2014 Seoul, South Korea will have 30% stores using LED lighting

Recently, there is news that Seoul will be implemented as of 2014, 114 thousand of the city's more than 30% facilities (35 thousand) for the construction of environmentally friendly LED shop. The main object is 24 hours open, energy consumption of large sauna, gym, restaurants, etc..

To this end, Seoul city in July 29th and South Korea (Agency) catering industry, central (Agency) South Korea Central bath industry signed on as of 2014 will be built 35 thousand LED shops and other contents of the environmental protection business agreements, to ensure the promotion of power.

Seoul plans to replace the LED, lighting power consumption will be able to save 70% of the positive publicity, and provide a variety of incentives to attract private commercial outlets active, spontaneous replacement. Most of the existing lighting shop for three wavelengths (about 25 watts), the replacement for the bulb type LED (7~10 watts), you can re-use existing lamps, easy replacement, low cost.

First of all, in order to reduce the initial cost of replacement of LED lighting, Seoul intends to replace the existing lighting for more than 90% of the LED lighting shops will provide up to 1 billion won the low interest loans (2%).

In addition, combined with the green consumer and jointly promote the light bulb type LED lighting market, in order to provide more than 35% of the market price of the general market price of LED lighting.

As such, will replace the existing lighting LED, the investment payback period is less than a year, a short time, but also enjoy preferential tariff reduction sustainable, Seoul city planning and the two central cooperation, actively promote the replacement project.

Completion of the replacement of the shop will be awarded the "green LED shop" certification mark, posted on the door; in the district newsletter also opened "our community energy store" (tentative) column, in order to promote the shop.