Autodesk, leading building software developer, expressed its support and cooperation for the Philippine Green Building Council (PhilGBC) efforts to promote safe, environmentally sound and socially responsible building practices during the group’s first General Membership Meeting.

The meeting, which was attended by around ninety leaders in the building industry professionals, material suppliers, academe, government and civil society including representatives of the Green Architecture Movement of the United Architects of the Philippines (GAM-UAP), Council of Deans and Heads of Architectural Schools in the Philippines (CODHASP), City of Makati, Ayala Foundation, Inc., Matimco Incorporated, Puyat Steel Corporation, BCI Asia, Colliers International, Cemex, Hi-Cool Engineering Corporation, Adco Blue, Decopro, Inc., CB Engineers and Chinabank, was held last January 24, 2008 at the Hotel Renaissance in Makati City. 

Emmanuel Samuel, Sales Director for Asia Pacific of Autodesk made a presentation on Sustainable Design With Building Information Modeling & BIM Success Story. 

PhilGBC chair Christopher Dela Cruz reported the group’s activities the past year.

Secretary Lito Atienza of Department for Environment and Natural Resources will open the Manila FuturArc Forum on 29 February 2008. This will be the fourth conference after the series of FuturArc Forum 2008 opens in Jakarta, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur on the prior weeks. Academic lectures and authors, who are pioneers in green building, as well as green building practitioner will speak at the conference. Dr Deo Prasad of University of New South Wales will speak about The Principle of Green Building, followed by Dr Nirmal Kishnani of University of Singapore who will present The Practice of Green Building. They will be joined by Ulf Meyer, the German-based author and lecturer on progressive architecture, who will describe Two Decades of Sustainable Architecture in Europe. Dr Matthias Krups of BCI Asia will end the morning session with presentation on green building market survey in nine regions.

The Minister of Energy, Water and Communications Y.B. Dato Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik formally opened the Conference on Sustainable Building 07 South East Asia (SB)&SEA) last November 5, 2007 at theKuala Lumpur Convention Center.  The regional conference is part of an international conference series on Sustainable Building co-sponsored by the International Council on Research and Innovation in Building Construction (CIB), The International Initiatives for Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE), and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

SB07SEA seeks to continually address the various and complex issues that architects,engineers, developers, contractors and policy makers face in developing workable solutions for the built environment. Various experts, academics and luminaries from the building industries from across the South East Asian region were invited to share their insight in solving the complex environment impacts their respective countries are now facing.

Christopher C. De la Cruz, Anna G. Tungol and Adel Licos represented the PhilGBC at SB07SEA. 

A light moment with the nation's environmental leaders and visionaries during the closing ceremonies of Building Green 2007. Shown in the photo (from left) are Atty. Zoilo Andin of the National Solid Waste Management Commission (NSWMC) and Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC), former Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary and 2007 UNEP Champion of the Earth Awardee former DENR Secretary Ms. Bebet Gozun, green architect Christopher De la Cruz Founding Chair of the PhilGBC and Ayala Property Management Corp. President and former President of the Philippine Constructors Association Engr. Emilio Tumbocon.

Vice President Noli De Castro was recognized as Lifetime Member of the PhilGBC during the recently concluded Building Green 2007. 

Taguig City Mayor Sigfrido Tinga delivered the welcome remarks during the recently concluded Building Green 2007 held at the Market! Market in Fort Global City.  Taguig City was the host city of the first Green Building event in the Philippines.  Building Green 2007 was stage of the nationwide campaign  to promote greener buildings in the Philippines.

CEMEX’S Solid Cement Products Now Carry the "Green Choice" Seal of Approval

Contributed by: Pat Gallardo, Ayala Land Inc. 

from the BusinessMirror 9/6/2007

Leading property developer Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) has made it a standard to incorporate energy-saving and environmentally sound technology and procedures into its office projects.

Environmentally and economically sustainable buildings will no longer simply be pipe dreams in the Philippines within the next 18 months.

Two "green" office buildings are slated to be completed by ALI this year and late next year.

Architects Rowena Ramos and Ana - Mangalino Ling with Mr. Raymond Rufino

Building industry leaders Arch. Ana Mangalino Ling of Jose Siao Ling and Associates (named one of the top ten architecture firms in the Philippines) and Mr. Ramon Rufino of the Net Group (largest developer at the Bonifacio Global City) with Arch. Weng Ramos at Building Green 2007.

Green architect Christopher De la Cruz invited members of the building industry to join the PhilGBC, the Philippines' single voice in the promotion of green building practices.  During the various forums of Building Green 2007, Arch. De la Cruz also invited council members to join the development of the country's green building rating system.

Urban Planner Illac Diaz (MyShelter Foundation) recently invited PhilGBC members to join the Millennium Schools International Design Competition during the recently held Building Green 2007.  The Millennium Schools Project intends to produce sustainable designs solutions for school buildings in developing countries.

To download more information on the Millennium Schools Project CLICK HERE .

To download Mr. Diaz's presentation CLICK HERE . 

Visit the Millennium School Competition Website .