Pukyong National University Student Wins Excellence Award in Korea Real Estate Agency Vacant House Utilization Idea Contest

Winners of the Korea Real Estate Agency Vacant House Utilization Idea Contest Excellence Award, Sim Jae-yoon (left) and Park Se-jung.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] A student team from the Department of Public Administration and Welfare, Sim Jae-yoon, and the Department of Business Administration, Park Se-jung, at Pukyong National University received the Excellence Award, the Korea Real Estate Board President's Award, at the '2022 Korea Real Estate Board Vacant House Utilization Idea Contest.'

Now in its second year, the Vacant House Utilization Idea Contest was held to find creative and diverse ways to utilize vacant houses, with 266 entries submitted nationwide.

The Pukyong National University students participated in the contest with the idea of 'Place-friendly Design Container Insect Smart Farm for Vacant House and Surrounding Environment Maintenance,' receiving high evaluations.

The students proposed installing container insect smart farms on sites of vacant houses scheduled for demolition to renovate the vacant houses and applying mural designs on the container exteriors to improve the surrounding environment of the vacant houses.

They explained that, given the rapid growth of the insect industry, utilizing vacant house sites as insect smart farms could provide various economic, social, and technological benefits and ripple effects to local governments, insect farming households, and smart farm manufacturers.

The winning entries of this contest will be utilized in vacant house maintenance projects after consultation.

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