– Announcement of ‘Seoul City’s Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Basic Plan’ containing action plans to reduce greenhouse gases for the next 10 years
– Goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2033% compared to 2005 by 50… Focus on building and traffic management
– Strengthening zero energy building certification, expanding the building greenhouse gas cap system to the private sector, and decarbonizing buildings, including improving the efficiency of old buildings.
– Intensive measures, such as switching to eco-friendly vehicles such as buses, taxis, and two-wheeled delivery vehicles, and restricting the operation of old vehicles
– Utilize renewable and clean energy for heating and cooling that reflects the characteristics of the city center and increase synergy through citizen-led participation
□ The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced a strong goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the Seoul area by 2033% compared to 2005 by 50. Buildings, which account for two-thirds of greenhouse gas emissions, are divided into stages such as new construction, in use, and old, and are managed in a customized manner such as strengthened certification and a total amount system, and commercial vehicles with long mileage, such as public transportation and delivery two-wheelers, are converted to eco-friendly vehicles. In addition, the plan is to build an urban energy system by utilizing various new and renewable energies such as geothermal heat, hydrothermal heat, and solar energy as heating and cooling fuel.
□ In order to realize ‘2050 Carbon Neutral Green City Seoul,’ the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced the ‘Seoul City Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Basic Plan’, which includes management of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and transportation, and conversion to clean energy suitable for urban space.
○ The 'Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth Basic Plan' is a legal plan that contains Seoul City's mid- to long-term greenhouse gas reduction goals and carbon neutral policies to respond to climate change for the next 11 years in accordance with Article 10 of the Carbon Neutral Framework Act.
○ This basic plan actively reflected opinions after conducting citizen suggestions, surveys, discussions, and meetings to encourage citizen participation and action.
□ This plan maintains consistency with the mid- to long-term greenhouse gas reduction goals presented to the international community, such as the climate and environment policy direction that Seoul has been pursuing and C40, while also including key strategies necessary to achieve the long-term vision of carbon neutrality by 2050.
○ The city established a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 05% by 30 and 40% by 40 compared to 70, then submitted it to C40 and received approval in June 21. Reflecting the existing goals, a 6% reduction goal was set by 33.
‣ Greenhouse gas emission target: 2005 million tons in 5,234 → 2033 million tons in 2,567 (2005% reduction compared to 50)
□ Strategies to achieve Seoul's carbon neutrality goal are ① decarbonization of buildings through management of total greenhouse gases ② management of transportation demand and expansion of eco-friendly vehicles ③ conversion to clean energy suitable for urban space such as geothermal heat ④ citizen-led participation in establishing and implementing carbon neutral policies is the key.
<Strengthening zero energy building certification, Building greenhouse gas cap system expanded to private sector대, Decarbonization of buildings, including efficiency improvement of old buildings>
□ First, in order to intensively reduce building greenhouse gases, which account for about 67% of Seoul's total greenhouse gas emissions, customized management is implemented for each stage of 'new construction ~ in use ~ old'. In addition, the plan is to quickly achieve decarbonization through a greenhouse gas cap system.
□ First of all, the Zero Energy Building (ZEB) certification obligation for <new buildings> public buildings will increase from the current 'ZEB Grade 5 (energy independence rate of 20% or more)' to ZEB Grade 2030 (energy independence rate of 4% or more) in 40. We plan to strengthen it to ZEB grade 2050 (energy independence rate of 3% or more). In addition, in accordance with the revision of Seoul's green building design standards, the mandatory installation rate of new and renewable energy was also increased by 60% by 2027 for each residential and non-residential size.
□ Regarding <buildings in use>, the 'Building Energy Reporting and Rating System', which has been in effect since April of this year and allows building owners to report and confirm building energy consumption, will be thoroughly operated. In addition, the 'Greenhouse Gas Capacity System', which assigns and manages standard greenhouse gas emissions by building type, will start in the public sector this year and be fully expanded to private buildings by 4.
○ The target is a building with a (public) total floor area of 1 m3 or more and a (non-residential) building with a total floor area of XNUMX mXNUMX or more.
