PAGADIAN
CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (October 20, 2016) - For exhibiting exemplary
environmental performance, eight companies from the chiller and power sectors
received recognition from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) at the Joint Awarding Ceremony of the Philippines-Chiller Energy
Efficiency Project (PCEEP) and the Philippine Environment Partnership Program
(PEPP) held recently at the H2O Hotel in Manila.
The
project’s beneficiaries were awarded and recognized for their initiatives in
implementing energy-efficient operations, particularly the chiller sector’s
move to replace their ODS-based inefficient chillers to new technologies.
The
PCEEP is a World Bank-Global Environment Facility (WB-GEF) -initiated Project
which provide technical and financial assistance to replace their old chillers
with energy-efficient and non-ozone depleting substances (ODS)-based chillers
in order to protect the ozone layer and reduce greenhouse emissions.
The
PCEEP provides an opportunity for chiller owners to select new chiller
technologies that are not only more energy efficient but also operating with
non-ODS-based refrigerant and with lower leakage rate. Such move would actually bring economic as
well as ecological benefits not only to chiller owners but also the country in
terms of savings in electricity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
The
seven awardees under the PCEEP are the following : Waterfront Cebu City Hotel
and Casino / Cofely Philippines (Excellence Award); The Peninsula Manila
(Excellence Award); Trinoma Malls (Plaque of Recognition); SM City Iloilo
(Plaque of Recognition); Bank of the Philippine Islands-Buendia Center (Plaque
of Recognition); International School Manila (Plaque of Recognition); Manila
Pavilion (Certificate of Recognition).
The
DENR also conferred three Special Awards, namely: Special Citation for the Most
Number of PCEEP Applications (Chiller Supplier Category) for Stellar Equipment
Inc., Best in Chiller Management of the Year for Engr. Vincent Lazaro of
Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino and Engr. Karsten Carlo Pica of Cofely
Philippines, and Highest Greenhouse Gas Reduction for CY2015 for Trinoma Malls.
Awardees
were selected after passing a series of evaluation stages including documentary
and site validation with the members of the PCEEP-Technical Evaluation
Committee.
At
the end of the project life on January 1, 2017, the PCEEP is expected to have
replaced 30,649 tons of refrigeration, reduced 5,700 kilograms of
ozone-depleting potentials, generated at least 124.7 gigawatt- hours in
electricity savings, abated 10 megawatt-demand, and reduced 62,400 tons of
greenhouse gases.
On the other hand, the PEPP, pursuant to DENR
Administrative Order No. 14 (Series of 2003), is a DENR partnership program
that aims to support industry self-regulation towards improved environmental
performance.
EDC Green Core Geothermal, Inc. located in Leyte bagged the DENR Seal of
Approval under the PEPP’s “Track 1 Category”. It is the sole awardee for 2015.
Under
Track 1, industries are recognized for their initiatives that go beyond
compliance which means they should have had no cases filed with the Pollution
Adjudication Board for three years prior to the date of application. They are
in full compliance with all applicable environmental laws, and should have been
proven to show superior environmental performance such as implementing
successful environmental management system or pollution prevention or waste
minimization initiatives and community or social responsibility programs.
(By
Jong Cadion with PR)
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