Fwd: Green Innovation by Group 5 - Project Landscaping

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Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:49 AM
Subject: Green Innovation Project Landscaping



GROUP 5: Landscaping

1.     Roof garden to cool buildings (with plants)
2.     Green roof (just turfing)
3.     Garden wall as feature wall
4.     Trees in parking lots for ventilation, shade and water collection
5.     Grass pavers/cells for all driveways and parking lots
6.     Design guidelines: minimum 10% of developments for parks
7.     Open courtyards are provided to keep building blocks at least 16m apart for effective cross ventilation
8.     Sub-meters to be installed in landscape taps
9.     Collection of rain water for landscape irrigation
10.  Employment of drip irrigation system with automatic controller and rain sensors to shut off system
11.  Landscape lighting using energy efficient lighting (LED, HF electronic ballast and energy saving PL)
12.  Use of recycled material for hardscaping; Use of recycled products such as glass and rubber to create landscape accents
13.  Zoning of plants according to water requirements and growth conditions
14.  Provisions of any of the following to substitute concrete drainage to slow down the flow of stormwater discharge:

a.     Rain Gardens

b.     Grass /Vegetated Swales

c.     Natural waterway

15.  Provisions of any of the following ABC Water design features/system with suitable plants species to naturally cleanse stormwater

a.     Bioretention swales / other Bioretention systems

b.     Constructed wetlands

c.     Cleansing biotopes

16.  Encourage the use of native plants (to encourage use of native plants to reduce maintenance and prevent exotic invasion)

17.  Biodiversity Enhancement & Habitat Creation Wildlife species enhancement - (potential increase in wildlife species over 5-10 yr period after establishment, and justified with records showing the travel patterns and GIS plans of habitats and species distribution)
18.  Water efficient management plan (use water efficient equipment, leak detection, monitoring & etc)
19.  Solar energy or other renewable energy (Eg. wind, waves power, etc)
20.  Recycled water (gray water) through double-piping water system – these can be re-used through wastewater treatments
21.  Permeable surfacing such as rammed earth or porous pavers (for sidewalks or jogging paths)
22.  Waterless urinals for outdoor toilets (ex. MMDA)
23.  Implement a 1:5 tree replacement ratio – for every tree cut down within a certain lot/commercial property, it has to be replaced with at least 5 saplings
24.  Encourage a 45% maximum footprint for house structures so that the remainder can be used as a yard
25.  Give special consideration for the natural terrain of the area – i.e., using linear ravines as a special feature of the development
26.  Double-planting for street trees
27.  Use of sustainably harvested wood or composite wood products for decks
28.  Composting kitchen wastes to maintain and enhance soil
29.  Solar-powered landscape lighting (bollard lights)
30.  Using at most 3-inch caliper trees so that the roots will spread easily and that trees will survive longer
31.  Creating earth dams through natural waterways
32.  Use of ground coffee beans as fertilizer
33.  Tree houses
34.  Bird sanctuary
35.  Vegetable gardens; fruit-bearing trees
36.  Use low maintenance plants (gingko tree)
37.  Hydroponics
38.  Aeroponics
39.  Microponics – symbiotic integration of fish, plants and micro-livestock in a semi-controlled environment
40.  Rain gardens
41.  Xeriscaping – plants that are drought-tolerant are used
42.  Creating ecosystems (permaculture)
43.  Ecoagriculture – landscapes that support agricultural production and biodiversity conservation
44.  planting trees to shade buildings from the sun or protect them from wind
45.  on-site composting
46.  buying stock from local growers to avoid energy use in transportation
47.  sustainable urban drainage system - designed to reduce the potential impact of new and existing developments with respect to surface water drainage discharges
48.  Bio-filtering of wastes through constructed wetlands
49.  Integration of renewable energy such as solar-powered landscape lighting
50.  Site lighting with full cut off fixtures, light level sensors, and high efficiency fixtures
51.  Positioning buildings to take advantage of natural landforms as windbreaks

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Jorge U. Saguinsin
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Fwd: 50 Ideas by Group 1 for Green Innovation - Traffic

Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 8:21 PM
Subject: 50 Ideas for Green Innovation - Traffic

Hi Sir Jorge,

Please see below our group's 50 Ideas for Green Innovation for Traffic.

Group 1 Members:

Caiga, Shelle

Miralles, Bless

Regis, Boni

Tionloc, Carmina

Thank you,

Carmina Tionloc

Members:                                                                                                                     ENTREP

Caiga, Shelle                                                                                                        Mr. Saguinsin

Miralles, Bless

Regis, Boni

Tionloc, Carmina

50 IDEAS FOR THE GREEN INNOVATION PROJECT

Topic: Traffic

1.     Use bicycles

2.     Double-decker Buses

3.     Inter-connected buildings (example: Ayala Walkways)

4.     Shuttles within business districts

5.     Bus stops with time of arrival and departure

6.     No more vendors along sidewalks or passage way for people

7.     More MRT / LRT routes (example: Ayala - Parañaque, Pampanga – Ayala)

8.     More flyovers

9.     More boats to utilize waterways in Manila (Pasig River, Marikina River, etc.)

10. Underground Railways / Subways

11. Mall-to-Mall cable cars

12. Highways that can connect Quezon City and Parañaque

13. Walkalators (like in airports)

14. NO more motorcycles (or have a designated lane for them that is separated from all vehicles)

15. More overpass/underpass (just like the ones we have in Ayala) for people so that traffic would not be disrupted for their crossings

16. NO more pedicabs or tricycles in major thoroughfares

17. Give real exam before issuing a driver's license - -be strict in issuing driver's license.

18. Aside from number coding for all vehicles, there should also be a 1 Public Transportation Policy per day (example: Mondays – no taxis, Tuesdays – no buses, etc.)

