What are the project objectives?
The Climate Friendly Cities project seeks to provide clean energy solutions to address a range of urban environmental problems common in developing areas through a commercially-viable and income-generating business model.
The project will serve as a sustainable, commercially-viable and working example that will demonstrate an integrated strategy for public transport and waste management.
The project targets the public transportation market served by the iconic Philippine jeepney, a unique Filipino public transport vehicle which is the primary mode of public transportation in cities. Its goal is to introduce the Electric Jeepney as a sustainable transport alternative to the existing local, diesel-based, small public transport system that will not only reduce air pollution and carbon emissions but will also provide increased incomes to the drivers of these vehicles.
Through the biodigester which utilizes organic waste as its feedstock, the project shall also reduce the solid waste stream of the pilot area and contribute to the solid waste management efforts of the local government.