BDO’s Ortigas office is LEED-certified

BDO Unibank reported that the 47story BDO Corporate Center Ortigas (BDO CCO) has earned a certification on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

The bank took the initiative in registering its Ortigas corporate structure in the LEED green building program.

Virtually the newest addition in the expanding Ortigas skyline, BDO CCO is the first high-rise office-commercial building in the Philippines to achieve a LEED Gold "New Construction Category" Certification.

LEED is one of the most popular green building certification programs used worldwide. It is focused primarily on new, commercialbuilding projects and based upon a points system, which means the more an office structure earns points, the higher will be its rating.

Various sustainable methods were implemented in the construction of BDO CCO that steered its LEED accreditation.

These include the installation of automated monitoring and control systems such as CO2 sensors, occupancy sensors, daylight dimming and timer switches.

BDO CCO, which houses some of the Bank’s major business segments such as consumer lending, leasing and finance, and remittance, is a recipient of the Best Commercial Development, Best Office Development and Best Office Architectural Design awards in the Philippines Property Awards 2015.

Meanwhile, at the regional real estate event Southeast Asia Property Awards 2015, BDO CCO was Highly Commended in the Best Commercial Development and Best Office Architectural Design categories. (JAL)