19. More helipads to accommodate more helicopters as shuttles (assuming that gasoline prices would go down)

20. Ziplines

21. Swim to work (for those living near waterways)

22. Housing near offices or schools to encourage walking

23. Hot air balloons

24. Zorb ball along rivers

25. Teleportation (or Flu Powder used in Harry Potter)

26. WALK!

27. A policy for each family – for every 2 kids, a family may only be allowed to have 2 private vehicles

28. Plan trips ahead of time to avoid congested streets, this way, other streets or roads would be utilized

29. For public transportation, they should have an exclusive lane just for them and these lanes can be time-based, meaning -  these lanes are exclusive during certain times (peak periods) and reverting to mixed-flow or parking lanes at other times.

30. NO parking on either side of main thoroughfares especially national roads and highways, city roads, and other streets that are main routes for public transportation.

31. Carpool with friends or colleagues if you are to go to the same vicinity so that fewer cars would be used.

32. Jet back packs so that each person would not have to rely on cars

33. Use of roller blades, roller skates, & skate boards

34. Use shifting of work hours for the people so that the volume of cars would be distributed (example: 8am-5pm, 9am-6pm, 10am-7pm shifts)

35. All roads to have minimum of 4 lanes

36. Real time traffic updates utilizing mobile phones - - this will help the motorists to look for alternative routes that will lessen the congested roads.

37.  Limit 1 road construction per area or per city if possible .

38. Companies allowing their employees to WORK FROM HOME - - this will lessen the # of people who will go out the streets to go to work (less people, less vehicles needed, less traffic)

39. Implement a NO PRIVATE VEHICLE policy - - this will push the people to utilize mass transportation that will stop the excessive car use.

40. Widening of sidewalks will encourage commuters that it's safer to walk than to ride.

41. Allot ample time in going to work - - leaving the house before or after rush hour.

42. Let's bring back the "classic" times - - use Kalesa as means of transportation instead of tricycles.

43. Support the GREEN transportation for land, sea, and sky - - this will not only lessen the traffic but will also lessen the pollution.

44. Let's encourage everyone to live a healthy life - - if we can walk let's also RUN

45. For short travels (1 or 2 stations away) – provide separate rails for trolley users so that they will not share railways with the big trains.

46. Aside from our mobile phones we can also used GPS device with LIVE traffic updates.

47. Bring the "magic carpet ride" concept in to reality.

48. Imposing that cars should never be given as gift  - - meaning only people who has the means to afford a car should have one.

49. Limit the # of public vehicles travelling for a certain route - - Let's say only 1 bus from this company will travel the route of Fairview, QC to Baclaran & vice versa.

50. Better information & a bunch of discipline for all transport users, be they pedestrians, in public or private transportation, to allow them to make better judgments. Traffic flows can be smoothed, and so congestion removed, with better information.

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Jorge U. Saguinsin
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50 Ideas by Group 6 - the Green Innovation Project

Group 6

50 Ideas for the Green Innovation Project - Jobs 

1. Special Health Insurance Coverage for Cancer and AIDS

2. 4 day work-week

3. Institutionalized health care program 

5. Estero cleaners

6. Sanitation Engineers

7. Garbage segregators

8. Underwater Litter Pickers

9. Institutionalized Gas Mask Issuance for Factory Workers

10. Paperless correspondence 

11. Scratch paper recycling

12. Tax incentives for companies employing green innovation project

13. Mountain Guardians

14. No Smoking Policy

15. Waterless employee urinals

16. Green Project Institutes/Association

17. Plastic Bag recycling factory

18. Corporate School Bus (Car pool)

19. Landfill Diggers

20. Pollution Monitoring Institutes

21. Carbon Monoxide Cleaner

22.  On call Green Services (jobs to service planting plants and trees to households)

23. Radiation Eliminator for the Computers in the Office

24.  WWF (100% of the companies are members of the WWF)

25. No styro or plastic in the canteen

26.  makers of  environmental friendly plastics

27.  plants inside offices

28.  Eco friendly air-conditioner in the offices

29.  Using recycled papers in the office

30.  Veggies and Fruit Day in the Canteen

31.  Fun run for employees quarterly to support green innovation projects

32.  River Restorator / Preservator (police in the rivers)

33.  Restore the "Ilog" project of LGU

34.  Sea Guardians

35.  More Unleaded Gasoline Producers

36.  Tree planting Activities of employees  

37.  Team Building in the Provinces to experience Fresh Environment

38.  Organic Products Producers

39.  Environmental Aides

40.  Company's Waste Management Disposal Unit

41. Corporate shuttle service

42. Electric buses

43. Subway system

44. Streamline public transportation

45. Study plastic eating bacteria

46.Nuclear powerplant

47. Potable tap water

48. Commute once a week

49. Better roads

50. Metro tree planting activities

Fwd: 50 Ideas for the Green Innovation Project_Group2_Pollution

Here is group 2's contribution to green innovation on pollution.

