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The certification process for sustainable building projects must be analyzed thoroughly, say the panel guests. In this industry, the environmental impacts occur during all stages of life of the building, ie from design to demolition, to the location, construction, use and renewal. Therefore, the decisions made along these stages of life development, also affect the commercial value, health and productivity of those working in the building and above all, quality of life.
The direct environmental impacts are emissions of greenhouse gases and other atmospheric emissions related to energy consumption, water consumption and discharge, impacts on building materials, solid waste of different life cycle stages of a building and indoor air quality. Secondary impacts are related to the life cycles of products of the construction, infrastructure development and transportation systems. According to the panelists, there is talk that 40% of carbon emissions that occur come from buildings that generate a significant expense in the use
energy, the dilemma is that companies are in these buildings generate jobs for the community, even in the case of energy in which requests have more savings.

In Mexico there are available estimates on the number of green buildings, but in 2002 created the National Network of bioclimatic architecture, which has been active in Mexico and throughout Latin America. That same year he founded the Mexico Green Building Council (CMES), an organization which was relaunched in 2005 in Monterrey.
Considerations for green building and shopping centers
More and more people visit the mall and they do several times a week, either to shop, find entertainment, or eat if necessary. This is because many users and visitors to a mall, have their places of work nearby, also in some cities in Europe, USA and a much lesser extent in Latin America, visitors arrive on their bikes, especially considering shopping centers with a format like the Power Centers, where neighbors and the community near the site have the opportunity to travel in these vehicles and replace these spaces your entertainment needs.
For its part, the developer has also been doing his homework, according to the panelists, the best way as the administrator or developer of a shopping center in the format Power Centers can effectively direct their strategies for sustainability, is to have the income to Tenants are long term, this results in significant energy savings. Also, if implemented new strategies in the use of space and all air conditioning, will be supporting the conservation of the environment.
In addition, today’s developers can take advantage of the goodwill generated by implementing these sustainable measures, marketing exerted by naming the list of benefits acquired by tenants of a building LEED certified, places development in a selected ranking.

Different designs and certification by the USGBC – U.S. Green Building Council LEED Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – has become more common. This is for the business strategies adopted by manufacturers, and systems incorporating sustainable aspects their products, which become much more practical and economical to implement on the market.
Therefore and according to what the panelists commented on the new trends and principles for building and developing sustainable business centers are already showing, too, because the communities themselves so start demanding. People are starting to make a “switch” in their consciousness, as opposed to caring for the environment.
Meanwhile, a growing number of companies and organizations dedicated to building sustainable rate, in fact, the foremost organization dedicated to this area in the United States is the U.S. Green Building Council (U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC), which has more than twelve thousand members and organizations, according to data delivery same organization, consider the value of the green building industry now amounts to over $ EU12, 000 million.
So, it is estimated that at present the building represents the United States about 2% of the market for new non-residential buildings, a proportion that is expected to increase to 2010 and range between 5 and 10%, according to USGBC.
In Canada, trends in green building are similar to those of the United States. The Green Building Council of Canada (Canada Green Building Council, CaGBC), which was founded in 2002, already has 400 thousand members.

Given this dynamic, given that the business center industry is an impressive machine consumption, the sector increasingly needs to adapt to changes and trends in the world. Therefore, the panel guests commented that the shopping centers are transformed into different formats, ranging from an urban mall for a specific community, to the new trend, such as mixed use. Among its distinguishing features, we have the architectural design. For industry-added commercial real estate panel guests-care issues of the environment has evolved rapidly in society, to the extent that many developers, in conjunction with architects, have designed new designs in malls, which of course, are planned for the care of the environment by incorporating them, the most modern design techniques and green building. Consider that before such practices were considered a luxury, today is a reality and a fairly serious, to be applied to all new designs, write the guests.

