Sustainability at forefront (The Philippine Star) Updated August 07, 2009 12:00 AM
Public spaces radiate from the Welcome Pavilion, allowing visitors to enjoy the site’s natural beauty.

MANILA, Philippines - Sustainable building, a practice once deemed as unprofitable and utopian, is now emerging as a powerful force.

Rising energy costs and increased awareness about global warming helped catapult green building into the consciousness of the public. And the leading developer in the country, Ayala Land Premier has committed to a vigorous and progressive sustainability program exemplified in their first seaside residential leisure community, Anvaya Cove.

“From its inception, respect for and sensitivity to the environment has been ingrained into the vision for Anvaya Cove,” says Melissa Gil, head of residential buildings and leisure “With the help of our partners and several collaborators, this vision has now come to fruition. With a masterplan that followed the lay of the land, roads rise and fall and curve follow the natural contour of the site. An allocation of 30% green buffers within the entire development and 30% open space – which includes parks, easements, and roadways — within the neighborhoods has been allocated so that we are able to preserve natural habitats and ecosystems.

For inquiries on Anvaya Cove, call 841-5769, email ask@ayalalandpremier.com or visit http://www.ayalalandpremier.com/. Interested parties may visit the Seascape Ridge model house by appointment on site. You may also visit Anvaya Cove’s marketing showroom located at the Ground Floor Greenbelt 2 Park (near Italianni’s), Ayala Center, and Makati.