Seoul City, "Reduce Energy and Increase Sharing with Jjantech"

As Part of the 'Seoul e Banhada' Campaign
Donating Savings from Energy Conservation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kiho Sung] The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 31st that it will promote the ‘Jjantech Energy Sharing’ campaign to support energy-vulnerable groups during the cold winter. This campaign is part of the winter energy-saving movement ‘Seoul e Ban-hada’ and aims to save unnecessarily wasted energy and share the saved costs with energy-vulnerable groups.

‘Seoul e Ban-hada’ is a winter energy-saving campaign promoted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and the Green Seoul Citizens Committee. It includes five practical guidelines: ▲ Lower heating temperature by 2℃ and wear an extra layer ▲ Join Eco Mileage with Jjantech and share energy to warm your heart ▲ Lower hot water temperature and take a quick 10-minute shower ▲ Clean up your email inbox at year-end and New Year ▲ Stop habitual smartphone use and escape smart device addiction.

To expand the ‘Jjantech Energy Sharing’ campaign, Seoul conducted energy-saving social media participation and online donations for energy-vulnerable groups.

Seoul started an online campaign on December 23 that allows citizens to save energy together and donate the saved energy costs to vulnerable groups. The campaign achieved its early target of 3 million KRW in just seven days.

The raised donations will be used to support heating costs for vulnerable groups with overdue energy bills during winter. To ensure direct assistance, the Seoul Social Welfare Council will pay overdue city gas and electricity bills through virtual accounts on behalf of the energy-vulnerable groups.

Meanwhile, on December 28, about 30 employees from the Seoul Climate and Environment Headquarters, Seoul Energy Corporation, and Seoul Social Welfare Council volunteered to improve insulation for five vulnerable households in Jeongneung-dong, Seongbuk-gu. Volunteers carefully installed insulation on windows, door gaps, and entrances of the energy-vulnerable households and delivered ‘Hoho Kits’ consisting of thermal underwear, gloves, neck warmers, and other cold-weather supplies.

Yoo Yeon-sik, head of the Seoul Climate and Environment Headquarters, stated, “I hope that volunteer work and donations will provide practical help to vulnerable groups enduring an unusually cold winter amid the global energy crisis.” He added, “Through this campaign, I hope a virtuous cycle of donation culture spreads, where energy is saved and the saved energy costs are shared with neighbors in need.”

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