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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.