As an environmental consulting and engineering firm, we also hold ourselves accountable to the sustainability of the projects that we run and oversee, not just in words, but also in actual measures and according to global standards.
Our sustainability initiatives include BERDE assessment, watershed and coastal resource management.
GreenDev’s Sustainability Initiatives and Assessment Programs
BERDE Consulting
BERDE (Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence) is a tool established by the Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC) that aims 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.
It was launched as a response to the Philippine building industry’s need to proactively address the negative impacts of climate change. The program aims to develop the Philippines’ own national voluntary green building rating system to facilitate green building projects in the country, inspire confidence and build trust in the industry.
BERDE is recognized by the national government, through the Department of Energy (DOE), as the Philippines’ National Voluntary Green Building Rating System.
Our Chief Technical Officer, Mr Jerome Magdato, is our in-house Certified BERDE Professional (CBP #PH-CBP-00613) who leads our team in the conduct of Sustainability Assessment of buildings and other commercial infrastructure, following the BERDE framework and standards.
If you would like to have your project assessed and evaluated by BERDE certified professionals, we’ll be glad to accommodate you. To begin our conversation, choose among the options for next steps below 👇
Watershed Management
Watershed (an area or ridge of land that separates water flowing to different rivers, basins or seas) is a method of identifying relevant characteristics of a watershed aimed at the sustainable distribution of its resources, and the process of creating and implementing plans, programs and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal and human communities within the watershed boundary.
Coastal Resource Management
Coastal Resource Management CRM comprises those activities that achieve sustainable use and management of economically and ecologically valuable resources in the coastal areas which consider interaction among and within resource systems as well as those of humans and their environment