ABSTRACT —Green technology is a system using innovative methods in creating environmental friendly products. It uses renewable natural resources and can effectively change waste pattern and production in a manner that will not harm the environment. Green technology can be in the area of energy, green building, environmentally preferred purchasing, green chemistry, and green nanotechnology. In pursuit of improving the country’s energy security and mitigation measures for the effect of energy utilization to the environment, the Philippine government though the Department of Energy (DOE) is continuously implementing programs on the use of alternative fuels and energy technology, and in making energy efficiency and conservation a way of life. This paper intends to disseminate the green environment programs of the country in the area of energy which includes alternative fuels and energy technology and the national energy efficiency and conservation program. Key initiatives under alternative fuels and energy technology include the project “alternative fuels for transportation and other purposes” which aims to provide energy consumers with alternative and advance energy technologies that are more environment friendly. It includes auto liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) vehicles, natural gas vehicle program for public transport, electric vehicles, electric and hybrid vehicles. DOE’s National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program (NEECP) aims to make energy efficiency and a way of life thus improving the energy utilization of all users, and achieving an annual energy savings and equivalent emissions avoidance. The strategies to achieve these goals include the aggressive promotion of energy conservation and energy efficient technology through information, education and communication campaigns; intensify collaboration effort with the private sector in implementing the programs; continuous implementation and expansion of the appliance, equipment and building energy usage standards; integration of energy efficiency concepts in the procurement practices of the government; the use of alternative fuel; and periodic program monitoring and evaluation to assess the effectiveness of the energy efficiency and conservation programs.

Keywords: alternative fuel, DOE, energy conservation, energy efficiency, green technology