Mexico’s architectural tradition undoubtedly favors, practices and building designs that are environmentally friendly, ie, has reduced the environmental impact in recent years. However, policies to encourage green building is relatively new and usually have focused on the housing sector. For example, the National Housing Commission – CONAVI, has been documenting sustainable practices and working to define criteria for such housing. The Institute of the National Housing Fund for Workers – INFONAVIT, has created a program of “green mortgages.” For its part, the National Commission for Energy Savings – CONAE, recently began work in implementing a program for solar water heaters, such an initiative, along with establishing sustainability guidelines for acquisitions, leases and services public sector undoubtedly contribute to the process.
In addition, new hotels in some environmentally sensitive areas are integrating technology to reduce their carbon footprint and several private companies design their offices so that they are more efficient from the point of view.
However, by themselves, market forces and existing government programs do not promote the necessary changes in the construction sector.
In fact, the business center industry, is the most important real estate market, especially because it has been used in a good way and responsibly, land and rent of commercial space, ie Retail.
Panelists say that unfortunately in Mexico there are additional obstacles, such as lack of urban planning and building regulations that address issues of sustainability, the absence of a certification system for widespread use of green building practices and lack of data on energy and water consumption in buildings.

Across the planet has been emphasizing an urgent need for global action to curb climate change, in fact, we know that unless we take immediate action to limit emissions of greenhouse gases, global warming could have irreversible consequences .
Each year, the energy consumed by buildings in North America, resulting in the release into the atmosphere of more than two thousand 200 megatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), that is, about 35% of the region. In this panel discussion that we had the opportunity to perform together, Immobiliare Magazine with the International Council of Shopping Centers in New York City, met several players from the real estate industry, especially the commercial sector, who from their knowledge and experience , felt about the new trends in sustainability applied to real estate development of shopping centers.
At present, there is debate in the United States, including Canada and Europe, which is the standard in sustainability, ie what is and is not sustainable. For the real estate industry for shopping centers, the discussion has huge implications, in fact, the LEED pattern has been joined by other trends such as: IE, Energy Star, among others.
Moreover, another issue is directly related the effect of Cap and Trade system, which necessarily demand accounting carbon footprint, ie, it is very important possibility for real estate development industry, the ability to sell bonds coal, however, much of the discussion and participation from real estate developers in Mexico have focused only on what to do to build a sustainable adminisde, materials, investment returns, costs, etc. However, the argument goes further. The opinion of the panelists, is not yet delved into the bond purchase programs or so-called “Carbon Credits Market.”

Flipping through real state refers to a custom to buy a plot of land that have potential and sell it immediately by remodeling it. Flipping will give an investor a decent amount of profit. The flipping process can be applied in all asset management.

More Investor flipping: Under the policy of MIF (More investor flipping), a person can buy an asset at a lower price than the original market price, sell it very quickly to a third party investor who, in turn, sell the property to another buyer.

Flipping in real estate business: An investor will have a surplus of flipping a property asset by purchasing it at a low price and then sell it on as to the result of the launches of the real estate market. A house that requires some repair work is bought and repaired, remodeled, conditioned and sold by a fix-up.

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Being efficient in life is the most important case to apply in this modern world. The world will not wait for those who cannot use the technology and facility to make life be more efficient. People should work smartly in all kinds of fields. They should use all the facilities that will help them to live better and more efficient. In making an investment for instance, people should be very smart in dealing with the process.

They should use the helpful facility for making their investment successfully achieved. Therefore, those who want to make a great and fast process of property investment should consult their plan with professional commercial estate agents for making their investment more efficient.

Using the service of commercial estate agents will be better since people will find anything professionally managed. It will be safe than to search one in the ads or newspapers. Consulting property with the experienced property agents will give people a more precise estimation of prices. They will also be able to make the best deal for any property that they want.

People have to simply enter the consultant building, consulting what property that they need to get and the professional staff of commercial estate agents will give them the best references. They will also help them to complete the process of purchasing properties. Simply, the service will be beneficial and efficient to use.