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CONSTRUCCIÓN SUSTENTABLEefficiency, ongoing operations and maintenancecosts, and occupancy rates.. Attention to benefits on2 Employees and Occupantsis increasingSeveral intangible factors are now being recognizedas important benefits of green buildings.Those aspects include health and well-being ofoccupants, indoor air quality, employee productivity,impact on brand/reputation, and satisfactionof employees and occupants. Not lessto mention is the importance of an organization’sreputation for sustainability in its abilityto attract and retain talented employees, employeehiring and retention.Builders and designers of high performancebuildings will design ventilation systems withfocus on quality of ventilation rather than justquantity. The movement to understand the importancefor ventilation quality will create betterventilation strategies and systems.. Expanding attention to3 Water EfficiencyAmong other factors, a growing awareness ofwater as a finite, and sometimes scarce resourcehas prompted an increase in the likelihoodthat building contractors wish to incorporateimproved water efficiency into newconstruction and renovation projects.Awareness of the coming global crisis infresh water supply will increase, as global climatechange affects rainfall and water supplysystems worldwide.. Increased focus on4 Building ResiliencyThe ability to maintain or quickly resume operationsin the event of extreme weather conditionssuch as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, anddrought have made building resiliency a priorityfor designers, builders, owners and operatorsalike.. Rising importance of5 Material and Supply ChainTransparencyVendor’s sustainable practices are becomingincreasingly important for real estate developerswhen choosing a supplier for services,goods and/or materials.Similarly, Healthy Building Products, ProductDisclosure Declarations, along with various“Red Lists” of chemicals of concern, will becomeincreasingly contentious. Building productmanufacturers are increasingly trying togain or maintain market share based on opendisclosure of chemicals of concerns.. Green Building Rating6 Systems2014 has confirmed a growing global interest inobtaining LEED® certification on constructionprojects. Additionally, there is also a significantinterest in alternative rating systems such asGreen Globes, EnergyStar, Living Building Challenge,Net Zero Energy and others.. Energy Efficiency always a7 sure betMarket mechanisms that reward energy conservationand renewable energy production willflourish. Market-based tools will increase theirpopularity in 2015.In this dimension, building energy codeswill move away from perspective rules towardperformance-based measures. With municipalitiesand states starting to take notice ofperformance-based measures, more and morepolicy makers will note its benefits.Furthermore, the convergence of corporateand commercial real estate, information technology(building automation) that is based inthe Cloud, and energy efficiency add up in thegreen building megatrends for 2015.. Solar Power use in8 buildings will continue togrowIt is expected that third-party financing offeringswill continue to grow and provide capitalfor larger rooftop systems on low-rise commercialbuildings, parking garages, warehousesand retail stores, as well as on homes.Focus will move beyond “near net-zero energy”to “net-positive” energy buildings. Thefalling prices of photovoltaic panels, increasingviability and availability of electric vehiclesand market mechanisms to reward both onsiteenergy conservation and production, will helpmake this move.. Green Building9 Performance Disclosurewill continue as a major trend.Disclosure requirements are being enacted inmajor cities around the globe, along with lawsthat require public and commercial buildingowners to disclose actual green building performance.This trend is to spread rapidly as it’sthe easiest way to monitor reductions in carbonemissions from commercial and governmentalbuildings.. Last, but not least,10 the focus of the greenbuilding industry will continueits switch from new buildingdesign and construction togreening existing buildings.This trend has been in topplace since 2010.Moreover, social motives for going green arenow about greater health and wellbeing, increasedworker productivity, boosted hiringand retention of employees, and supporting thedomestic economy. This could reflect a growingtrend towards a more mature understanding ofsustainability; that is, sustainability and greenmust take into consideration not only environmentalaspects, but also social and economicones as well.Among other matters, buildings with relativelybetter sustainability qualifications tendto enjoy increased marketability to both tenantsand investors.In the near future, the combined demandsand interests of occupiers, investors, and regulatorsare such that tangible benefits can bederived from embedding sustainability into thefull investment process. A range of propertyvalue fundamentals like rental growth, yieldpremiums, total occupancy costs are increasinglysensitive to sustainability factors.Moreover, its is reasonable to expect thatrental growth will be more heavily suppressedin properties in which energy and other utilitycosts are high compared to rental levels. In thissense, sustainability is driving a larger deviationbetween prime and non-prime property.Conclusively, as reliable data and successfulgreen projects become more widespread,the transparency and trust of real estate sustainabilityperformance will increase, thereforemore informed capital pricing and rental decisioncan be made.Bioconstrucción y Energía Alternativa -as aproudly Mexican pioneer in Latin America forLEED Certification and leader in SustainableBuilding Consultancy- has aligned and expandedits bespoke services portfolio so as to timelyand duly embrace these trends that are shapinga new face for the building & construction andproperty sectors.•As reliable dataand successfulgreen projectsbecome morewidespread, thetransparency andtrust of real estatesustainabilityperformance willincrease, thereforemore informedcapital pricing andrental decision canbe made.144www.inmobiliare.com