Busan City Selects 7 Outstanding Apartment Complexes for Carbon Neutral Lifestyle Practices

Evaluation of 1,210 Apartment Complexes with Over 150 Households for Non-Industrial Sector Greenhouse Gas Reduction

7 Outstanding Carbon Neutral Lifestyle Practice Apartment Complexes Selected as 2023 Green Apartments

Busan City has selected seven locations for the '2023 Green Apartment' program to encourage and spread carbon-neutral living practices.

The 'Green Apartment Certification System' has been implemented since 2011 targeting apartment complexes with 150 or more households to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the non-industrial sector.

Tree Planting Project within the Apartment Complex. (Sinpyeong Hyundai Apartment)

Compared to the previous year, improvements are evaluated across a total of 10 items, including quantitative indicators such as ▲electricity, water, and gas reduction rates ▲recycling separation rates ▲food waste reduction rates ▲participation rates in the weekday car restriction program ▲carbon point system participation rates ▲greenhouse gas diagnosis and consulting participation rates ▲carbon-neutral village participation rates, as well as qualitative indicators such as ▲efforts and activities to reduce greenhouse gases.

For this year's Green Apartment selection, the city conducted evaluations through 16 autonomous districts and counties and an evaluation committee targeting 1,210 apartment complexes with 150 or more households.

Through this process, the top award went to ▲Yeongdo Byeoksan Beach Town (Yeongdo-gu), excellence awards to ▲Samik Beach Apartment (Suyeong-gu) and ▲Sinpyeong Hyundai Apartment (Saha-gu), and encouragement awards to ▲Jurae Hanil U&I Apartment (Sasang-gu), ▲Jurae Bando Boramae Mud Apartment (Sasang-gu), ▲Hyupsung Renaissance Town (Seo-gu), and ▲Hyundai Beach Apartment (Nam-gu).

Selected Green Apartments will receive certificates and plaques during the 'Earth Day' event, and a total of 12 million KRW will be provided as project funds for carbon-neutral living practices: 4 million KRW for the top award, 2 million KRW each for excellence awards, and 1 million KRW each for encouragement awards.

These project funds can only be used for direct greenhouse gas reduction projects such as replacing LED lighting and planting trees within the apartment complexes.

In particular, additional support is planned to provide free installation of mini solar panels in the security offices of Green Apartments (only where installation is possible).

Excellent Case of Green Apartment Selection. (Yeongdo Byeoksan Beach Town)

The amount of greenhouse gas reduction achieved through the Green Apartment Certification System reached a total of 88,400 tons last year alone. In addition, the city has achieved positive outcomes such as activating citizen-led activities at the apartment complex level, spreading the carbon-neutral living movement, and promoting community harmony through voluntary participation.

Lee Byung-seok, Director of the Environmental Policy Office of the city, said, “This year as well, we ask residents of apartment complexes to actively practice carbon-neutral living to obtain Green Apartment certification and serve as a catalyst for achieving the 2050 ‘carbon neutrality’ goal.”

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