1st Clean Energy Finance and Investment Consultation Workshop: “Unlocking finance and investment for clean energy in the Philippines” 31 May – 1 June 2022, Makati Diamond Residences, Legazpi Village, Makati City

1. City of Santa Rosa, Laguna:
Experiences and Challenges faced in Improving
Government Building and Street Lighting
Energy Efficiency under GEMP and EEC Law
Presented by: Arch. Philip Reginald A. Lai, UAP, GreenAP, RMP
31 May 2022
Makati Diamond Hotel, Legazpi Village, Makati City
1 st Clean Energy Finance and Investment Consultation Workshop
“Unlocking finance and investment for clean energy in the Philippines”

2. 1. Brief description of the City of Santa Rosa, Laguna
2. Energy Consumption
3. Compliances to R.A. 11285 and DILG Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2020-01
4. The experiences of the LGU in improving government buildings and street
lighting energy efficiency under GEMP
5. Challenges encountered in data gathering and solutions and/or action taken to
address these challenges
6. Energy Efficiency and Conservation Technical Working Group activities and
experiences at the City of Santa Rosa, Laguna
7. Future plans and infrastructure projects that will affects energy consumptions
of the city
This Presentation focuses on:

3. The City of Santa Rosa also known as
The Lion City of the South.
It is a 1st class component city in the
province of Laguna, Philippines. A
highly urbanized city composed of 18
barangays.
Brief description of the
City of Santa Rosa, Laguna
Rapid Urbanization

4. COMPLIANCE to the:
ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION
ACT
(RA 11285)

5. Designation of EEC Officer
EO No. 22 - Creation of TWG for
the Formulation and
Development of LEC and LEECP
of the City of Santa Rosa
Focal Persons Appointment per
Department/Office and Facilities

6. Submission of Government Energy
Management Program (GEMP)
Forms
Monthly Electricity Consumption
Report (MECR)
Monthly Fuel Consumption
Report (MFCR)
Survey of Lighting System
SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT AIR
CONDITIONING UNITS AND
GENERATORS
INVENTORY OF OTHER OFFICE
EQUIPMENT
INVENTORY OF VEHICLES

7. Drafting of Local Energy Code (LEC) for approval of Sangguniang
Panlungsod and On-going Formulation Of the Local Energy Efficiency
and Conservation Plan (LEECP) with the Technical assistance of
PLLENRO, Energy Secure Philippines (ESP) and USAID

8. ENERGY CONSUMPTION

9. Electricity Consumptions

10. Electric Consumption of Top 5 Government Facilities
City of Santa Rosa
CITY HALL BUILDING A
SANTA ROSA SPORTS
COMPLEX
CITY HALL BUILDING B
PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING
SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL
(14.2 MT tC02e)
(20.8 MT tCO2e)
(29.8 MT tCO2e)
(27.6 MT tCO2e)
(18.7 MT tCO2e)

11. Sample Electric Consumption of City Hall Building A with installed Solar
Panels from 2015-2021
❖ City Hall Building A with Solar PV Cells (Installed in May 2019) and replaced
LED lights (June 2019) has a 8.2% reduction in average electricity consumption
from 86,680 kwh (2018) to 79,571 kwh (2019)

12. Fuel Consumption of City Government Fleet

14. THE EXPERIENCES OF SANTA ROSA CITY IN
IMPROVING GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS AND STREET
LIGHTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY UNDER GEMP

15. Installation of LED Metered streetlights
Conversion of HPS flat rate streetlights to LED
Conversion/Retrofitting of lighting fixtures to LED
(City Government Buildings A and B, LCA Building)
Installation of PV (solar) cells in City Government Building A
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Requisition for termination of redundant flat rate streetlights
along National and Provincial roads
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Monthly electricity consumption data gathering since 2018 for
monitoring and evaluation
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07 Involvement of City GSO in monitoring fuel consumption of
City Government fleet and equipment inventory
initiated the Information, education and communication
campaign to all government employees by disseminating
memos and correspondences and conducting an online
submission of energy data using the google drive.
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16. CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED IN DATA GATHERING AND
ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES

