Green Building

To build a green building that applied the energy saving and environmental conservation concept, AhnLab organized a Green Building Construction Promotion Team and actively promoted the green management activity. LED lights were installed in the parking lot where it was inevitable for 24 hours, and Low-E multi-layered glass was applied to save energy by blocking direct sunlight and radiant heat. The water-saving toilet was installed to build a green infrastructure.

NO ROOM & LOW PARTITION Green Office

AhnLab's office space is an open-type green office with the concept of “No Wall & No Room”. There is no room that is commonly found in ordinary offices, and the CEO and other executives are no exception. In addition, there are partitions that divide office space, and their height is lowered as much as possible. This helps maximize the energy efficiency of the air conditioning system by facilitating the airflow. This also helps optimize the lighting efficiency by minimizing blind spots.

Eco-friendly Staircase, Green Shaft

AhnLab has installed an eco-friendly staircase(green shaft) to enable the vertical movement between floors in order to practice environmental management. Green shaft is an eco-friendly staircase that can reduce energy consumption by using natural light. As it is located in the center of the office space and is easy for employees to access, the culture of using stairs rather than elevators has been settled naturally for about three floors when moving between floors for business communication. In addition, many visitors who visit the AhnLab building highly appreciate Green Shaft's eco-friendly functions and voluntary environmental practices of employees.

Greywater Reuse System

AhnLab's office is equipped with greywater reuse system that can recycle tap water once used. We aim to recycle more than 10% of the total water consumption. To manage water quality, we perform periodic maintenance for water and equipment.

Other Environmental Management Activities

AhnLab has real-time video conference equipment in all conference spaces to practice paperless meetings and introduced a company-wide video conference system, an e-fax, and an electronic approval system for the efficient communication process. In addition, the peak hours energy saving is applied, while the electricity consumption is minimized by introducing high-efficiency air conditioning and temperature control in the office. In addition, we save energy by turning off lights in unoccupied spaces, turning off one in two lights, and operating elevators that make stops on every other floor. We have an eco-friendly office space such as a rooftop garden.

Introduction of Cloud Printing Systems

Printers, which were installed along the company, were gathered in one place to minimize waste. We introduced a cloud printing system that enables double-checking before printing and built an e-fax system that can send documents electronically without printing.

Minimizing carbon emissions by reducing travel, such as using video conference system

We introduced software/hardware systems such as Teams System and Webinar Room to establish a business environment that the communication is not constrained by space. Employees can make phone calls/video conferences with Internet, so the frequency of moving to another place for meetings has been reduced. We have real-time video conference equipment, and operating a mobile phone rental system that is easy to carry during overseas business trips. This reduces carbon emissions and increases work efficiency. In addition, we operate a bicycle storage center that can park a total of 100 bicycles for the bicycle commuters.

Minimizing Paper Use by Introducing an Electronic Approval System

In order to minimize the amount of paper wasted by printing reports, approval documents, and cafeteria meal vouchers, the electronic document approval system and electronic payment system were introduced. (Excluding in-house café kiosk)

Adopting Reusable Cups at In-house Café

Since December 2021, reusable cups have been provided at in-house café. If you choose a disposable cup, you will be charged an environmental charge of KRW 200. Since the adoption of reusable cups in December 2021, 215,296 reusable cups (including tumblers) have been used until March 2023, reducing the use of an equal amount of disposable cups. The usage rate of reusable cups reaches about 94%, and efforts are being made to reduce the use of disposable cups.

Use of in-house café cups by type