IFC, Phl gov’t push dev’t of green buildings
IFC, a member of the World Ban roup, is stepping up its or ith the hilippine government to e pand the development of green buildings. IFC is also conducting technical studies that ill be used in drafting la s re uiring ne buildings to reduce electricity use. These measures ill help the country cut the greenhouse-gas emissions of ne buildings by 0-percent annually.
forum titled reen Building Imperative,” hosted by IFC, the Climate Change Commission hich is chaired by resident uino and the hilippine reen Building Initiative, attracted nearly 100 local government officials. ice resident e omar Binay, enator Loren Legarda, and Climate Change Commissioner eherson lvare ere among those ho spo e at the forum. The participants shared green building best practices and began discussing preliminary plans to adopt such practices among local governments across the country.
The unabated use of carbon-based fuels has drastically altered our global climate- eather patterns are changing and natural disasters have become stronger, more fre uent, and less predictable,” uino said in a statement released by the alacanang alace, adding that green building is one of the most important steps that the country must underta e in adapting to climate change and mitigating climate ris . It is my hope that this ill gain idespread acceptance among developers and ma or players.”
IFC also is helping the epartment of ublic Wor s and igh ays update the National Building Code that ill set minimum green feature re uirements for ne buildings, save energy and ater resources, and support cost-efficient operations. With IFC’s support, andaluyong City passed a green building ordinance that provides incentives such as ta discounts on machineries and building improvements.
IFC offers its global technical e pertise to help hilippine government units develop their green building initiatives,” said IFC esident epresentative esse ng. We support the government in implementing its National Climate Change ction lan, hich provides for ‘greening’ the National Building Code.”
IFC’s green building program, supported by the iss tate ecretariat for conomic ffairs and the government of Canada, or s ith governments and regulators to build capacity for green buildings through policy and regulatory support. It also provides financing to support private sector investments in green buildings.