By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
San
Nicolas, Ilocos Norte—The Dept. of Public
Works and National Highways-Ilocos Norte 2nd Engineering District
based in this town won as the region’s 2018 Most Environmental Management
Programs Sustainability Office.
The award is in line with the
national government’s effort to protect and conserve the environment.
The awarding ceremony
happened during the DPWH’s 120th Anniversary held at DPWH regional
office on June 23, 2018.
The award recognizes the said
office’s exemplary compliance to the environmental programs and policies and
efforts on environmental protection and conservation.
DPWH second engineering
district head Engr. Mathias L. Malenab thanked all his personnel for their
cooperation and contributions on the innovations they made in their office. He
stressed that without them the award would not be possible.
According to Mr. Malenab,
DPWH-INED2 strictly implements the environmental management programs in terms
of the “4Ps” (policy, promotion of awareness, people and practices).
He added that they also
implemented electricity conservation wherein they keep lighting to the minimum
during lunch breaks and turning off of the monitors of computers and other equipment
when not in use; the adherence to the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act and
maintenance and monitoring of Bukod Basura practice on 3R’s (reduce at source, reuse
and recycle); greening program through monitoring the schedule of watering the
plants; green procurement program through employees’ awareness and emergency preparedness
program like emergency instruction and evacuation plans posted at strategic
locations, directions leading to fire exit and others.
Likewise, the San Nicolas
office also implements the air pollution prevention with strict observation of Clean
Air Act and implementation of “no smoking” policy inside the building premises;
fuel conservation and efficient utilization of energy fuel and minimizing the consumption
of the same; and order and cleanliness in compliance with the DPWH QMS Manual,
IO 9001:2008.
Other awardees in Region I
were the DPWH second engineering districts in Ilocos Sur and Pangasinan, which
placed second and third, respectively.
As a result, all the three winning
engineering districts will represent Region I in the national level.
The Ilocos Norte District’s
evaluation occurred on July 3, 2018. Four people from the DPWH central office
served as evaluators.
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