Gyeonggi-do Focuses on Improving Indoor Environment of Vulnerable Group Facilities through Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration

Gyeonggi Provincial Government Gwanggyo New Office Building

Gyeonggi Province, together with companies and universities, has selected 10 vulnerable facilities with very poor indoor environments such as air quality that urgently need improvement, and will support eco-friendly remodeling.

On the 10th, the province announced that it signed a business agreement titled 'Creating Clean Breathing Spaces for Vulnerable Facilities' at Suwon Convention Center with a total of seven organizations including the Gyeonggi Environment and Energy Promotion Agency, Dong Seoul University, Gaenari Wallpaper Co., Ltd., Noroo Paint Co., Ltd., KCC Glass Co., Ltd., and Hansol Environmental Industry Co., Ltd.

Since 2016, the province has been promoting the 'Clean Breathing Spaces' project, an indoor environment remodeling initiative using eco-friendly products targeting facilities used by vulnerable groups within the province. Up to last year, 1,906 places were supported, and this year an additional 200 places will be created.

Through this agreement, the province will focus support on the 10 most deteriorated facilities among the 200 places.

Three manufacturers including Gaenari Wallpaper Co., Ltd. will provide eco-friendly building products such as wallpaper, paint, and flooring free of charge, and Hansol Environmental Industry Co., Ltd. will support indoor air quality measurements before and after improvements.

At Dong Seoul University, art major students will donate their talents by creating indoor and outdoor interiors and murals to establish 'Clean Breathing Spaces.' Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Environment and Energy Promotion Agency will support the discovery, selection, and promotion of the 'Clean Breathing Spaces' targets until June.

Cha Seong-su, Director of the Climate Environment and Energy Bureau of the province, said, "We thank the organizations participating in this meaningful project for regional social contribution," and added, "We hope to guarantee the breathing rights of residents by improving facilities used by vulnerable groups sensitive to indoor environmental pollution and to eliminate blind spots that are environmentally marginalized."

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