MALACAÑANG

MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 228

ADDRESSING THE RISING COST OF ENERGY

I, GLORIA M. MACAPAGAL, President of the Philippines, by the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

Section 1. All agencies shall reduce transport fuel consumption in liters by ten percent (10%) starting June 2008.

Section 2. Government buildings shall turn off airconditioners at 4:30 p.m., except those with 24-hour work.

Section 3. Agencies shall implement, starting July, plans to replace all incandescent bulbs.

Section 4. Agencies shall convert twenty percent (20%) of their vehicles in major cities to liquid petroleum by September 2008.

Section 5. Agencies shall install and/or adopt other energy saving technology, with the help of the Department of Energy and/or the Department of Science and Technology.

DONE on this 2nd day of June in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary

Source: Malacañang Records Office

Office of the President of the Philippines. (2008). [Administrative Order Nos. : 111 – 288]. Manila : Malacañang Records Office.