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Developing a Green Building RatingSystem for the PhilippinesDeveloping a Green Building RatingSystem for the Philippines

Water Resources Summit

CHRISTOPHER CRUZ DE LA CRUZ

Chair, Philippine Green Building Council

[email protected] http://philgbc.org

“Managing Water Resources for Sustainability and Equityin the Santa Rosa Watershed”

Development Academy of the Philippines

March 11, 2009


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•A national non-profit organization;

•A coalition of leaders;

•We share best practices in

Philippine Green Building

Council

u ng es gn;•The non-partisan venue for thedevelopment of a nationally

accepted and recognized greenbuilding rating system.


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Membership

Manosa and Company

ASYA DESIGN

Ortigas and Company


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What is Green Building?

Green building is a structure that is

designed, built, renovated, operated, orreused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner.


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Focus Areas of Green Building

•Sustainable Site Development,

•Improvement of Indoor Air Quality,

•Water Management,

•Energy Management,

•Solid Waste Management,

•Green Materials,

•Preservation of Cultural Contexts.


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• Reduces the negative impacts of natural resourceconsumption;

• Enhance occupant’s comfort and health;• Competitive first costs;

• Marketing advantages;

Benefits

• Projection of a positive public image;• Improves the bottom line (profits);

• Reduce liability;

• Reduces tipping and hauling costs;

• Minimize strain on local infrastructures and improvequality of life.


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Issues and ChallengesIssues and Challenges

• Lack of information on Green Building in

government;• Need to increase competitive advantage of the

building industry;

• nergy n e pp nes s one o e mosexpensive in the region;

• Need to reduce cost in implementing greenbuilding strategies and programs;

• Too many laws but lacking in policy support forgreen building– Where do we start?

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We have enough lawsalready…

• RA 9275 Clean Water Act;

• RA 9003 Solid Waste Management Act

• RA 8749 Clean Air Act;

• RA 9367 Biofuels Act;• RA 7586: National Integrated Protected

Areas System (NIPAS) Act;

• Etc, etc, etc.

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[email protected]


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Why do we need a green building

rating system?

• A great tool to exhibit environmental

stewardship.• It enables the public to easily identify

• A third party certification, monitoring andverification system enables all market

players to benchmark in a single system,thus leveling the playing field.

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CASBEE (Comprehensive Assessment System for BuildingEnvironmental Efficiency) Japan

– Structured to award high assessments to superiorbuildings;

– Simple;

Green Building Rating Systems

– Should be applicable to buildings in a wide range ofapplications;

– To suit issues that affect Japan and Asia.

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SBTool (Sustainable Building Tool) Canada – Flexible – may be used in different localities; – Requires greater technical expertise;

Green Globes - Canada, U.S.


– Sustainable design and construction information issubmitted on-line for third party verification, – Requires a Green Building Initiative-approved and

Green Globes trained professional.

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[email protected]


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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)U.S.

– Dominant system in the U.S. market; – Assessors’ accreditation required; – Accepted by the U.S. Federal and Local Governments;


Other significant Green Building Rating Systems

– Cradle to Cradle – U.S. – Green Star – Australia

– Green Mark – Singapore

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Building for Ecologically ResponsiveDesign Excellence (BERDE Program)A priority program of the PHILGBC

•It shall be consensus driven;

• ;

•Multidisciplinary;

•Government supported;

•Industry backed!


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Creating BERDE

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Creating BERDE

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Creating BERDE

BERDE Serves as the Technical Working

DevelopmentTeam

roup o ;

Conducts research anddevelopment work.

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Creating BERDE

S ecialShall address specific BERDE

issues

CommitteesServes as technical advisers of

BERDE-DT

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Creating BERDE

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Moving ForwardMoving Forward• Stakeholder Participation is CRITICAL;• Government Support;

• Building Consensus;• Education Programs;• Public and Private Incentive Schemes;

• Harmonize policies and regulations on greenbuilding issues to ease regulatory roadblocks;• Enforcement of laws;• Promote the use of rating systems to properly

document, measure and verify greencredentials.

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Maraming Salamat Po!

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