601 Households in Suwon Participating in 'Carbon Point Program' Donate 7.76 Million Won in Incentives

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Six hundred and one households in Suwon City participating in the 'Carbon Point Program,' a greenhouse gas reduction practice initiative, have reduced their electricity, water, and city gas consumption and donated the incentives they received to the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea.

Kang Geon-gu, director of the Environmental Division of Suwon City, handed over 7,761,820 won in donations from participants in the second half of last year's carbon point program to officials from the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea at a ceremony held at Suwon City Hall on the 24th. The funds will be delivered to 77 households of Suwon residents facing economic hardship.

The Carbon Point Program is a greenhouse gas reduction initiative that awards points based on the reduction ratio when households and commercial facilities reduce their electricity, water, and city gas consumption, and provides incentives in the form of cash, donations, or green card points of up to 100,000 won annually (twice a year, in June and December).

Any Suwon resident can register on the Carbon Point Program website (www.cpoint.or.kr). Registration can be completed by visiting the district office or administrative welfare center of your residential area and submitting an application form.

Incentives are calculated based on the reduction rate of electricity, water, and city gas consumption when usage has been reduced by 5% or more, compared by comparing the average monthly usage over the past two years with current usage.

According to the city, currently 32,828 households are registered in the Carbon Point Program, and the donated carbon point incentives have reached a total of 152 million won from 2011 to July of this year.