URBAN POLICIESFOR ENERGYCONSERVATION IN
BUILDINGS
Mexico CityexperienceMexico City. Local actions
Since 2006, in Mexico City have encourage several publicpolicies directed to environmental protection, due to thismatter started to gain popularity in country.
With specific goals to face the integral and efficient use of
our natural capital and resources, which lend us to invest,
conserve and make a good use of this resources, we based
the programs on six concrete actions:

Air quality and climate change
Sustainable and smart transportation system
Conservation land and biodiversity
Green urban infrastructure
Water quality and provision
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In this matter, we started up
the “Sustainable Buildings
Certification Program” it is a
project of self adjustments,
which objective is promotethat consolidate buildings
and in making process,adopt several sustainableactions in water, energy,solid waste, life quality andsocial responsibility issues.
Actually, 36 buildings are in certification process, it lend us
to save energy consume, approximately 535 megawatts peryear.

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Also, we have the intention to sing agreements whit
industrial sector to implement self adjustments actions,environmental audits and energy saving, with a goal ofpollutants reduction from up to 7 thousand tons per year.

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This Program considered some modifications in the Subway’selectric system, like the modernization of electromagneticstairs system. In addition, within the context of Renewable
Energy Program from Mexico City, the urban subway establish
solar panels in 15 stations.

With objective of improvesocial participation about how
to face the climate change,
Mexico City participate in the“Planet Hour”, which is aninternational event whereannually take part around of
5,000 countries, it consist in avoluntary electric power cutfor one hour.

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With this simbolic action, we will pretend to promote theurgency and necessity to citizens adopt new habits against
climate change and polluting emissions, as saving energy andreduce light pollution.

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We have the Environmental Administration System, it is aproject focus to manage Public Institutions from Mexico City,
have a sustainable performance, in this way be able to serve
like an example to society and be a leader city about
encourage actions related with saving energy and polluting
emissions reduction, having International Development Agency
from United States of America support.
In this matter, periodically we did some training actions withpublic workers from 35 governmental institutions, who areresponsibles of maintenance services, in these workshops,
they learned how to make and integrate diagnostics about
generation and consume of energy in their offices.

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Like an example of this actions, we can talk about a Pediatric
Hospital “La Villa”, where was implemented a solar water
warming and energy efficiency system; this project is being
encourage in a coordinating way between Healty Secretaryfrom Mexico City and the United States Agency to InternationalDevelopment.
Mexico City government has the purpose to spread it inanother 13 hospitals in the city.
City has 345 thousand public lamps aproximately, thissituations generates high costs in electric energy consume, as
in maintenance of public lighting system.

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Mexico City government, started a coordinating project between heand CITELUM de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. y CITELUM S.A., during 3 firstyears, the action got increase 40% of street lighting in Mexico City
downtown and main avenues; besides, it manage substitute 86%
from public lighting, with this, Mexico City achieve increase public
lighting efficiency from up to 95%, reducing 25% electric energy
consume.
This project is the first public-private association in Latin America
working in public lighting; actually, it has the responsibility from 40%of this in main Mexico City highways.
It include, company will have the obligation of artistic lighting from
14 buildings and maintenance another 20. Total of this will be 34
historic buildings which will be attending under this outline.

Federal actions
We have the "Incandescent lamps substitution by fluorescentlamps National Program" , the objective there, is generate ahigh saving energy users in their payments and reducegreenhouse effects gasses.
This plan will benefit around 120 thousand little towns of few
economic resources,
where live at least
100 thousand habitants,
lending at government
offer less prices' electric
Energy subsidies.

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Approximately, the Federal Electric Commission, said theindustrial sector will pay 31% less by energy consume per year.
Nowadays, there are one thousand 119 energy generation
permissions, extended to private miner, steel, food supply
chain, sugar, chemical and paper sectors and local
governments too, by Energy Regulate Commission.

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The National Commission
to Energy Efficiency Use,work hand by hand withsome laboratories andcertification centers to
identified around 28% ofproducts used in public
lighting, which do notattend the law andregulations parameters,
the result of this wereeconomic sanctions andstoppedofitscommercialization.

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Due to, federal government established new obligations which
private sector will have to attend, here stand out two important
aspects:
 Obtain an initial certificate after 1 thousand hours ofcontinue operation, whit the option to cancel the permission
if the products reduce their lighting levels lower thanthousand proof hours.
 The obligation of guarantee lamp’s quality during 5 years atleast.
As well, 2° Technologic Seminary about “Other alternatives inbuildings energy efficiency”, was organized and directed to go
down the thermic charge in that places, with this have thepossibility to decrease air conditioning use until 40% of totalenergy electric consume.

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In the Seminary, parcipated managers from some companies
like: Cotennarec/Anafapyt, Alener, Green Generation andUrban Symbiosis.
We have too, a “Guide to integrate an energetic diagnostic inbuildings” this document gives a protocol which public
institutions have to attend to implement energy efficiency
actions as much as in their buildings like official fleets.
In addition, in Mexico was integrated an Companies
Association of Saving Energy in Buildings, this group get
together private companies, factories, state agencies, toorganice workshops including national and international
institutions from public and private sectors, whit the purpose
to promote energy efficiency covering in buildings.

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Exist too, Mexican Institute from Building Sustainable, is a civilassociation, its interest is establish guarantees aboutsustainable development in the design, build, maintenanceand operation of low environmental and energetic impactbuildings.

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Recently, federal government
passedtheEnergeticReform, which objective is
attract and bring up to dateenergetic sector, Mexican
government claims with thisaction, country will get a
dynamic energetic model,
based on competence,
opening, transparency sustainable and fiscal responsibility
principles. It will bring us benefits and tools to start a new
develop and welfare stage to Mexican families.

Thank you

Evelyn Cabrera
Mexico City(55) 57387327
evelyncabreratorres@hotmail.com