Dost File
Spanning the millennium head on
Department of Science and Technology Region IV-A
Vol. XVI No.2 February 2008
DOST-ITDI, ICETT implement GFIS
Joined hands with DOST CALABARZON in “greening” environments
The Industrial Technology Development Institute, a line agency of DOST, in cooperation with the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT), based in Yokkaichi City, Prefecture of Mie, Japan, and select DOST Regional Offices are firing up local initiatives to boost productivity yet still preserve local environment. ICETT, with the support and cooperation of its own national and local governments, industry, and academe, utilizes Japan's collected industrial technologies and administrative measures on environmental conservation. It applies these to implement programs and projects on the same together with participating countries. The aim is to enhance “greening” of regional environments and prevent their destruction overseas, thus achieving conservation globally. Together with ICETT, the Philippines as participating country is thus implementing “Green Framework of Innovative Strategy on Sustainable Consumption and Productivity” or GFIS, a five-year project of DOST-ITDI through its program on Cleaner Production.
GFIS aims to: 1. Establish model industrial-eco barangays, towns and communities; 2. Improve environmental performance of both local industries and its community through environmental awareness, Cleaner Production (CP), Energy Efficiency (EE), and Environmental Management System (EMS); and 3. Recommend provisions for inclusion in policy recommendations to local government units and national government agencies.
GREENHOUSE EFFECT GFIS aims to enhance “greening” of regional environments thus contributing to global diminution of the Greenhouse Effect. The greenhouse effect refers to the way in which gases in the Earth’s atmosphere warm the Earth like the glass roof of a greenhouse—by letting sunlight in but keeping the reflected heat
Department of Science and Technology Region IV-A
Vol. XVI No.2 February 2008
DOST-ITDI, ICETT implement GFIS
Joined hands with DOST CALABARZON in “greening” environments
The Industrial Technology Development Institute, a line agency of DOST, in cooperation with the International Center for Environmental Technology Transfer (ICETT), based in Yokkaichi City, Prefecture of Mie, Japan, and select DOST Regional Offices are firing up local initiatives to boost productivity yet still preserve local environment. ICETT, with the support and cooperation of its own national and local governments, industry, and academe, utilizes Japan's collected industrial technologies and administrative measures on environmental conservation. It applies these to implement programs and projects on the same together with participating countries. The aim is to enhance “greening” of regional environments and prevent their destruction overseas, thus achieving conservation globally. Together with ICETT, the Philippines as participating country is thus implementing “Green Framework of Innovative Strategy on Sustainable Consumption and Productivity” or GFIS, a five-year project of DOST-ITDI through its program on Cleaner Production.
GFIS aims to: 1. Establish model industrial-eco barangays, towns and communities; 2. Improve environmental performance of both local industries and its community through environmental awareness, Cleaner Production (CP), Energy Efficiency (EE), and Environmental Management System (EMS); and 3. Recommend provisions for inclusion in policy recommendations to local government units and national government agencies.
GREENHOUSE EFFECT GFIS aims to enhance “greening” of regional environments thus contributing to global diminution of the Greenhouse Effect. The greenhouse effect refers to the way in which gases in the Earth’s atmosphere warm the Earth like the glass roof of a greenhouse—by letting sunlight in but keeping the reflected heat