Green, Eco-Friendly Design for Proposed Capitol 20-Storey Skyscraper

Loaded with solar panels and an in-house waste and sewage management facility, the eco-friendly design of the proposed 20-storey Capitol skyscraper is seen to efficiently use energy, reduce waste and beat pollution, provide adequate ventilation and an air-filtration system.

“There is a provision of solar panels at the roof deck. Water systems are recyclable. There’s a water harvesting facility that’s being provided on this building both for the rainwater as well as from the cistern tanks coming from the local MCWD (Metro Cebu Water District) supply,” said Architect Mike Torres, project management consultant AS Enriquez Engineering and Consultancy Services.

For the building to be operated responsibly and properly maintained, an in-service maintenance will also be integrated in the operational plan of the whole building. Thus, operation practices will have minimum impact on ecosystems.

“We have specified a double-glazed curtain wall here in order to address the heat, as well as to save on the mechanical cost. All systems are specified to be VRV (variable refrigerant volume), VRF (variable refrigerant flow) for the air-conditioning and it’s an eco-friendly way of addressing the power consumption,” said Torres on the building’s green design, which is intended to help lower energy costs.

PDRRMO Emergency Operation Center

One floor will also be dedicated for the Emergency Operation Center of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) with state-of-the-art equipment for province-wide monitoring of early warning system for natural calamities. The building will have a built-in accelerometer that measures seismic activity caused by earthquakes.

Convenient access and walkways for persons with disabilities will also be put in place coupled with nursing stations for breastfeeding mothers.

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