PE2 and PCEPSDI plan EE seminars for tourism sector
PASIG CITY, Philippines, 28 August 2018 – The Philippine Energy Efficiency Alliance (PE2) and the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI) met earlier today to plan the energy efficiency seminars intended for industry players in the tourism sector.
The Alliance was represented by trustees Alexander Ablaza, Raymond A. Marquez and Bienvenido C. Gonzales, and member services and communications manager Luigi G. Eusebio. PCEPSDI was represented by its executive director, June M. Alvarez, and its project officer, Kiko E. Velhagen.
PE2 agreed to prepare and present energy efficiency modules relating to energy efficiency opportunities in the tourism and meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE) sectors, energy
efficiency project case studies and energy efficiency project implementation and financing. One-day seminars will be scheduled for Metro Manila and Iloilo City through the first half of October 2018.
The EE training seminars being planned are under a broader 4-year UNEP-assisted capacity building program, “Transforming Tourism Value Chains in Developing Countries And Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to Accelerate More Resource Efficient, Low Carbon Development”. The program is a collaboration among the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB), the International Climate Initiative (IKI) Programme and the Philippine Department of Tourism, as its country partner and implementing agency.
