The Secretariat of the Environment of Mexico City (Sedema) and the World Resources Institute Mexico (WRI Mexico), with the support of the National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy (Conuee), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), kicked off the Efficient Buildings Challenge 2022 in the country's capital.

The challenge has the objectives of promoting technological development for energy efficiency; as well as the use of renewable energies and the reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into the atmosphere, as well as encouraging the implementation of energy efficiency measures in existing buildings located in CDMX.

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In this second edition of the challenge, the invitation to join new companies and organizations is opened. And, in addition, the participants of the first edition are expected to advance in the implementation of the identified measures and continue with their energy saving goals.

The challenge seeks to achieve that part of the buildings in Mexico City are totally free of greenhouse gas emissions, said Michael McNeil, director of the Berkeley National Laboratory Energy Initiative.

Adriana Lobo, executive director of WRI Mexico, mentioned that energy efficiency is a relevant issue since it is one of the most cost-effective measures for economic, environmental and social improvement.

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“The energy sector generated approximately 34% of GHG emissions in 2019; the buildings sector was responsible for 6%. However, if the emissions from electricity and heat generation are attributed to the sectors that use the final energy, 90% of these indirect emissions come from the industrial and buildings sector, which increases the relative emissions of the latter sector by 6 % to 16%,” he said.

In Mexico, 79% of the population lives in cities where buildings are responsible for a huge percentage of emissions in the world, between 25 and 35%.

Óscar Vázquez, director of Climate Change and Sustainable Projects at Sedema, stressed that energy is the future; and how it is handled will determine the present and, above all, the future of current generations.

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