Launched in 2014, Via Verde is the Philippines’ first solar powered mass housing community. Via Verde’s home models were also the country’s first recipients of Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies (EDGE) Certificate given by the IFC/World Bank for meeting global standards for Green Building. Homebuyers are guaranteed beautiful and globally recognized quality homes which give provide them with significant savings on electricity costs. Via Verde is located in Brgy. San Vicente in Sto Tomas, Batangas, a first class municipality relatively near Manila. Demand for housing in this area is high due to the migrant workforce of commercial and manufacturing establishments in the area.