17. 1. Availability of data for number of occupants in
MECR
2. Availability of data for MFCR for the year 2015-
2019
3. The CGSO has no control for the preventive
maintenance of government vehicles after turn-
over and issued to the concerned offices
4. Availability of data for lighting, ACU and genset
inventories
Challenges encountered
1. Disseminated Memos to all departments/offices to
submit their monthly occupants report. Initiated the
conduct of online submission of energy data to all
departments/offices using the google drive
2. Retrieval of the data from previous system to current
system.
3. Designation of Maintenance Staff for Motorpool
Division of the City Engineering Office for the
management and control of all vehicular concerns of
the office and eventually will be replicated to the
other offices within the LGU thru the creation of
energy policies
4. Conducted a manual inspection in every office for
inventory of lighting and ACU.
Solutions/ Action Taken to Address
these Problems

18. 5. Lack of data on equipment specification due to no
technical expertise of the personnel in charge in
taking into account all these details.
6. The City has an enormous scope of buildings and
facilities, a total of 333 Meralco Government
Accounts, with the inclusion of Metered
Streetlights, Flatrate Streetlights, Various
Buildings, General Power, Various School
Buildings, & Traffic Lights. Apparently, there is no
point person for data preparation.
7. Availability of mode of submission of GEMP via
online.
Challenges encountered
5. Assigning a technical staff from Engineering Dept.
to assist the CGSO in every inventory
schedule. Delegation of an EEC focal person
assigned per office that is tasked to supervise the
operation of their office equipment/s within their
office and/or facilities.
6. Assigning a focal person per facility and identifying
SEU’s in prioritizing the accounts to be included in
the GEMP.
7. Still awaiting for access to the DOE online portal for
submission of GEMP reports. Previous GEMP was
submitted through DOST-ITDI during Energy Audit.
Solutions/ Action Taken to
Address these Problems

19. EXPERIENCES AND ACTIVITIES OF
EEC TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIONAL AGENCIES AND
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION (DOE, DOST, PLLENRO,
USAID-ESP)

20. ● ASEP-CELLs Capability Building
● Energy Audit Conducted by
DOST-ITDI (March 7, 2022)
● Capacity Building conducted by the
PLLENRO-ESP Team under the
USAID-ENERGY SECURE
PHILIPPINES ACTIVITY
LEECP Formulation

21. Information, Education, and Communication Campaign
Samahan ng Ilaw Ng Tahanan (SINTA)
Action Planning Workshop
Conducted by PLLENRO- ESP Team to
Women’s Sector of all Barangays
Memorandum Orders to all LGU
Departments/Offices and
National Offices

22. Enerhiyang Atin by PCOO and DOE
SM City Santa Rosa
May 25, 2022

23. FUTURE PLANS AND PROGRAMS
ON ENERGY-RELATED PROJECTS

24. 1. Information, Education, & Communication
Campaign on Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Awareness Program targeting
Government Offices, Barangays, Public Schools,
etc.
5. To push for the formulation of a policy
that require all government offices to
purchase at least one (1) electric vehicle as
replacement to a fuel-fed vehicle to reduce
fuel consumption
2. Strengthening the implementation of City
Green Building Code
6. Program on the provision of bike lanes on
major thoroughfares to encourage bikers
and lessen fuel consumption
3. Exploring renewable energy projects for
installation on CT rated accounts/ general power
buildings
4. Proposed Waste To Energy Facility to properly
dispose potentially infectious waste
7. Proposal for motor pool project to enhance
data gathering for fuel and to address other
related vehicle concerns

25. ON-GOING INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
City Hall
Building C
Red Cross
Blood bank
Medium Rise
Buildings
City Hall
Multi-level
Parking
Perspective

26. Thank you!