Gwangju Buk-gu Health Center Renovated with Eco-Friendly Green Remodeling

Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, has completed the renovation of its public health center and is welcoming residents in a pleasant and safe environment.

Buk-gu announced on the 10th that it has completed the Green Remodeling project of the Buk-gu Public Health Center and will officially resume health care services at the newly renovated building starting from the 15th.

The Buk-gu Public Health Center building, which is over 28 years old since its completion, had been criticized for insufficient insulation performance and poor heating and cooling efficiency, making facility improvements urgent.

Accordingly, Buk-gu invested a total project cost of 2.462 billion KRW, including national and city funds secured through selection in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s public building green remodeling contest in 2021, and carried out the remodeling from October last year to early this month.

This project, considering low carbon and carbon neutrality practices, completed various facility works to improve building energy performance and indoor environment, including replacement of high-performance windows, reinforcement of internal and external insulation materials, installation of high-efficiency heating and cooling systems, heat recovery ventilation systems, and high-efficiency lighting.

In particular, high-quality design reflecting performance and aesthetics was incorporated as part of the Green Remodeling signature project selection, applying energy and indoor environment improvement technologies.

The newly renovated Buk-gu Public Health Center’s 1st to 3rd floors are arranged with a civil service office, consultation rooms, clinical pathology lab, radiology room, oral health center, physical therapy room, and Korean medicine clinic to provide medical services to the public, while the 4th and 5th floors will be used as offices for the Infectious Disease Control Division, Health Promotion Division, and Health Administration Division.

The completion ceremony is scheduled to be held on the 16th, attended by Moon In, the mayor of Buk-gu, city and district council members, and officials from related organizations.

A Buk-gu official stated, “Through this Green Remodeling, the Buk-gu Public Health Center can now provide high-quality health care services to residents in a pleasant and safe environment. We thank the residents for enduring inconveniences during the construction period and will continue to strive for the healthy lives of our residents.”

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