Manila, July 22 -- The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are now discussing the integration of the guidelines on energy conserving design of buildings to the Philippine Green Building Code.

During the journalists' bootcamp on Energy Efficiency and Conservation Law of the European Union-Access to Sustainable Energy Programme on Wednesday, Energy Utilization Management Bureau Director Patrick Aquino said requiring the use of solar photovoltaic (PV) and other renewable energy (RE) technologies will also be incorporated into the Green Building Code.

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation law has added solar PV and other RE technologies in the energy conserving design of buildings guidelines as a...