Gathering Sunlight to my Neighbors Case Study Session Dr. Bae Hyunsoon and Mr. Cho Sukkyu, Candidate RCE Dobong-Gu 12th Asia-Pacific Regional RCE Meeting 4-6 June, 2019, Hangzhou, China

1. │12th Asia-Pacific RCE
Meeting and Symposium
Gathering sunlight
to my neighbors
- Dobong-gu -
Dr. Bae Hyunsoon(Sustainable planning team)
Mr. Cho Sukkyu(Environmental policy team)

2. Contents
Dobong Case of Residents Sunshine-sharing
Power Plant
Our commitment to ESD and RCE
Current Status of Seoul city and Dobong-gu SDGs
Promotion
Seoul city and Dobong-gu’s Energy policy for
low-carbon society
I
II
III
IV

3. I
Current Status of Seoul city and
Dobong-gu SDGs Promotion

4. Current Status of Seoul city SDGs Promotion
4
The S-SDGs contain 17 goals and 96
targets largely corresponding to the
SDGs in the 2030 Agenda. Several
features of the S-SDGs are notable in
comparison with those of the 2030
Agenda.
Source : Seoul Metropolitan Government(2015)
Five Year Basic Plan for Sustainable
Development (2015-2019)

5. Current Status of Dobong-gu SDGs Promotion
5

6. Dobong-gu ESD Promotion Status - 1
6
Establishment of a governance apparatus
Establishment of sustainable development
implementation system through civil and
administrative cooperation
Establishment of a department
dedicated to sustainable development
Establishment of an ordinance by
a basic autonomous body for the
1st time in the nation
Dobong-gu declaration of sustainable
development vision
Dobong-gu Enactment of the
Sustainable Development
Ordinance (2015)
Establishment and operation of the Sustainable
Development Committee (2015)
New placement of sustainable
development department (2016)
Holding a declaration ceremony for
sustainable development vision (2017)
Establishment of basic implementation plan and
sustainable development indicators for Dobong-gu
Sustainable Development (2017)

7. 7
2017 Key
Evaluation and
Awards
Performance
2018 Key
Evaluation and
Awards
Performance
■ Korean city target (Ministry of Land Transportation)
■ Submissions to Sustainable Development
(Ministry of Environment)
■ Obtained ESD official
project certification of
Korean National
Commission
for UNESCO
■ Korean city target (Ministry of Land Transportation)
■ Submission to Sustainable Development
(Ministry of Environment)
■ Selected for the special grant tax support project of
National Design Division supervised by the Ministry of
Public Administration and Security
Dobong RCE
certification
promotion
RCE : Regional Centres
of Expertise
Dobong-gu ESD Promotion Status - 2

8. 8
Children's environment
experience education
Youth’s exploration of
my village
Eco-mom’s energy
conservation education
Conduct customized education
for each generation
- Raising local education
specialists
Driving force for
sustainable
development
education
Dobong-gu ESD official project
Dobong-gu ESD Promotion Status - 3

9. II
Seoul City and Dobong-Gu’s
Energy policy for
low-carbon society

10. City of Sun, Seoul
10
Photovoltaic
1GW
Solar power
Installation
households
1 million
households
Solar power
generation
3%
Supply capacity(MW)
Supply households
(1,000 households)

11. Dobong-gu Energy Policy
11
A
B
C
D
Public sector supply policy of new and renewable energy
Private sector supply policy of new and renewable energy
Special project (Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power
Plant)
Public sector LED supply: Cleaning, road lighting, etc.
Private sector LED supply: Low-income families, welfare facilities
Building, Houses Energy Efficiency (BRP) Policy
Activation of supplying electric vehicles and eco-friendly boilers
Cool Roof Construction (pilot project)
Climate Change Response Environmental Education
(Environment center)
Seoul Eco Mileage Policy
Energy Voucher Support Policy Support for improvement of
energy efficiency of low income families
New and
renewable
energy
supply
Energy
saving and
energy
welfare
Energy
efficiency
Greenhouse
gas
reduction
A B
D C
Achievement of GHG
reduction targets
30% reduction by 2020 compared to 2005
(annual reduction of more than 20,000 tons CO2)

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Sunshine city, Dobong
■ Electricity consumption per person in 25 local districts (2017)
Seoul : Average 5.17MW
Dobong-gu : Average 2.59MW

13. Dobong-gu Awards Performance
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2018 Green City selected
(Environmental management superior self-
governing organization)
Awarded the Design Photovoltaic Competition of
Seoul Metropolitan Government
(Dobong mountain waterfront stage solar shelter)

14. 14
The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant
“Gathering sunlight to my neighbors!"