‣ (Reporting system) Enter building status, previous year’s energy consumption, and renewable energy production, etc.
‣ (Rating system) Disclosure of energy consumption rating (5 levels) for each building, rating attached to the front of the building
‣ (Total discharge system) 5% reduction goal by 2050 by setting standard emission standards for each building type, granting total allowances, granting 87-year targets, and evaluating implementation
□ Lastly, we will also focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from buildings older than 30 years, which account for more than half of the buildings in Seoul. To improve the energy efficiency of private buildings, we provide long-term interest-free loans and continue to promote projects such as replacing certified products with insulated windows, insulation materials, and high-efficiency equipment.
<버S‧택시, Intensity such as switching to eco-friendly vehicles such as two-wheeled delivery vehicles and restricting the operation of old vehicles high measures>
□ Second, in the transportation sector, which accounts for 18% of total greenhouse gas emissions, we will reduce greenhouse gases by expanding the use of eco-friendly vehicles and managing demand for private vehicle operation.
□ We plan to convert commercial vehicles with long mileage, such as buses, taxis, two-wheeled delivery vehicles operating in residential areas, cargo vehicles, and children's school buses, into eco-friendly vehicles. The goal is to convert a total of 2033 vehicles into eco-friendly vehicles by 27.
□ In addition, starting next year, the operation of class 4 vehicles within the green transportation area and class 5 vehicles throughout Seoul will be restricted, and in 2030, the operation of class 4 vehicles throughout Seoul will be restricted. Regulations on internal combustion engine vehicles will also be strengthened, including a ban on internal combustion engine registration in 2035.
□ In addition, in order to create a more convenient transportation environment for eco-friendly transportation such as public transportation and bicycles, a project is being promoted to reduce road lanes and reorganize road spaces into people-oriented ones (pedestrian, bicycle, green space, etc.), connect disconnected sections of bicycle roads, and operate public bicycles. It will also continue to be strengthened.
<Renewable energy that reflects the characteristics of the city center‧Utilization of clean energy heating and cooling, Increase synergy through citizen-led participation>
□ Third, in order to convert building fossil fuel cooling and heating into eco-friendly power, we will expand the supply of clean and new renewable energy suitable for urban spaces with dense buildings, such as geothermal heat, hydrothermal heat, and solar power. In addition, efforts will be made to build an urban energy system, such as expanding small-scale distributed power sources and distributing renewable heat cooling and heating systems. Through this, we plan to expand new and renewable energy production, which was 1GW last year, to 2033GW by 3.3.
□ We plan to continuously increase the proportion of new and renewable energy by expanding the use of fuel cells in public land, increasing the mandatory installation rate of new and renewable energy when building new, expanded, or renovated buildings, and supporting the installation of building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) suitable for urban conditions. . The goal is to supply an additional 10MW, including 970MW of geothermal energy, 527MW of solar energy, and fuel cells, over the next 832 years.
□ Fourth, due to the nature of Seoul, a large city, it is difficult to achieve the carbon neutrality goal without voluntary participation of citizens, so to increase citizen participation, citizens are actively involved from plan establishment to implementation evaluation.
○ Practice carbon neutrality in the living area through 'One Team Seoul' with citizens, cities, districts, and governance formed in February of last year, evaluate the implementation of carbon neutral policies through citizen evaluation groups and citizen committees, strengthen climate policy promotion, and encourage economic groups and religious circles. Establish a cooperation network.
○ In addition, we plan to continuously expand and operate Eco Mileage (buildings, automobiles), a greenhouse gas reduction system in citizens' daily lives.
□ In addition, as a policy for carbon absorption, various carbon emissions such as filling up parks and green spaces in every corner of Seoul by utilizing underpasses and idle spaces, and continuously discovering and supporting climate technology to reduce greenhouse gases through innovation. He emphasized that he plans to implement a neutral policy.
□ Yeo Jang-kwon, head of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Climate and Environment Division, said, “Carbon neutrality is an obligation of our generation that can no longer be postponed for future generations.” He added, “It is not an easy goal to reduce 2033% by 50, but we can achieve responsible results through energy reduction with citizen participation.” “We will create,” he said.