops and Houses... Apply for Online Energy Usage Diagnosis

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The 'Seoul Energy Designer' is stepping up to solve the concerns of facilities such as stores and homes that feel the burden of energy costs through free energy diagnostics. Seoul Energy Designers investigate the actual energy usage of facilities such as homes and shops, identify the causes of unnecessary energy expenses, and provide customized reduction methods to help lower energy costs. Currently, 23 people are active.

According to Seoul City on the 6th, since April, Seoul Energy Designers have visited a total of 3,846 apartment complexes within Seoul to conduct a comprehensive survey of energy consumption status and contract methods. Among the 763 complexes using comprehensive contracts, reports were delivered to a total of 180 complexes where single contracts are more advantageous.

Seoul Energy Designers will conduct customized diagnostics focusing on stores and homes starting in October. When applying for an energy diagnosis, a Seoul Energy Designer will visit the site in person to perform the energy diagnosis and provide a result report including usage status and customized reduction methods, as well as energy-saving products necessary for energy conservation.

Applications for free energy diagnostics can be submitted by filling out the application form on Google Forms or by phone. Anyone who pays electricity bills directly to Korea Electric Power Corporation for stores or homes can apply. In the case of business sites, they must have been operating for more than one year after registering a business in Seoul.

Additionally, Seoul Energy Designers plan to actively promote projects for spreading low-carbon buildings, such as the Private Building Energy Efficiency (BRP) interest-free loan support project, to encourage citizen participation. The Private Building Energy Efficiency (BRP) interest-free loan support project improves inefficient energy consumption factors of buildings and increases usage efficiency by replacing high-efficiency materials such as insulated windows, insulation materials, boilers, and lighting, and supports 100% of construction costs with interest-free loans when energy is saved.

Yoo Yeon-sik, Head of Seoul City Climate and Environment Headquarters, said, “The customized energy diagnosis by Seoul Energy Designers will not only relieve citizens’ energy cost burdens but also serve as a foundation for practicing low-carbon green living. Since small practices of energy saving in daily life are the beginning of a big change toward carbon neutrality, we hope for much interest and participation.”

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