Gov't to Encourage "Green Remodeling" of Homes and Buildings
Gov't to Encourage "Green Remodeling" of Homes and Buildings
  • Korea IT Times (info@koreaittimes.com)
  • 승인 2013.07.25 19:15
  • 댓글 0
이 기사를 공유합니다

SEOUL, KOREA- Homeowners will soon be allowed to pay home renovation costs for years in installments from subsequent energy savings. This is intended to encourage "green remodeling" by reducing the cost burden for the owners. Given 74 percent of homes in Korea are older than 15 years, the latest measure is expected to relieve the energy shortage problem faced by the nation every year in the summer and winter seasons, especially after stoppages of nuclear power plants and delays in new thermal power plant construction.

In order to prevent the recurring energy shortages and at the same time create new construction and maintenance jobs, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation proposed on July 24 in a meeting of economic ministers a plan to save energy in residential and commercial buildings.
 
Currently it is hard for homeowners and building owners to invest a large sum of money on their own in replacing with double-pane windows and high-efficiency building insulation materials without any government help. In addition to encouraging the owners to pay the cost in monthly installments, the government agency will lend support in interest costs depending on the building's energy efficiency rating.
 
In case where a house adopts double-pane windows instead of conventional single-pane ones, it is estimated the owner can save up to 30 percent of heating and air-conditioning cost. In a 38-square-meter apartment house, a renovation work costing 1.8 million won to replace old windows can save 290,000 won a year in energy cost. That means the homeowner can make a full payment of the cost in seven years if she borrows the money at a 3-percent interest rate.

댓글삭제
삭제한 댓글은 다시 복구할 수 없습니다.
그래도 삭제하시겠습니까?
댓글 0
댓글쓰기
계정을 선택하시면 로그인·계정인증을 통해
댓글을 남기실 수 있습니다.

  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT US
  • SIGN UP MEMBERSHIP
  • RSS
  • 2-D 678, National Assembly-daero, 36-gil, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea (Postal code: 07257)
  • URL: www.koreaittimes.com | Editorial Div: 82-2-578- 0434 / 82-10-2442-9446 | North America Dept: 070-7008-0005 | Email: info@koreaittimes.com
  • Publisher and Editor in Chief: Monica Younsoo Chung | Chief Editorial Writer: Hyoung Joong Kim | Editor: Yeon Jin Jung
  • Juvenile Protection Manager: Choul Woong Yeon
  • Masthead: Korea IT Times. Copyright(C) Korea IT Times, All rights reserved.
ND소프트