Gwangmyeong Hakon Cultural Park Management Building to be Constructed as 'RE200' Structure

Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation (GH) will construct the cultural park management building in the Gwangmyeong Hak-on Public Housing District as an ‘RE200’ building with an energy self-sufficiency rate of 200%.

The Gwangmyeong Hak-on District is a public housing project supplying 4,317 households on a 684,000㎡ site in Gahak-dong, Gwangmyeong City, which broke ground last November.

The cultural park management building in the Gwangmyeong Hak-on District will have a total floor area of 660㎡ and include facilities such as an energy exhibition hall, a cafe, and a sky observatory.

GH plans to produce energy by utilizing underground runoff water and raise the energy self-sufficiency rate of the management building to over 200%. The produced energy will be used for the convenience of visitors, including the cafe, park lighting, and electric vehicle charging stations.

Aerial view of the management building at Gwangmyeong Hakon Public Housing District Cultural Park. Provided by Gyeonggi Housing and Urban Corporation.

Kim Se-yong, President of GH, stated, "Following the Gwangmyeong Hak-on District, we will expand the zero-energy building project for new town infrastructure in large-scale development projects directly participated in by GH," adding, "We will do our best in the public sector to ensure that RE100 spreads throughout society."

Meanwhile, since 2017, the government has been implementing the ‘Zero Energy Building Certification System’ to promote zero-energy buildings that minimize energy loss through high insulation and airtightness and increase energy self-sufficiency by utilizing renewable energy.

Starting this year, in addition to the existing grades 1 to 5, a top-tier Plus (+) grade has been introduced for buildings with an energy self-sufficiency level exceeding 120%.

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