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Busan Seniors’ Hospital No. 2 Completes Eco-Friendly Renovation (Green Remodeling)!

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Busan Metropolitan City (Mayor Park Heong-joon) announced the completion of an “eco-friendly renovation (green remodeling)” project at Busan Seniors’ Hospital No. 2 to improve energy performance and provide a more comfortable environment.

The Green Remodeling Project is a key policy initiative promoted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Infrastructure Safety and Technology Corporation. It aims to enhance energy efficiency in aging public buildings—such as insulation and facilities upgrades—thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving carbon neutrality.

Through annual public offerings, the program provides funding to improve energy performance and living conditions in public facilities that have been in use for more than ten years, such as childcare centers, public health centers, and medical facilities.

Busan Seniors’ Hospital No. 2 (operated by Busan Medical Center) is a public nursing hospital providing community-based medical services for elderly patients with dementia and other geriatric diseases. The hospital received building-use approval in 2007 and opened in October 2012. With one basement level and four floors above ground, it operates a total of 186 beds, most of which are occupied by geriatric patients.

After 18 years since its completion, the facility had reached a point where overall renovations were urgently needed, particularly the replacement of deteriorated windows and outdated heating and cooling systems.

Accordingly, the City applied for the Green Remodeling Project, secured 2.6 billion KRW in national funding, and invested 1.1 billion KRW in municipal funding, bringing the total project cost to 3.7 billion KRW. Construction was carried out from March to August this year.

Key improvements included:

• ●Reinforcement of internal and external insulation

• ●Replacement of high-performance windows

• ●Installation of high-efficiency heating and cooling systems

• ●Replacement of boilers and lighting

• ●Installation of solar power generation facilities

• ●Roof waterproofing

• ●Installation of a smart air shower system at the entrance

Cho Kyu-yul, Director General of Citizens’ Health Bureau, stated, “Through this renovation, we expect inpatients will receive public medical services in a safer and more comfortable environment. Moving forward, we will make efforts to expand the Green Remodeling Project to other Busan Seniors’ Hospitals as well.”