MANILA, Philippines - Ambassador Jose E.B. Antonio, president of Pacific Star Building Condominium Corporation (seated, third from left), and Pablito R. Trilles, country manager of Trane Philippines (third from right) sign the memorandum of agreement for the acquisition/purchase of two global-compliant chillers from Trane International, leader in chiller manufacturing. Also present are (seated) engineer Apolinar I. Navarro, senior EVP and COO, CPMI; Jose Carlo R. Antonio, managing director, CPMI; Christopher Seeley, regional manager, Asia of Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a division of The William J. Clinton Foundation; and Adis Peukpattanaruks, regional business leader for Thailand, IndoChina and the Philippines for Trane.
Also witnessing the event are key officers and staff (standing) CPMI’s Fernan Espineda, AVP; engineers Manny M. Pangilinan, facilities director; Feliciano G. Navarro, SVP-Technical Services; Trane Phil.’s Manny V. Redondo, system sales; and Jay Peter B. Eskultura, applied sales.
The Pacific Star Building, a 20-year-old, 600,000-sq.ft. office building and a landmark in the Makati central business district, will be the first among over 40 buildings across the Philippines under the management of Century Properties Management Inc. (CPMI) to undergo its Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, undertaken with Trane Philippines with the assistance of the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI), a division of The William J. Clinton Foundation.