green road to the philippines

Whether you are an architect, building owner, code official, contractor, developer, educator, engineer, facility manager, financial services provider, government agency, green power provider, home builder, interior designer, landscape architect, nonprofit organization, product manufacturer, school and university, student, or you just want to help save the environment, you are all welcome to visit or join Green Road to the Philippines, an open source forum dedicated to Green Architecture and other beneficial topics to make the Philippines a better and healthy place to live, work and play thru sustainable practices with environmental, economic and social consciousness. This website encourages members to use it as a melting pot of ideas and explore sustainable solutions beyond their resource thru collaboration.

Visit the site here.

BERDE Consultation Meetings

The Philippine Green Building Council, Inc. will be conducting a series of meetings, hearings and fora to gather inputs and suggestion for the development of the BERDE Rating System.

The 1st Consultation Meeting was held last August 4, 2009 at the BERDE Secretariat Office, 3rd Floor, GHD, 111 Paseo de Roxas, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

The next four Consultation Meetings will be happening in September 3 and 4, 2009 during the MANILACON 09 at the SMX Convention Center. The meetings will focus on the Life Cycle Assessment of Materials. Each meetings can only accommodate 30 participants. Kindly reserve your seats with the National Secretariat at secretariat@philgbc.org. Priority will be given to PHILGBC Members.

Meeting 1 - Sept 3, 9am to 12nn

Meeting 2 - Sept 3, 2pm to 5pm

Meeting 3 - Sept 4, 9am to 12nn

Meeting 4 - Sept 4, 2pm to 5pm

Green Forum 09

The Green Forum is back! Hosted by ManilaCon09, organized by the Green Architecture Advocacy Philippines group, it is a 2-day in-depth discussion and presentation on the green and sustainable building design principles and techniques within and beyond our shores. This is in line with the move of dynamic building design professionals to promote Green Architecture in the Philippines.

Program

DAY 1

• Why Go Green: Philippine Perspective

- Developer's Perspective:

Engr. Edmond P. Maceda

Sustainability Officer (Ayala Land)

- Legislative:

Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, MD

Congresswoman - 4th District of Pampanga, 14th Congress

- Architect's Perspective:

Ar. Robert Mirafuente, uap

• Green Architecture: Beyond our Shores

Ar. Jason E J Pomeroy

BA (Hons) BArch (Hons) Mst IDBE(Cantab), RIBA ASIA, Director, Broadway Malyan Asia Pte Ltd

• Environmental Laws in the Philippines

Atty. Antonio A. Oposa, Jr.

President, Batas ng Kalikasan, 2009 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee

• Philippine Green Building Rating System

Ar. Christopher de la Cruz, uap

Chairman, Philippine Green Building Council

• Renewable Energy: Micro Applications

Engr. Oly Serafica

President, Renewable Energy Asso. of the Phils.

DAY 2

• Construction Waste Management

(foreign speaker)

• Sustainability from the Ground: Landscape Architecture

Ar. Mary Anne Espina, fuap, pala

• Green Materials & Technologies

- Andrew Cotterill

Hadley (Thailand) Ltd.

- Engr. Edmond P. Maceda

Sustainability Officer (Ayala Land)

• Building Envelope

Ar. Julian Bot

Principal, LEED AP, CUNDALL Hong Kong

• Life Cycle Assessment

Collin Somerville

Managing Director, Seacon Environment Ltd.

• Affirmation of Commitment to Go Green

Registration Fees: (per person)

• Php2,500.00 / US$57.00* on or before August 16, 2009
• Php3,000.00 / US$67.00* on or before August 31, 2009
• Php3,500.00 / US$77.00* onsite registration
• Php2,000.00 for Academe / Faculty members (cash bank remittance only)

* US$ rates apply for Paypal and Credit Card payments.

** rates are inclusive of meals

Venue: SM X Convention Center

Dates: September 4 & 5, 2009

Regiister at the ManilaCon site.