BUILDING

ENVIRONMENT
CERTIFICATION
BUILDING ENVIRONMENT
CERTIFICATION
– A building environment rating system is needed to evaluate the
environmental performance of a building and to encourage market
migration towards sustainable design.

– The rating system must be:

1. Credit-based
2. Flexible
3. Consensus-based and market-driven
BUILDING ENVIRONMENT
CERTIFICATION
– The consulting architect in this area of practice must have much
more than the basic knowledge of Green Architecture and
Environmental and/or Sustainable Design and sufficient knowledge of
the governing environmental investigation processes and procedures
under international protocols such as the Philippine Solid Waste,
Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, DENR administrative issuances and
the like.
What is BERDE?
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

– In 2009, the BERDE Program was established by the Philippine Green

Building Council (PHILGBC) as an appropriate response to the
Philippine building industry’s need to proactively address the
negative impacts of climate change.

– The program was established to develop the Philippines’ own

national voluntary green building rating system to facilitate green
building projects in the country, inspire confidence in the industry,
and build trust in the industry.
What is BERDE?
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

– The BERDE Green Building Rating System is developed under

the BERDE Program. BERDE is a tool to assess, measure, monitor, and
certify the performance of green building projects above and beyond
existing national and local building and environmental laws,
regulations, and mandatory standards.

– BERDE is recognized by the Philippine government, through the

Department of Energy (DOE), as the National Voluntary Green
Building Rating System.
PHILGBC
(Philippine Green Building Council)

– was incorporated on March 22, 2007 as a national non-stock, non-

profit organization that promotes the sharing of knowledge on green
building practices to the industry to ensure a sustainable
environment.
PHILGBC
(Philippine Green Building Council)

– The Council’s opinions are valued in the areas of policy development,

business development, and environmental expertise. And over the
years, a growing number of individual professionals and over two
hundred and fifty (250) corporations and organizations from the
different sectors of the building industry are currently members of
the largest and greenest building initiative in the country.
GREEEN
(Geared for Resiliency and Energy Efficiency for
the Environment)

– a total effort of the Philippine Green Building Initiative, Inc., (PGBI)

– grEEEn is a Green Building Rating System that will provide a

voluntary, code-based, environment-responsive set of criteria to
evaluate buildings that are newly constructed and undergoing major
renovations.
PGBI
(Philippine Green Building Initiative)

– 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.

FOUNDING MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS:

– American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers Philippines Chapter (ASHRAE Philippines)
– Heritage Conservation Society (HCS)
PGBI
(Philippine Green Building Initiative)

FOUNDING MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS:

– International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
– Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers (IIEE)
– Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID)
– Philippine Society of Ventilating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigerating
Engineers (PSVARE)
– United Architects of the Philippines (UAP)
– Geological Society of the Philippines (GSP)
BERDE CERTIFICATION
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

– BERDE Certification is the formal assessment, rating, and certification

process for projects of the BERDE Program. It is conducted in a third-
party assessment process to ensure a credible, independent,
impartial, and objective assessment, rating, and certification of
projects under BERDE.
BERDE CERTIFICATION
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

Who will certify my project?

– The PHILGBC will certify the project based on the outcomes from the
assessments during the BERDE Certification process.
BERDE CERTIFICATION
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

Who will certify my project?

– The PHILGBC or its authorized assessment body will facilitate and

conduct the assessment, rating, and certification process. The
PHILGBC builds trust and confidence in the system by managing and
addressing conflicts of interests between the project, the project
team, and the assessment team assigned for the project.
BERDE CERTIFICATION
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

– BERDE has four major rating schemes:

1. New construction,
2. Retrofits and Renovations,
3. Operations, and
4. Existing buildings.
BERDE CERTIFICATION
(Building for Ecologically Responsive Design
Excellence)

– The number of points a project earns in each of the categories (i.e.

water, land use ecology, etc.) determines its level of accreditation;

highest is five stars

the lowest is one star.

Why you need BUILDING
CERTIFICATION?
– Rating systems provide developers with a quantifiable basis for
claiming to be green. It’s a mechanism to prevent greenwashing.

– Greenwashing is the practice of making an unsubstantiated or

misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product,
service, technology or company practice. Greenwashing can make a
company appear to be more environmentally friendly than it really is.
Why you need BUILDING
CERTIFICATION?
– A green-certified building is also cost-effective and is a sound
economic investment. It attracts customers because of its attractive
low-energy use, among other things. Green building features have
generally a five-year payback period.
GREEN BUILDING

– refers to a structure, and its subsequent use, that is ecologically

friendly and resource efficient
Why is there a need for…

BUILDING
ENVIRONMENT
CERTIFICATION?
GREEN BUIILDINGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Zuellig Building, Makati
In 2013, Zuellig Building earned certification at the
Platinum Level under the LEED Rating System for
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
(Core and Shell)
GREEN BUIILDINGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
One Evotech
Awarded LEED Silver Certification
for featuring sustainable
architecture. Its green building
features include energy-efficient
lighting, dual piping with use of
gray water for landscape
a 4-storey technopod building in Nuvali in maintenance, a bike ramp, and sun
Canlubang, Laguna.
baffles, among others.
GREEN BUIILDINGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
located at Metro Manila, Philippines
Asian Development Bank
Headquarters
The building’s use of solar
power via panels on it’s
rooftop is testament to its
commitment to efficient
energy use and support for
green growth in the
country.
GREEN BUIILDINGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
At present, the city of Taguig is recognized as the city with the most
green buildings, with two recently receiving Gold LEED Certification.
The Mind Museum Sun Life Financial Headquarters
GREEN BUIILDINGS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Net Lima Building, Taguig
The first certified green building under the
BERDE (Building for Ecologically Responsive
Design Excellence) Green Building Rating
System.
 END

PRESENTORS:
DE LEON, PRINCES JECYVHEL
OCDEN, RYZA
QUESTIONS

1. It is a rating system recognized by the Philippine government

through the Department of Energy (DOE), as the National Voluntary
Green Building Rating System. (Acronym can be accepted.)

2. It is the practice of making a misleading claim that can make a

company appear to be more environmentally friendly than it really
is.
QUESTIONS

3. What does BERDE stands for?

4. Who or what organization established BERDE? (Acronym can be

accepted.)

5. Give 1 of the 4 major rating schemes of BERDE.

QUESTIONS

6. It refers to a structure, and its subsequent use, that is ecologically

friendly and resource efficient.

7. It is the first certified green building under the BERDE.

QUESTIONS

8. What type of architect is involved in the area of building environment

certification? This type of architect must have much more than the
basic knowledge of Green Architecture and Environmental and/or
Sustainable Design.

9. Who certifies the project in BERDE Certification?

10. One example of Green Buildings in the Philippines mentioned.

ANSWERS
ANSWERS

1. BERDE
2. Greenwashing
3. Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence
4. PHILGBC
5. Either of the 4:
– New construction,
– Retrofits and Renovations
– Operations
– Existing buildings
ANSWERS

6. Green Building 10. Either of the 6:

– Zuellig Building
7. Net Lima Building
– One Evotech
– Asian Development Bank
8. Consulting Architect Headquarters
– The Mind Museum
9. PHILGBC
– Sun Life Financial Headquarters
– Net Lima Building