GH to Hold 'Hanam Gyosan Smart City Vision Forum' at National Assembly on 8th

Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) held the 'Hanam Gyosan Net-Zero Smart City Vision Forum' on the 8th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, jointly with the office of Rep. Chu Mi-ae of the Democratic Party of Korea.

The Hanam Gyosan district is a pioneering area for smart technologies to be applied in the 3rd New Towns, conducting site development work using Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology throughout all stages from design, construction to maintenance for the first time in civil engineering sites.

At the forum, Choi Jae-hoon, Head of GH Hanam Planning Department, stated regarding the waste disposal methods during the site development process of Hanam Gyosan New Town, "Last year, GH signed a business agreement with the Korea Environment Corporation to establish a ‘Waste Proper Treatment Convergence Platform’ to recycle and reduce waste from the 3rd New Towns. Through automation of waste treatment and digital data management and analysis of related information, we are practicing carbon neutrality."

Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) held the 'Hanam Gyosan Net-Zero Smart City Vision Forum' on the 8th at the National Assembly Members' Office Building in Yeouido, Seoul, jointly with the office of Chu Mi-ae, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea. Provided by Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation

Han Young-sook, CEO of Site Planning Architectural Office, presented the ‘Hanam Gyosan Public Innovation Hub Zero Energy Building (ZEB) Architectural Plan,’ saying, "The ‘Public Innovation Hub (total floor area 29,920㎡),’ which serves as an urban hub and a workplace where industry and culture interact in the Hanam Gyosan district, is planned to be built as a Grade 3 ZEB." She emphasized, "So far, office buildings with ZEB Grade 3 or higher have averaged 3,800㎡, and there has been no precedent for applying this standard to large office facilities like the Public Innovation Hub."

Professor Lee Geon-won of Korea University’s Department of Architecture, in his presentation on ‘Net-Zero Application Plans for the 3rd New Towns,’ argued, "The weakness of domestic ZEB architecture is its focus on single buildings," adding, "Zero-energy implementation centered on single buildings is unsuitable for the high building density urban environment in Korea and has minimal efficiency relative to the input costs."

Kim Se-yong, President of GH, stated, "We will prepare realistic measures that do not conflict with urban development and environmental protection, so that the 3rd New Towns can establish themselves as genuine net-zero cities achieving carbon neutrality."

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