Ayala Land, Inc. expressed support to use BERDE in existing buildings.

MAKATI CITY, Philippines. – January 28, 2010 – Top developer Ayala Land, Inc. represented by Arch. Joel Luna announced today at The Building Green – the CEO their company’s commitment to use BERDE in their existing buildings during the pilot phase of the implementation of the Philippines’ largest green building initiative.

The Ayala properties that will pilot BERDE include: One Evotech Building at NUVALI Sta. Rosa City, Laguna; NUVALI Evoliving Center at Sta. Rosa City, Laguna; Tower One & Exchange Plaza, Makati City; Solaris One Building, Makati City; UP-AyalaLand TechnoHub, Quezon City; BGC BPO Building, Bonifacio Global City; Greenbelt Mall in Makati City; Marquee Mall, Angeles City, Pampanga.

BERDE – The Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence is the National Green Building Rating System developed by the PHILGBC. Developed by a non-partisan forum composed of the nation’s leaders in industry, professional institutions, academe, and government, this forum shall be the stage in the ongoing debate on how to measure a building’s sustainability credentials. BERDE will help in determining the correctness and accuracy of the environmental claims of the project proponents.

BERDE is a consensus driven; third party certification, monitoring and verification scheme that will enable all property market players to benchmark against a single green building rating system. It will guide decision makers in industry in designing, constructing and operating greener buildings. Businesses will use BERDE as a recognizable environmental branding tool that will enable property buyers easily identify buildings that are performing environmentally well.

The Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC) and the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) co-hosted the Building Green – the CEO Forum to open the dialogue on sustainability in the property sector. The Conference brought together the green building champions from industry discuss issues and challenges in making BERDE an effective green building transformation tool.

BERDE was released today for comment to incorporate the expertise and insight of PHILGBC members.

Contacts:

CHRISTOPHER CRUZ DE LA CRUZ
Chairman and President Philippine Green Building Council
(+632) 8970045, (GMT+08:00)
ccdelacruz@philgbc.org
http://philgbc.org

MA. ANNA GALANG TUNGOL
Secretary, Board of Trustees Executive Director
Philippine Green Building Council
(+632) 4896829, (GMT+08:00)
agtungol@philgbc.org
http://philgbc.org

REZA DADUFALZA
Trade & Investment Manager UK Trade and Investment
(+632) 858 2200, (GMT+08:00)
reza.dadufalza@fco.gov.uk
http://www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk/

To learn more about the PHILGBC, its conference series Building Green or to schedule an interview with any of the officers and/or members of the Council please contact the PHILGBC National Secretariat at (+632) 4896829, (GMT+08:00).

Copies of photos of the event are available. For requests please email secretariat@philgbc.org .