DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-

DASMARINAS

GREEN BUILDING
EFFORT NAD
C E R T I F I C AT I O N
T H AT I S P R E S E N T
IN THE
PHILIPPINES

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EDGE
EDGE, an innovation of International Finance
Corporation (IFC), is a green building certification
system focused on making new residential and
commercial buildings more resource-efficient.
EDGE is comprised of a web-based software
application, a universal standard and a certification
system.
The EDGE software application is free at edgebuildings.com. Within minutes, a building designer can
determine the optimum combination of design strategies for the best return on investment. Based on a building’s
parameters, the EDGE software discovers energy- and money-saving design opportunities through region-
specific and use-based analysis. As a free design tool, EDGE presents hypothetical costs, savings and payback
periods for green building measures (e.g., low-flow taps and solar connectors), helping developers and buildings
make the business case for green building.

EDGE is a green building certification system that allows design teams and project owners to assess the most
cost-effective ways to incorporate energy and water saving options into homes, hotels, hospitals, offices and retail
spaces.

Projects that achieve a 20 percent projected reduction in use of energy, water and embodied energy in
materials compared to conventional buildings are eligible for EDGE certification. Certification is offered at a
modest cost by GBCI in order to validate project achievement for financial and community stakeholders.
LEVEL 1: EDGE
Certified

Requirements

20% or more savings in energy, water and embodied

energy in materials.

Timing

At preliminary and final certification stages.

Renewal

Not required.

Cost

Registration and certification fees.

LEVEL 2: EDGE
Advanced (Zero
Carbon Ready)
Requirements

EDGE certified with 40% or more on-site energy

savings.

Timing

At preliminary and final certification stages.

Renewal

Not required.

Cost

Registration and certification fees.

LEVEL 3: Zero Carbon
Requirements
EDGE Advanced with 100% renewables on-site or off-site,
or purchased carbon offsets to top off at 100%. All energy
must be accounted for, including diesel and LPG.
Timing

At least one year after final EDGE certification with 75%

occupancy, when operational data must be submitted.

Renewal

Every four years with 100% renewables and every two years
with purchased offsets

Cost

Approximately $1,000, depending on certifying partner (in

addition to registration and certification fees).
LEED

• LEED ® standards, a certification program devised in

1994 by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC;
founded 1993) to encourage sustainable practices
design and development by means of tools and
criteria for performance measurement.
LEED
• LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the
world's most widely used green building rating system. LEED
certification provides a framework for healthy, highly efficient,
and cost-saving green buildings, which offer environmental,
social and governance benefits. LEED certification is a globally
recognized symbol of sustainability achievement, and it is backed
by an entire industry of committed organizations and individuals
paving the way for market transformation.

• LEED v5 is the newest version of LEED. It marks a transformative

milestone in the built environment’s alignment with a low -carbon
future and addresses critical imperatives such
as equity, health, ecosystems and resilience
 • The Philippine Green Building Initiative (PGBI) is a non-profit, voluntary group of professional associations involved with the
built-environment who share a common concern on the impacts of global warming and climate change.

• PGBI’s story began in 2008 when a group of engineers and architects sought to create an industry body that will address the
effects of climate change on the built environment in the Philippine setting. This started a conversation on green buildings
and related issues such as greenhouse effect, global warming, high electricity rates, air pollution, high mortality rate in
respiratory ailments in highly urbanized areas, and various factors needing immediate attention.The following year, ASHRAE
Philippines, PSVARE, and the United Architects of the Philippines –the three main proponents–agreed to involve other
pioneer organizations into the movement.

Philippine Green Building Initiative (PGBI)

 What are the missions of the
PGBI?
To set up standards and promote
To develop a green building rating
best practices in the design and
system;
construction of buildings;
To promote the adoption of various
To develop the process of rating,
Green Building technologies
verification, inspections, and
developed, designed, and approved
building audits;
by Philippine professionals;
To promote the continuing
education of the Philippine Green
Building professional system;
To develop an objective non-
To promote awareness of the partisan approach to the study and
environmental impacts of buildings; assessment of buildings and
communities;
To establish a system of awards and To maintain high professional ethical
recognition, based on PGBI conduct and avoid any conflict of
standards and ratings; interest;
To establish official representation in
government agencies in order to
keep track of issues and thereby
provide policy advice marked by
professionalism, integrity, unbiased,
and high ethical conduct with no
conflict of interest.
GREEEN(Geared for Resiliency
and Energy Efficiency for the Environment)

• The Philippines’s unique climate conditions make it a

challenge to design, implement, and commission a
green building to fit the intricacies of the local
environment. This highlights the importance of
developing a localized green building rating system
that does not merely adapt matrices from other
countries. PGBI recognised this need and developed
its GREEEN Rating System specifically applicable for
our country
 GREEEN (Geared for Resiliency
and Energy Efficiency for
the Environment)

GREEEN was initially GREEEN is a Green GREEEN is a collection of GREEEN aims for resiliency, GREEEN provides one
developed by the technical Building Rating System that associated documents and energy-efficiency, occupant definition, widely accepted
committees of the will provide a voluntary, tools which aid designers in well-being, environmental by industry for what
American Society of code-based, environment- developing and achieving performance and economic constitutes a green
Heating, Refrigerating, Air- responsive set of criteria to green building goals. returns of buildings using building.
Conditioning Engineers evaluate buildings that are established and innovative
(ASHRAE), Philippines newly constructed and practices, standards and
Chapter, the Philippine undergoing major technologies through its
Society of Ventilating Air- renovations. use as a set of design
Conditioning and guidelines.
Refrigerating Engineers
(PSVARE) and the United
Architects of the
Philippines.
 GREEEN-NC
MAJOR CATEGORIES
CERTIFICATION PROCESS

GREEEN PROGRAM
 CATEGORIES GREEEN-EB
CERTIFICATION PROCESS

For Existing Buildings

GREEEN AWARDS
Philippine Green
Building Council

• The Philippine Green Building Council

(PHILGBC) was incorporated on March 22, 2007
as a national non-stock, non-profit organisation
that promotes the sharing of knowledge on
green building practices to the industry to
ensure a sustainable environment. It was
organised to serve as a single voice in the
promotion of holistic and market-based green
building practices, to facilitate the sharing of
green building information and practices in the
building industry, and to serve as a non-
partisan venue for the development of a green
building rating system.
• They do a lot of work to
promote sustainable
building practices. They
offer certification programs,
educational resources, and
campaigns to encourage the
development of green
buildings. One of their
programs is called the
Building for Ecologically
Responsive Design
Excellence (BERDE) rating
system. It looks at how
sustainable a building is in
different areas, like energy
efficiency, water
management, waste
management, and indoor
environmental quality. The
BERDE certification is
important for developers
who want to build or
renovate green buildings
according to Philippine
standard
Incentive
The government of the Philippines supports green
building initiatives and provides incentives for
developers to use sustainable practices. For
example, the Board of Investments (BOI) gives tax
incentives to developers who get green building
certification for their projects. These incentives can
include lower taxes, fewer fees, and faster permits.
The Department of Energy (DOE) also encourages
energy-efficient buildings through the Energy
Conservation Building Code (ECBC). The ECBC sets
standards for how much energy commercial
buildings should use. This helps promote
sustainable building practices in the real estate
sector.