Daegu City Councilor Son Hanguk: "Urgent Need for Eco-Friendly Building Policies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions" ... 5-Minute Free Speech

At the 2nd plenary session of the 300th extraordinary meeting of the Daegu Metropolitan Council held on the 4th, Councilor Son Hanguk (People Power Party·Dalseong-gun 3) is scheduled to urge, through a 5-minute free speech, that “greenhouse gas reduction targets in six sectors including power generation, industry, and buildings are being reflected in the policies of each department,” and that “Daegu City must responsibly promote eco-friendly building policies to reduce greenhouse gases in the building sector, which is closely related to local administration.”

Councilor Son of Daegu Metropolitan Council is expected to emphasize, “As global warming accelerates, climate change issues such as extreme weather events are becoming more severe,” and “Daegu City must actively participate in the greenhouse gas reduction targets in six sectors including power generation, industry, buildings, and transportation, which the Central Government’s Carbon Neutral Green Growth Committee is promoting to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.”

Daegu City Council Member Son Hanguk.

Councilor Son further points out, “Among the six sectors, the building sector, which has a very high connection with local administration, is the area where Daegu City can most effectively promote efforts,” and “Although eco-friendly building policies have been institutionalized in Daegu City based on the Green Building Promotion Act and related ordinances, the implementation performance is very poor.”

According to Councilor Son, the Green Building Promotion Act mandates the establishment of a basic plan at the city and provincial level every five years. The first plan established in 2018 expired last year, and the second plan should have been implemented starting in 2023. However, due to delays in securing budgets and bidding processes, the service for plan establishment has not even properly started yet.

He also raises concerns that the performance of related projects such as surveys, pilot projects, and support projects specified in Daegu City’s Green Building Promotion Ordinance is insufficient. In particular, the green remodeling project, which provides subsidies to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings, recorded only 16 cases in the past three years, which is less than the 61 cases in Busan and Incheon.

Councilor Son emphasizes, “We must promote eco-friendly building policies more actively and proactively for the sake of our future generations,” and plans to propose policies to enhance effectiveness by linking the policies and projects of the Green Building Act and ordinances with the ordinances and basic plans for various development projects including maintenance projects, housing construction projects, and apartment remodeling projects. He will also suggest expanding support such as subsidies, loans, and tax benefits for construction costs to spread zero-energy buildings in the private sector, and promoting research on eco-friendly building technologies and policies to create a foundation where various technologies can be applied affordably and broadly.

He continues, “The activation of eco-friendly buildings is a response to the global grand discourse to overcome the climate change crisis and a means to achieve the national goal of carbon neutrality,” and urges, “Since it is our collective mission for the younger generation who are so familiar with masks, Daegu City should prioritize promoting eco-friendly building policies.”

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