WorldGBC Advancing Net Zero Status Report 2022 Americas Regional Network Since 2019, GBCs in Latin America have been accelerating much needed change in the built environment through WorldGBC’s Cities Climate Action project. The project extends the proven framework of the Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) to help city governments, private companies and NGOs work together to deliver resource and energy efficiency in buildings at scale. More than 25 cities/states across Latin America have signed public commitments with the BEA to achieve targets on energy efficiency and net zero and we are supporting them in delivering on those commitments. This progress includes four new and improved building energy efficiency policies. In the cities of Bogotá and Montería in Colombia, two of those policies are projected to reduce emissions by improving the performance of 2.5 million new homes over the next thirty years. At the state level in Campeche (Mexico), the new leading Energy Management System of the Government Palace is expected to avoid emitting nearly 23 tons CO 2 emissions annually. In Yucatán, Mexico, the Technical Standard: Energy Efficiency and Comfort Criteria for Public Buildings will impact the operation, construction, purchase and lease of more than 2,900 public buildings. Another ten policies are in development in countries like Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala, enabling savings in energy for different building typologies, new systems for monitoring performance, access to data, and the application of new solutions and practices. Currently, this initiative focuses on advocacy and policy engagement to scale ambition, improve technical capacities and technical expertise of the BEA cities and partners. Together we are advancing local and regional awareness, knowledge and capacity for net zero carbon buildings and support the development of roadmaps to decarbonise the built environment in the region, whilst aligning with WorldGBC’s whole life carbon vision and the Advancing Net Zero programme. Juanita Alvarez Head of Engagement & Networks Read: Cities Climate Action Project - Impact Report PAGE 22
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