Dr. Fernando Zialcita and Mr. Erik Akpedonu of the IPC Project 297 (Documenting the Architectural Heritage of Manila/Metro Manila Project) presented "R. Hidalgo St., Quiapo: A Blueprint for Urban Renewal" at the Clean Development Mechanism Workshop of the High Level Dialogue on Climate Change at the Asian Development Bank on 16 July 2009.
With TFS Green London, a carbon financing company, the Manuel Luis Quezon University, and other units in the Ateneo de Manila University, the Institute of Philippine Culture is developing a proposal to revitalize a historic city using clean energy. The proposed project is viewed as one of the ways of utlizing the data and insights generated by the IPC Project 297.