![]() USGBC reports that Mexico has 1,007 projects participating in LEED with 329 fully certified, representing 70 million gross sq. ![]() Nicolette Mueller, Director of Global Marketing Development for Latin America, U.S. They’re making a push to make the environment more friendly.” “That is a driver for foreign companies that come not just to Mexico City but to Mexico in general. “I think a lot of it has to do with the reputation that Mexico City has as probably one of the most contaminated cities in the world,” says Andres Galvis, regional director for Latin America for the Irvine, California-based Ware Malcomb, an international design firm with offices in Mexico. Why the surge of green building in Mexico? This June, Mexico City will host the Council’s yearly Greenbuild International Conference, another sign of the country’s vault into the top ranks of the sustainability-conscious. Green Building Council (USGBC) released an annual survey of countries employing its environmentally sustainable LEED standard, Mexico appeared in the top 10 for the first time. From a centuries-old palace to Mexico City’s ambitious new airport, sustainable design and construction have taken hold in Mexico.
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