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Environmentally Friendly Buildings Anchor: Global warming lengthens the summer, and air-conditioning is becoming a more important issue than heating in buildings. Tonight, in a series of special reports, we would like to introduce you to the new trend in buildings. It is called the environmentally friendly building protecting the environment and resolving airconditioning issues. Seo Kyong Che reports. Reporter: This is Seoul Central Post Office building, being completed before our eyes. Instead of using the common method of cooling a room by blowing cold air from the ceiling, the new building employs a method in which the cold air blows up from the floor. Even at the same temperature, this method makes employees feel cooler. Hence, it saves air-conditioning costs. Taking into consideration that this building faces a westerly direction, vertical external shades are placed on windows to reduce direct sunlight and internal blinds are also used to prevent the sun from warming the air in the building. Any remaining warm air is forced out of the building to further lower the temperature. Interview [Kang Yun Do / Construction Equipment Manager]: This method saves energy by decreasing the load on the air-conditioner by reducing the sunlight entering the building. Eventually, a method like this will play a very large role in a situation such as global warming. This research center places solar panels in front of its windows to produce electricity. Subterranean thermal energy is being used in air-conditioning and

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heating. The temperature of the subterranean layer is a constant 15 degrees Celsius throughout the year. By drilling a hole in the ground and piping water through it, we supply a building with water that is much cooler than the outside summer temperature. Some plant flowers and trees on the roofs of buildings to reduce energy loss. Interview [Kim Yung Kyung / Kolon Construction Technology Research Center Researcher]: Planting greenery on a rooftop has the effect of reducing the buildings summer temperature by 1.5 degrees Celsius. It also functions to alleviate the "heat island" phenomenon in cities. Planting greenery on the building walls also has the effect of lowering the room temperatures of a building. Finding construction materials in nature, including trees and earth, is setting itself as a new trend in construction. This house employs the advantages of the traditional Korean house and the wood cabin. The house is open on the front and back, so that air can pass through and the earth uses blocks heat from the outside, so the house remains cool even in summer. Interview [Park Jin Young / Home Owner]: I have never thought of an airconditioner and I have no need to. Environmentally friendly construction is being experimented with in various ways. Yet it has not become mainstream because of high construction costs. Still, in an era in which the Korean Peninsula is changing to a semi-tropical climate, "green" buildings, which use eco-friendly construction materials as well as recyclable energy, are quickly becoming

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