UNIDA PRIMER (Third of a Series)
NO HOLDS BARRED (053) February 10, 2010
By Ike Señeres
UNIDA PRIMER (Third of a Series)
Q. What utilities could be provided within the UNIDA housing clusters?
A. The clusters could generate their own electric power to supplement the local electric supply. The alternate energy source could be turned on and off depending on the price and availability of the local power source. They could also improve upon the power quality by controlling the power surges through a centralized Universal Power Supply (UPS). They could also improve upon the water supply through a centralized water filtering system, thus saving the residents from the costs of buying filtered water. As an alternative to buying Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), the clusters could pipe in methane gas through a centralized biogas digester. Commonly used items such as cooking oil, vinegar and liquid detergents could also be piped into the homes. Depending on local conditions and applicable franchise rules, the clusters could also operate as retail distributors of telecom services such as cable television, telephony and Internet access. All of these services could be owned and operated by cooperatives.
Q. Where will the UNIDA housing clusters be located?
A. All the UNIDA housing clusters will be located near the train stations and the bus stations. This will correct the common error in previous housing programs wherein beneficiaries obtained access to affordable housing, but could not get access to affordable means of transportation.
Q. How will the UNIDA housing clusters be funded?
A. The funds that will be used for the acquisition of the real estate properties could either come from the local government units (LGUs) or from the cooperatives. The LGUs could be the originators of the housing projects, but in order to sustain the long term expansion of this approach, they would have to be refunded by the developers of the project, which in this case are the cooperatives. Construction costs will also be funded by the cooperatives.
Q. What are the advantages of cooperative housing?
A. Cooperatives are exempted from paying import duties and from the payment of Value Added Taxes (VAT). That means that they will be saving a lot of money when they import construction materials and equipment or if they will buy these from local retailers.
Q. What are the advantages of cooperative processing?
A. Since the cooperatives have duty free and VAT free privileges, they could also save money when they buy materials, equipment and other supplies for the operation of centralized processing facilities. These pieces of equipment could be in the form of driers, shredders and extractors. If they have these pieces of equipment, they could dry, shred or extract juices and oils from any fruit or vegetable, or any form of animal product.
Q. How can cooperative housing help the environment?
A. The cooperatives in general and the housing clusters in particular could organize the collection of factory returnable post consumer waste, which could all be sold to the buying stations. In addition, they could also produce fertilizers, fermented products, fine arts items (crafts), filler materials, fuel ingredients and other functional materials from the segregated waste. These are the six F’s of recycling as expounded by Dr. Metodio Palaypay, MD.
Q. What is the correlation of the environment to HDI?
A. The poor people are the first victims of natural disasters and manmade destructions. When disasters strike, poverty rate go up as people lose their means of livelihood. The mortality also goes up as disaster fatalities are counted. Consequently, the illiteracy rate also goes up as the people lose the support mechanisms to go to school.
Q. What are the scientific ways of reducing environmental damage?
A. Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are the known scientific ways of reducing environmental damage, as acknowledged by most international organizations. To these two, the UNIDA has added the new scientific way of Environmental Re-Engineering (ERE) which should be a step prior to CCA and DRR.
Watch my business show 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in Global News Network (GNN), Channel 21 in Destiny Cable. Email iseneres@yahoo.com or text +639293605140 for local cable listings. Visit senseneres@blogspot.com
By Ike Señeres
UNIDA PRIMER (Third of a Series)
Q. What utilities could be provided within the UNIDA housing clusters?
A. The clusters could generate their own electric power to supplement the local electric supply. The alternate energy source could be turned on and off depending on the price and availability of the local power source. They could also improve upon the power quality by controlling the power surges through a centralized Universal Power Supply (UPS). They could also improve upon the water supply through a centralized water filtering system, thus saving the residents from the costs of buying filtered water. As an alternative to buying Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), the clusters could pipe in methane gas through a centralized biogas digester. Commonly used items such as cooking oil, vinegar and liquid detergents could also be piped into the homes. Depending on local conditions and applicable franchise rules, the clusters could also operate as retail distributors of telecom services such as cable television, telephony and Internet access. All of these services could be owned and operated by cooperatives.
Q. Where will the UNIDA housing clusters be located?
A. All the UNIDA housing clusters will be located near the train stations and the bus stations. This will correct the common error in previous housing programs wherein beneficiaries obtained access to affordable housing, but could not get access to affordable means of transportation.
Q. How will the UNIDA housing clusters be funded?
A. The funds that will be used for the acquisition of the real estate properties could either come from the local government units (LGUs) or from the cooperatives. The LGUs could be the originators of the housing projects, but in order to sustain the long term expansion of this approach, they would have to be refunded by the developers of the project, which in this case are the cooperatives. Construction costs will also be funded by the cooperatives.
Q. What are the advantages of cooperative housing?
A. Cooperatives are exempted from paying import duties and from the payment of Value Added Taxes (VAT). That means that they will be saving a lot of money when they import construction materials and equipment or if they will buy these from local retailers.
Q. What are the advantages of cooperative processing?
A. Since the cooperatives have duty free and VAT free privileges, they could also save money when they buy materials, equipment and other supplies for the operation of centralized processing facilities. These pieces of equipment could be in the form of driers, shredders and extractors. If they have these pieces of equipment, they could dry, shred or extract juices and oils from any fruit or vegetable, or any form of animal product.
Q. How can cooperative housing help the environment?
A. The cooperatives in general and the housing clusters in particular could organize the collection of factory returnable post consumer waste, which could all be sold to the buying stations. In addition, they could also produce fertilizers, fermented products, fine arts items (crafts), filler materials, fuel ingredients and other functional materials from the segregated waste. These are the six F’s of recycling as expounded by Dr. Metodio Palaypay, MD.
Q. What is the correlation of the environment to HDI?
A. The poor people are the first victims of natural disasters and manmade destructions. When disasters strike, poverty rate go up as people lose their means of livelihood. The mortality also goes up as disaster fatalities are counted. Consequently, the illiteracy rate also goes up as the people lose the support mechanisms to go to school.
Q. What are the scientific ways of reducing environmental damage?
A. Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) are the known scientific ways of reducing environmental damage, as acknowledged by most international organizations. To these two, the UNIDA has added the new scientific way of Environmental Re-Engineering (ERE) which should be a step prior to CCA and DRR.
Watch my business show 9:00 am to 1:00 pm in Global News Network (GNN), Channel 21 in Destiny Cable. Email iseneres@yahoo.com or text +639293605140 for local cable listings. Visit senseneres@blogspot.com
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