Eight Construction Companies Donate Skills to Suwon's Green Building Support Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Eight construction companies currently undertaking major construction projects in Suwon City are participating in the 'Green Building Support Project' being carried out by Suwon City through skill donation.

Suwon City and the eight construction companies signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding for Aging Building (Private Sector) Green Building Support Project' at the Suwon City Hall situation room on the 30th and agreed to cooperate for the smooth progress of the green building support project.

Suwon Mayor Yeom Tae-young and on-site representatives from the eight construction companies attended the signing ceremony.

According to the agreement, the eight construction companies will closely cooperate with building owners designated by Suwon City for the green building support project to support energy performance improvement construction for aging buildings.

Suwon City will provide administrative support to enable construction companies to smoothly proceed with projects together with building owners.

The participating construction companies in this agreement are Lotte E&C; Co., Ltd., Samsung C&T; Corporation, SK Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., E-Tech Construction Co., Ltd., POSCO Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., Hanwha Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd., and Hyosung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

The eight construction companies plan to support approximately 80 households, with 10 households each. Support funds (labor support) will be provided within the same scope as Suwon City's support, and construction quality will also be managed.

The 'Green Building Creation Support Project' that the city first launched nationwide in 2013 and carries out annually provides partial support for the cost of renovating aging buildings into 'green buildings.' From 2013 to 2019, it supported construction for approximately 1,500 households.

Support targets include single-family homes, multi-family homes, commercial buildings, apartments, and row houses that have been in use for more than 15 years after receiving construction completion approval. Green buildings are environmentally friendly buildings that increase the proportion of new and renewable energy use and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.

The green building support project by the eight construction companies is carried out separately from Suwon City's 'Green Building Creation Support Project.' Suwon City plans to select preliminary priority applicants from among those who applied for the support project and have them participate in the green building support project of the eight construction companies.

Mayor Yeom Tae-young stated, "The number of applicants for the green building support project continues to increase, but since the budget is limited, Suwon City cannot provide full support." He added, "With the skill donation from the eight construction companies, the number of green buildings has increased."

He continued, "This agreement will serve as a model case of 'green governance,'" and pledged, "We will spare no effort in administrative support to ensure the smooth progress of skill donation."