15. III
Dobong Case of Residents
Sunshine-sharing Power Plant

16. 16
The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant,
Sprouting
Concerns about what to
serve in the community
even when getting
older
Create a solar power
plant and help the poor
neighbors with profits
from the plant
operation
Centered on eight
volunteers, form a
meeting of "Sustainable
Service"

17. The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant
meets Obstacles
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■ High price for the real estate
- Seoul is one of the most expensive cities for the real
estate in the world.
- It is difficult to secure space to install solar power
generation facilities.
■ Burden of initial investment costs
- It takes about 3 million won to install 1kW solar power
generation facility.
(Unit 1: 20kW, cost 60 million won)
■ Lack of consensus on solar power project
- Skeptical response to solar power project
(Lack of experience in solar power generation project,
profitability to investment cost, etc.)

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The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant
builds a foothold for growth
Administrative and institutional support
- Site support for public building solar installation
- Supporting administrative tasks such as business
procedures, licenses and administrative paper works
- Supports accreditation of establishment of social
cooperatives
Financial support
- Community Development Fund (KRW 29 million)
Social support
- Establishment of a public-private cooperation window
(related parties meeting, information exchange, etc.)
- Promoting the solar power project -> Increasing the
number of participants by positive perception change
Giving a birth to
the Dobong Residents
Sunshine-sharing Power Plant

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The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant
- The Birth of Unit 1
■ Recruiting cooperative members
- The first 7 people started ▶ 1,136 people form a union
- Establishing a non-profit social cooperative for the nation's first solar power generation business
- Voluntary participation of residents sympathized with the purpose of sustainable energy welfare
project
- Investment: KRW 31 million (Voluntary participation of union members - KRW5,000~KRW1million)
■ The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant Construction of Unit No.1

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The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant,
Growing up over and over again - 1
Dobong Cultural Information
Library, 20kW
Dobong-gu district office
material warehouse, 18kW
Seoul Nuwon High School,
20kW
Dobong-gu Public Health
Center, 19kW
Development profits: 30 million won
Energy sharing practice

21. 21
The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant,
Growing up over and over again - 2
■ Various activities of the
Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant

22. 22
The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant,
everybody's watching
■ 2018 Seoul Environment Prize
- Awarded for leading a social cooperative for the first time in Korea
- Proliferation of sustainable energy welfare projects as an exemplary practice

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The Dobong Residents Sunshine-sharing Power Plant
moves forward
■ Expanded operation of solar power plant
- Solar power plant expansion: Unit 5 (2020) ▶ Unit 6 (2022) → Unit 7 (2024)
- Expanded number of participants: 5,000 people by 2024
■ Expanded operation of photovoltaic energy, participated in private
- Public consultation forum
- Sunshine power plant operation performance and sharing of the experience
- Derive value and sustainable action tasks using collective intelligence
Solar PV mini power plant visiting
inspection
Cooperative Photovoltaic Forum
Operations
Door to Door Education of
Photovoltaic Experience (Schools)

24. 24
Acceleration direction of Dobong-gu
for sustainable development
Creating a culture in which everyday life
is educational through changes in
consciousness and behavior for low-
carbon life
01
02
03
Universality
Popularity Scalability
Running a variety of educational
programs that are familiar and enjoyable
Creating community atmosphere
through recovery of community
consciousness
Understand the value of sustainable development and
improve the realization of sustainability

25. IV Our commitment to ESD and RCE

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Our commitment to ESD and RCE
Holding a workshop for Dobong-type RCE
model and vision establishment
(April 11, 2019)
RCE Dobong Preparatory
Committee
(February 26, 2019)
The first step to start Dobong RCE
We support Dobong RCE certification!
Dobong, a Base City of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Education

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Our commitment to ESD and RCE
Oriented toward value, behavior, and lifestyle necessary for sustainable
future and social transformation, to share ESD practices manifested in
the community, the 'Dobong ESD International Forum' will be held.
Dobong ESD International Forum
Theme Education, Community, and Sustainable Development
Date October 29-30, 2019
Venue Dobong-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Main Content October 29(Seminar) : Connected with schools for ESD
October 30(Main forum) : Keynote speech, lectures,
case presentations

28. Q & A

29. Thank you!
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