KOrea : Solar system to heat Osan apartment complex.Byline: Mamta03 An apartment complex in Osan, Gyeonggi Gyeonggi or Kyonggi (gyŭng`gē`), province (1995 pop. 7,649,914), NW South Korea. Suwon is the capital. The province surrounds Seoul and Incheon and has become part of their greater industrial region, producing ships, will be outfitted out·fit n. 1. A set of tools or equipment for a specialized purpose: a welder's outfit. See Synonyms at equipment. 2. A set of clothing, often with accessories. 3. with a solar heating solar heating Use of solar radiation to heat water or air in buildings. There are two types: passive and active. Passive heating relies on architectural design; the building's siting, orientation, layout, materials, and construction are utilized to maximize the heating system as part of a government push to build eco-friendly eco-friendly adj → ecológico eco-friendly adj → non nuisible à or qui ne nuit pas à l'environnement eco-friendly adj housing, the Korea Land Housing Corporation announced yesterday. The system, to be installed at a rental complex with 1,179 households in Nueup, will produce hot water that will be used by the families and to heat the apartments themselves. It will be the first Korean apartment complex of its size to use a solar heating system. LH said it has installed such systems in buildings 21 times since 2001, but they were all individual apartments or amenities facilities within public apartment complexes. The system to be set up in Osan apartment complex, LH said, will save 5,000 won ($4.20) in heating costs per household each month, and 70 million won for all the units every year. It will lead to 377 fewer tons of carbon dioxide equivalent Carbon dioxide equivalent, CO2eq or CO2e, is an internationally accepted measure that expresses the amount of global warming of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that would have the same global warming being emitted annually, the same effect planting 20,000 pine trees would have, the company said. The alternative energy system has not been popular in Korea because of its heavy early-phase cost, said Cho Yeong-deuk, a senior official at LH. LH will make use of various alternative energy systems in line with the government s low carbon green growth policies. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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