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SMX Convention Center • Seashell Drive, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City, Philippines • 23-26 April 2009 are essential in the development of the rating system. 1. BERDE Board (Program Steering Committee) shall be created, with its members to be appointed by the PHILGBC Board of Trustees. The Steering Committee shall be referred to as the BERDE Board. It shall be composed of the following PHILGBC members and partners: 1.1. Representatives from the following Networks of the PHILGBC 1.1.1. Building Professionals 1.1.2. Developers 1.1.3. Property Managers 1.1.4. Material Suppliers 1.1.5. Advocacy 1.1.6. Academe 1.1.7. National Government Agencies 1.1.8. Local Government Units 1.1.9. Chambers of Commerce 1.1.10. United Architects of the Philippines 1.1.11. Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers 1.1.12. Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers 1.1.13. Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers 1.1.14. Energy Practitioners Association of the Philippines 1.1.15. Solid Waste Management Association of the Philippines 1.1.16. Banking and Finance Associations The BERDE Board shall deliberate on the merits of the rating system, as presented and endorsed by the Technical Working Group. The BERDE Board shall vote on the rating system. Once passed, the rating system shall be forwarded to the PHILGBC Board of Trustees for approval and implementation. 2. BERDE Development Team (Technical Working Group) shall be selected from the PHILGBC membership based on expertise and experience on the different issues of the built environment. They shall be formed to conduct research and development work related to the development of BERDE. The Technical Working Group shall be known as The BERDE Development Team. 3. Special Committees may be formed to address specific issues that may arise during the development of BERDE. The work of the Special Committees shall be assembled, collated, reviewed and integrated to the working draft of BERDE by BERDE-DT. The members of the Special Committees are specialists in their respective fields of study and shall serve as advisers to the BERDE-DT. 4. BERDE Secretariat (Administrative Support Staff) shall be formed and organized by the PHILGBC Board of Trustees as part of the PHILGBC Secretariat, whose work shall focus on sup