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An ordinance from Quezon City Government making it mandatory for buildings built post-2011 to comply with green building standards, which mandates the use of eco-friendly technology and system in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance including the retrofitting, of building projects in the city. The ordinance is complemented by an incentive in the form of tax credits for the land users, developers, and planners who incorporate, implement, install, and actually use environment friendly technologies that promote a string biodiversity, improve the state of health of the population and abate the continuing destruction of ecosystem, ground water and air quality in their building project.

Green building standards compliance in Quezon City 

ICLEI Southeast Asia has hosted a two-day regional stakeholder workshop on “Sustainable urban logistics in Southeast Asia” in Quezon City, Philippines. The event brought together relevant stakeholders from Southeast Asia (SEA) and Europe to discuss the most pressing challenges in urban logistics and explore pathways towards sustainable urban logistics.&nbsp;To facilitate the workshop discussions, a rapid assessment of urban logistics in the region with a focus on the SEA region was prepared. Based on the findings, six theses were presented regarding different aspects of urban logistics; from the last mile problem, economic benefits vs. environmental protection, development of sustainable policies, the focus on the city or the region, vertical integration of policies, and north-to-south knowledge exchange of best practices. The overall vision for the logistics sector is to have an integrated system of moving goods and people within and between cities where the national government puts in place the necessary policies, invests in quality infrastructure, and explores and replicates best practices from local and foreign sources. Outputs of the workshop will feed into a joint project proposal in response to the call “Sustainable development of urban regions” by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, which aims to develop and test locally-adapted strategies for the sustainable development of urban regions in Southeast Asia.

Sustainable logistics in Quezon City

Circular strategies in Quezon City, including waste management and more efficient energy usage

Circular strategies in Quezon City in waste management and energy usage 

"The Green Building Initiative sets up a rating system and corresponding tax incentives for green building considerations. The rating system applies to most municipal and commercial buildings. The rating system requires material considerations such as; developing a construction waste management plan, materials reuse, use of rapidly renewable materials, waste diversion and reduction. There are also requirements for the reduction of air pollution on the construction site, as well as energy and water efficiency in the final design. Tax incentives are tied to how many points in the rating system are achieved, with up to 25% real property tax reduction possible." (Source: C40's Clean Construction Policy Explorer)