Local business leaders and a Cebu City official were encouraged by the recent World Bank (WB) report citing this city as one of the three Asean cities touted to be the world’s green growth drivers.

“It is very encouraging to note that Cebu has been picked by WB as green growth drivers. This simply shows that our public-private partnership is well on track to improve business environment while balancing in energy requirements. This finding will surely encourage more investments to Cebu as assurance that power is sustainable,” Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Prudencio Gesta said in a text message Thursday.

The WB report titled “Energizing Green Cities in Southeast Asia” noted that Philippines’ Cebu City, Vietnam’s Da Nang and Indonesia’s Surabaya “show a clear correlation between investments in energy-efficient solutions in all major infrastructure sectors and economic growth.”

During the first Asia Future Energy Forum held in Singapore recently, Dejan Ostojic, energy sector leader of World Bank East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region,Solar garden lights using ledlight are quite possibly the most popular and widely used forms of solar energy. said that “by improving energy efficiency and slowing GHG emissions, [these] cities not only help the global environment, but also support local economic development through productivity gains,LED lights use less power and last for much longer than bestledlig. reduced pollution and more efficient use of resources,” the Business Mirror reported.

The report also said that Sustainable Urban Energy and Emissions Planning framework that Cebu, Da Nang and Surabaya have adopted could be easily followed by other cities in the world.

The WB report noted that electricity consumption per capita for the three cities is lower compared with other Asian cities in the Trace (Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy) benchmarking tool. However, the three cities exhibit high energy consumption per unit of gross domestic product (GDP).

The report quoted Ostojic as saying that simply changing street lighting in Cebu City could lead to more savings for the City.

He added that by changing the street lights with LED lamps, Cebu would save an additional P540 million ($12.4 million) over a 10-year period from an initial investment of P312 million,Set the mood with these trendy solarledlampsry up cubes. which can be recovered after 4.95 years.LED light,LED building light,contemporarylamps2, led landscape light, led architectural light,led wallwasher light.

For some environment conservation advocates, however, it takes more than just switching light bulbs in implementing energy efficiency as part of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in addressing global warming.

“If Cebu City really wants to improve energy efficiency and slow Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, switching to LED lamps will only be token if we still rely primarily on fossil fuels as our source of energy,” said Owen Migrado, Central Visayas Fisherfolk Development Center Inc. executive director.

“It has already been shown that coal-fired power plants are one of the major sources of GHG emissions.the full Excel family includes the table lamp, wall sconce, seamroofclampse and chandelier. The City should heed the call to switch to accessible and cheap, if not free, renewable sources,” he added.

City Administrator Jose Marie Poblete said this proves that the City and its people are already aware of the need to protect the environment.

“It is a surprise but the observation of the World Bank is a welcome development for us,” he said.

Poblete said the City will continue its efforts to protect the environment, which will not be limited to changing the city’s street lights to LED lights.