Yongin City Provides Free Replacement of Energy-Efficient LED Lighting for Vulnerable Groups

Interior view of three daycare centers in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi Province, where LED lighting replacement was supported last year as part of the energy welfare project for vulnerable groups

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province is launching a free LED lighting replacement project for social welfare facilities and low-income households to improve energy welfare for vulnerable groups and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings.

LED lighting consumes about half the power of fluorescent lamps and lasts more than five times longer, offering the advantage of reducing both electricity bills and maintenance costs simultaneously.

Since 2014, Yongin City has been conducting the "Energy Welfare Project for Vulnerable Groups," supporting the replacement of LED lighting in low-income households and social welfare facilities. Up to last year, a total of 7,300 LED lights were replaced in 99 locations.

This year, with a total investment of 470 million KRW including national funds, 2,500 general lights will be replaced with high-efficiency LED lights at 25 locations, including social welfare facilities such as daycare centers and facilities for the disabled, as well as basic livelihood security recipients and near-poverty groups.

Yongin City expects an annual electricity saving of approximately 224 MWh by replacing general lighting with LED lighting at these 25 locations.

To this end, Yongin City will complete the lighting replacement construction contract next month and carry out the LED lighting replacement work according to the schedule of each facility by November.

A Yongin City official stated, "We will expand the support targets for free LED lighting replacement so that vulnerable groups can live comfortably in a brighter environment while reducing their electricity bill burden."

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