SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced on Tuesday that it will carry out a variety of intensive energy-saving measures for the public sector as part of efforts to overcome the energy crisis. In detail, when public institutions operate heating facilities within their buildings, the average indoor heating [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided to enforce measures to reduce energy consumption by public institutions by 10 percent starting next month to cope with soaring energy costs, the finance ministry said Friday. All central and provincial public institutions are required to implement energy-saving steps, such as limiting the indoor temperature of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — “Turn off the lights for five minutes at 9 p.m. this Wednesday!” is the catch phrase that explains Seoul’s energy-saving event planned for today at Seoul Plaza titled “Turn Off the Lights and Turn on the Stars, Sharing Energy of Peace.” The event aimed at raising awareness about the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of electric cars in South Korea have grown sevenfold in the past year, as growing public interest is seeing more consumers trade in their gas-guzzlers to instead opt for more eco-friendly and energy-saving alternatives. According to data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Automobile [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration has set up a database of which plant on green roofs is most effective at reducing pollution and saving energy, based on which the administration created a system to measure the energy saving level for buildings. The administration has selected 100 species of vegetation for roof [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept 25 (Korea Bizwire) – What is ‘Energy Consulting?’ It is a consulting service recently launched by the Seoul City government and Korea Telecom to help apartment residents reduce their electric bills. Teams of consultants visit apartments on demand and conduct technical, structural and administrative analysis on actual conditions of energy use [...]