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From: Edwin Dueñas <edwin_duenas@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, May 8, 2012 at 3:35 PM
Subject: 50 Ideas for the Green Innovation Project_Group2_Pollution

50 Ideas for the Green Innovation Project

Addressing POLLUTION!

By Group 2

Chuacokiong, Andrew W.

Dueñas, Edwin T.

Malihan, Marife A.

Silverio, Melanie Anne V.

Wongchuking, Manuel C.

Stop smoking or at least follow the "No Smoking" sign.

Do not use CFC products

If you have nothing good to say, shut up!

Use unleaded gasoline in your cars.

        Don't blow your horn if it's not needed

        Be critical to companies not following the CLEAN AIR act

        Do not urinate in the swimming pool or beach

        Attend to the needs of your pets to avoid too much barking or other loud noise

        Set your speaker volume to a level that is not affecting your neighbors.

        Alternative fuel sources for cars

        Stop dumping into our sewer drains to the ocean

        Do not litter on the highway or in any roads including "eskinitas"

        Stop corporations from dumping their toxins in rivers and land

        Better / more public transportation

        Recycle our used goods

        Replace your light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs

        Buy electricity from renewable source

        Buy energy-efficient appliances

        Support green organizations

        Build treatment plants for sewage

        Have industries build plants to treat their wastes

        Use timers for aircons

        When using aircons, use curtain to block sunlight

        Use glass walls and windows when possible to utilize sunlight

        Give unwanted things to other people instead of throwing away.

        Take a shower instead of using the bathtub

        Use a pail of water instead of taking a shower

        Keep your car properly maintained to keep it in good running condition to avoid smoke emissions.

        Share a ride or engage in car pooling.

        Instead of using your cars, choose to walk or ride a bicycle whenever possible. With this eco-friendly practice, you will also be healthier and         happier by staying fit.

        Never use open fires to dispose of wastes.

        Adopt the 3Rs of solid waste management: reduce, reuse and recycle. Inorganic materials such as metals, glass and plastic; also organic         materials like paper, can be reclaimed and recycled.

        Start composting brown leaves in your yard and green scraps from your kitchen. It will reduce waste while improving your yard and garden         soils.

        Reconnect with nature. Live green by using green power supplied abundantly and freely by wind and the sun. Hang your laundry to dry to         minimize use of gas or electricity from your dryers. Enjoy fresh air from open windows to lessen the use of air conditioning system.

        Patronize local foods and goods. In this manner, transporting goods and foods prepared with GMOs which uses fuel from conventional             energy sources will be minimized.

Use eco-friendly or biodegradable materials instead of plastic which are made up of highly toxic substances injurious to your health.

Create your green space. Value your garden. Plant more trees and put indoor plants in your homes. They clean the air, provide oxygen and beautify your surroundings. Thus, care for them and by protecting them, especially the big trees around and in the forest, you protect yourself and your family, too.

Have a proper waste disposal system especially for toxic wastes this includes garage companies

Take very good care of your pets and their wastes.

Never throw, run or drain or dispose into the water, air, or land any substance in solid, liquid or gaseous form that shall cause pollution.

Do not cause loud noises and unwanted sounds to avoid noise pollution.

Do not litter in public places. Anti-litter campaigns can educate the community.

Industries should use fuel with lower sulfur content.

Industries should monitor their air emissions regularly and take measures to ensure compliance with the prescribed emission standards.

Industries should strictly follow applicable government regulations on pollution control.

Organic waste should be dumped in places far from residential areas.

        Throw trash in the proper places.

        Because of water run-off, don't put oils down the storm drain.

        Cut the plastic ties on sodas so they don't hurt animals in case the ties in up in the bay.

        Say a big "NO" to GMOs or genetically modified organisms. Genetically engineered crops are not only bad for the environment since they         require massive amount of fungicides, pesticides, and herbicides; but GMO altered foods are also health risks and negatively impact                 farmers' livelihood.

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Jorge U. Saguinsin
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Green Innovation Class Project

Promoting Entrepreneurial Revolution

In relation to the forthcoming international conference on Green Innovation to be convened by AGSB here at Rockwell Dec 4-5, I like the Sentrep Class to be engaged in this topic.

For the next session, I would like them, to inspire them individually to have more ideas for their NU12 Assignments  to engage in a group brainstorming.

The general topic is Megacities (like Metro Manila) and subtopics to be handled by groups are:  traffic, landscaping, transportation, commuting, pollution, food supply, health care, jobs.   They are to give 50 ideas per group on the sub topics assigned to them.