Vice President Jejomar C. Binay Thursday lauded the solar-powered city council session hall of the Manila City government and expressed the wish that he has such technology in his “palace by the seashore.”
Binay in his speech, during last Tuesday’s inauguration of the facility, cited the City of Manila for leading the use of renewable energy (RE) sources among local governments in the country.
“Aaminin ko, may kahalong inggit ang pagkatuwa ko sa pagka-’high-tech’ ng inyong session hall. Sana may ganito ring teknolohiya ang palasyo sa tabing dagat na nagsisilbing opisina namin, ang Coconut Palace (I’ll have to admit that I feel glad and envious at the same time of your session hall with its ‘high-tech’ features. I wish we also have such technology in the palace by the seashore which serves as our office),” Binay said referring to his official residence, the Coconut Palace in Pasay City.
Binay said it was just proper for the City of Manila as the country’s capital to lead the use of RE in government facilities n the Philippines.
“Nararapat lamang na manguna ang kabisera ng bansang Filipinas sa pagpapalaganap ng magagandang halimbawa upang sundan ng iba pang lunsod at bayan sa kapuluan (It’s just right that the capital of the Philippines lead the way in propagating the use of RE in the country to set an example for other cities and town in the archipelago),” he added.
He stressed how pressing the need for the use of RE with the depletion of fossil fuels.
“Napapanahon din ang maituturing nating “test implementation” upang tukuyin kung maaring palaganapin ng malakihan ang paggamit ng lakas ng araw (This should become a ‘test implementation’ of the viability of using solar power in the country),” he said.
The Vice President also lauded the huge savings the City of Manila can have from using solar power. Manila Vice Mayor Isko Moreno reportedly said that the city council’s monthly electric bill could be cut from P80,000 to P8,000 by using such technology.
The savings, Binay pointed out, could be used instead to fund social services.
(Source: Manila Bulletin)
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