N Seoul Tower on Energy Day 2015.
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – August 22 is Korea’s Energy Day. First held in 2004, the day was established to raise awareness of the importance of saving energy, after August 22, 2003 marked Korea’s highest-ever day of electricity consumption.
To celebrate this year’s event, cities and provinces across South Korea are promoting ‘lights-out’ events at 9 p.m. for five (or 10) minutes, in which all households are free to participate. Seoul will also see buildings including the Seoul Metropolitan Library, N Seoul Tower, and 63 Building extinguish their lights for five minutes.
Commercial enterprises, including Starbucks, Angel-in-us, and VIPS also revealed plans to partake in Monday’s events.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the country saved approximately 750,000kWh of electricity during last year’s events.
Seoul Plaza.
Sungnyemun (Namdaemun).
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