Yeonsu-gu New Songdo City

  

 

 

  

Yeonsu-gu

New Songdo City 

 

 

 

Home for the Green Climate Fund

 

Designed as a low-carbon, eco-friendly city, New Songdo City has abundant green areas and high-technology waste management systems.

 

New Songdo City hosts a vibrant, rapidly growing international community. With outstanding public security, the GCF and its staff will enjoy a safe living environment. Easy access to well-equipped hospitals providing specialized services for foreign patients, and abundant leisure and cultural facilities are also available.

 

Conveniently located within the Seoul metropolitan area, New Songdo City is only 20 minutes from Incheon Airport, connecting it to 182 international cities. Proximity to 101 embassies will keep the GCF and its staff close to the diplomatic community and the children of the GCF will have access to 16 international schools as well.

 

The city's location also provides convenient access to Korea's financial infrastructure and trained personnel.

                                                                 

A model green-growth city     

 

"New Songdo City, the world's most eco-friendly city"
- Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General at 2009 Global environment Forum -

"France build similar 10 ecopolis of 50,000 residents like Songdo New City in Korea"
- French intellectual Jacques Attali headed the committed to Liberate Growth in France -

"Songdo city offers many of the answers to the pressing problem of high oil prices"
- Mr. Steiner, prominent Forbes Magazine journalist -

"New Songdo city is an example of a sustainable dense urban conglomeration"
- Several prominent overseas broadcasters -

 

Point
Reduce carbon emissions to 38% below BAU levels by 2020.
Achieve the goals of reusing 40% of waste water and 76% of waste.
Main buildings such as ConvensiA have received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.

 

 

I-Tower for GCF secretariat     

 

The I-Tower, where the GCF office will be housed, is an eco-friendly building tailored to international organisations. The building is equipped with renewable energy facilities such as photovoltaic panels, solar water heaters, and geothermal heating systems. In addition, LED lighting, pneumatic waste collection systems, and water treatment systems are installed throughout the building, and the building has achieved the highest grade in domestic energy efficiency standards.

 

The GCF will receive spacious offices in the I-Tower and be provided with the necessary support for the duration of its operations, including free use of state-of-art conference facilities and support for staff.

Office Site and Related Support
● Up to 15 floors(21,500m2) of office space.
● Three major state-of-the-art conference facilities.
● Offices dedicated to LDCs, SIDs and other groups.
● Control system meeting UN security standard.
● High-speed wireless internet service and 4G networks, e-book database library.
● Lounge for parties child care center, theaters, fitness center, etc.

The I-Tower is tailored for the GCF and international organizations, including UN APCICT, the regional offices of the UN ESCAP and UN ISDR. Their offices will have immediate access to the I-Tower.

 

Songdo, Home to Ten International Agencies     

 

"Songdo International City will be a high-concept city with very friendly people and many beautiful parks," said Glenn Dolcemascolo, a United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN ISDR) representative. Over ten international organizations, including UN agencies, will be located in Songdo International City. Though these UN Agencies are not as large as their counterparts in Europe, they are still of considerable size: Green Climate Fund, a UN program office, located in Songdo International City will employ over 500 people in its first year of operation, and many of its employees will live in Songdo International City. By 2020, over 8,000 people will be employed.

 

Green from the Very Start.     

 
Despite being a very urban environment, Songdo International City was planned to be a green city since its initial conception. The city was designed to use clean energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the Central Park has been designed with a truck-free garbage disposal system. The city will become a model example for the implementation of renewable energy sources in a metropolis.

Publisher : Incheon Metropolitan City

source : http://webtrans.wordia.co.kr:7000/etgi/