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“Reinventing S.O.A.: SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE” HOME Ask Seminar 4 Continue Answer Discover Share your knowledge, Help others and be Expert The Best Answers chosen by the community Open Questions Resolved Questions Featured Emelito C. Punsalan, UAP Architect and Environmental Planner Member, Green Architecture Movement Chairman, Specialty Council on Green Architecture Architect Punsalan creates designs with emphasis on spatial forms and dynamics, on the relationships found between urban aesthetics and the built-environment. Space planning, organization and form has been specialties for over a decade of active practice, thanks to his fundamental knowledge and experience with high-rise residential and commercial condominiums. He has also worked on forms and planning for various detached residential dwellings. His educational background has also taught him to include a “four dimensional” approach to designing, considering his design forms project diversity depending on the nature and calling of the project. He is a Corporate Member of the United Architects of the Philippines. He is also a licensed Environmental Planner. He has developed a thesis, pertaining to “urban environmental psychology”- capturing the natural behavioral movements and patterns of people as dictated by the environment. At present, he is the chairman for the UAP Specialty Council for Green Architecture and is working closely with the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) and Professional Development Council (PDC) of the UAP in the development of specialization modules. He is also in the middle of finalizing the working version of the GAM-3EAB Building Rating System, together with the other member professional organizations of PGBI. He is also developing a draft of a Manual for The Building Envelope and is working closely with UAP and the Philippine Society of Ventilating, Air-conditioning and Refrigerating Engineers (PSVARE) for this. Archt. Punsalan is Quality Representative, Architect and Partner of L.R. Punsalan and Associates. “Green Adaptation Measures-Energy and Environmental Assessment for Buildings (GAM-3EAB) of the Philippine Green Building Initiative (PGBI)” The United Architects of the Philippines (UAP) and the Philippine Green Building Initiative (PGBI), with their multi-disciplinary network of professional organizations recognize the fact that the built-environment has significant impacts on the natural environment, specifically on the production of carbon emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions. PGBI, on its own accord, decided to formulate measures and design tools in order to minimize the builtenvironment’s contribution to global warming. This is through the formulation and promotion of energy efficiency standards, sustainable development principles and practices, and a green building rating system. The green building rating system Green Adaptation Measures – Energy Efficiency and Environmental Assessment of Buildings, or GAM-3EAB, is seen to help buildings reduce its negative impact on the environment, through energy-efficiency, conservation and sustainability of land, raw material conservation and the use of sustainable materials while maintaining building occupant comfort and increased productivity. Having this rating system and a set of energy efficiency standards enforced by local government, plus the education and awareness of the public in general, it is expected that greenhouse gas emissions will diminish significantly within the building sector. 37th UAP National Convention © 2011 About Us | Contact | Blog | Resources | Help | Terms | Privacy | 61