Greener QC, Makati

We saw last 2009 that Quezon City has created its own Green Building Ordinance, which requires all land-users, developers and planners to have environment-friendly systems and technologies within the premises of new projects or buildings. A whopping tax credit of 25% is offered as an incentive, not bad. Then they came up with the Green Roof Ordinance 1940 which exempts the floor area of the green roof from property tax. The QC city government also required public utility vehicles to make the shift to greener fuels, such as biofuels, within 3 years.

Not bad at all, in my opinion.

However, we've discovered that the Implementing Rules & Regulations still need working on, as no criteria has been established yet for the technical categories for the issuance of certificates. And they are supposed to launch this April!

Glad that they are making this move, but they still have a long way to go in getting it together.