The pressure to expand sustainable energy solutions internationally has been heightened by recent events both globally and locally. Bonifacio Global Metropolis highlights the importance of eco-friendly practices, which has begun to garner attention as a sustainable city with numerous movements toward green-living.
The ASEAN Center for Energy has invited Bonifacio High Street to the ASEAN Energy Awards 2021 Awarding Ceremony. The ASEAN Energy Awards, which have been held annually since 2000, are a distinguished yearly honor program in Southeast Asia that highlights excellent achievements in the field of energy.
Bonifacio High Street Complex was selected as the 2nd runner-up of the Tropical Building category under the Energy Efficient Building Award of the ASEAN Energy Efficiency and Conservation Best Practices Awards 2021.
Among BGC’s environment-friendly initiatives are its energy-efficient buildings, streetlights, and parks, promoting alternative transportation modes such as cycling and walking, creating more green spaces for the community, plus other programs that support renewable energy and lesser CO2 emissions.
On top of that, BGC also recently became the perfect venue to unveil a meaningful pop-up artwork organized by the Filipino-born global grassroots solar lighting movement, Liter of Light. The massive solar installation featured 1,500 hand-built solar lamps made by thousands of participants through the “Light it Forward” campaign. It created a symbol of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for Climate Action (UN SDG) #13: Climate Action.
Through initiatives like this, BGC provides BGCitizens with an opportunity to Light it Forward and take part in the Light it Forward Challenge to help different communities and pay tribute to medical frontliners. According to Liter of Light, about 13 million Filipinos still don’t have access to electricity. With a kit that only takes less than 30 minutes to build and can light up a home for 12-16 hours every night, we can still lessen that number.
In keeping with its promise, BGC continues to assist advocacy groups striving to address environmental issues and take advantage of chances to put energy efficiency, water conservation, pollution avoidance, and global warming prevention into practice.
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