Quezon City, Philippines — ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat (ICLEI SEAS) launched Active City-Community Engagement to Leverage Emissions Reduction through Activities that Transform Energy Use (ACCELERATE) project’s online platform and knowledge products on energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C), and green buildings. The project’s platform was launched during the Philippine Green Building Council’s “Green Building 2020” Digital Conference on 22 September 2020.
The goal of this online resource is to consolidate, and host different and up-to-date information on EE&C, and green building applicable to the Philippine context. It is envisioned to be the go-to resource hub of local governments, business sectors, and individuals for information on energy conservation and sustainable lifestyle.
The features of the platform include an energy assessment survey and dedicated tabs for businesses, local governments, households, and knowledge products. The tabs for businesses and households offer simple and cost-effective measures to ensure energy efficiency and conservation in every Filipino home and businesses, and the local government tab showcases the salient features of energy policies and regulations in the Philippines. The platform also includes a downloadable library of materials on green buildings and energy under the knowledge products tab.
“I urge everyone to visit and use the ACCELERATE online platform.” said Mr. Allendri Angeles, Solid Waste Management Office Head and City Environment and Natural Resources Office Acting Head of Pasig City. “It will be our springboard towards living a sustainable lifestyle through energy efficiency and conservation. Let’s heal our planet and do our own share on conserving our natural resources.”
Engineer Ma. Teresa Quiogue, Supervising Environmental Management Specialist of Parañaque City, during the platform walkthrough encourages the citizens of Paranaque to use the energy assessment tool in the ACCELERATE platform, and said “This energy assessment is a good tool to assess the energy consumption of our appliances at home, office, and establishment. It also provides energy saving tips to follow at the end of the survey.”
Apart from the website, the ACCELERATE project launched two knowledge materials on EE&C: “A Guidebook for the Energy Advocates”, a reference material on conducting a basic energy audit and “Chuchay Learns to Save Energy”, a comic book that follows Chuchay’s day as she learns about energy efficiency and conservation. Both materials and more can be found and downloaded from the ACCELERATE website.
Watch the ACCELERATE platform’s walkthrough video below:
The ACCELERATE project is funded through the 10YFP Trust Fund, administered by the United Nations Environment Programme, with the generous contribution from the Ministry of Environment of Japan. It is implemented by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability. The project aims to strengthen sustainable consumption of energy use in Pasig City and Paranaque City through enhancing the implementation of the Philippine Green Building Code and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Law across the board by inspiring action from the private sector and local communities.
