Company

Torre Obispado - Offices is the tallest skyscraper in Mexico and Latin America, is a complex of offices, hotel and commercial area. 
Its construction finished in the year 2020.

Project

Not only the tallest building in Latin America, but also the first LEED Gold Campus in the region!

The location has been selected to make it accessible for all those who work, are customers, and live in the residential tower. It has a convenient access to multiple existing transportation networks to minimize the need of new transportation lines. From the project sustainable strategies is included a better selection of material resources, an adequate design of the building envelope, installation and specification (for future tenants) of low-flow water fixtures, and a selection of regional and with recycled content materials.

Regarding to the building´s energy performance, the glazing type was selected trying to achieve both the architectonic appearance wanted for the building and the best building energy performance possible.

Challenges

Achieve LEED Certification in both the Commercial and Residential buildings.

reduction in the water used for irrigation of green areas

 of regularly occupied spaces have access to views

reduction of water use from fixtures compared to a base line project

of savings in energy cost compared to a building with the same characteristics

of the building materials were regionally acquired

Results

 Obispado Tower is located in Monterrey, México. The architectural project consists of a Commercial tower with 12 parking levels and 53 stories above grade. Torre de Oficinas Obispado is part of a campus project which includes a hotel, retail areas, a residential tower and amenities for their residents.

The location has been selected to make it accessible for all those who work, are customers, and live in the residential tower. It has a convenient access to multiple existing transportation networks to minimize the need of new transportation lines. From the project sustainable strategies is included a better selection of material resources, an adequate design of the building envelope, installation and specification (for future tenants) of low-flow water fixtures, and a selection of regional and with recycled content materials.

Torre Obispado - Offices

LEED Gold® BD+C: Core and Shell v3 2009 

Our Challenges

The project’s main achievements encompass:

• 73.36% reduction in the water used for irrigation of green areas.

• 95.62% of regularly occupied spaces have access to views.

• 38.2% reduction of water use from fixtures compared to a baseline project.

• 24% of savings in energy cost compared to a building with the same characteristics.

• 36% of the building materials were regionally acquired.

We exceed the proposed objectives

Torre Obispado (T.OP)

This project is the first convenience store in Latin America to receive LEEDTM (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification.

It is the first convenience store in Latin America to accredit a LEED certification, which endorses it as a sustainable construction.

The project and its site were analyzed and designed to reduce the heat island effect, when materials absorb heat and irradiate it at nighttime causing discomfort in urban areas.

The roof has a 100+ SRI water proofing material to reflect heat and reduce the heat island effect.



The site was selected for its community connectivity and natural characteristics, having 3 existing mature trees onsite. The site was adapted to protect them, and condensation water provides 100% of the irrigation demand directly to the roots.



Solution


More than 40% of the outdoor area of ​​the store is shaded, reducing the temperature of the surroundings.

The use of public transportation, two or more in a car, and bicycle transportation are promoted through informative plaques that raise awareness.

The waterproofing of the roof reflects 95% of the sun's rays, helping to reduce the temperature inside and the use of the air conditioning system.


Compared to the average for buildings, the efficient equipment at this branch reduces water consumption by 45%.

The solar panels, insulating walls, efficient equipment and good design present in this branch help reduce energy consumption by 28% compared to the first 7-Eleven Mexico stores.

The temperature and humidity of the space are monitored to ensure that customers and employees are comfortable.

High-performance daylighting systems allow natural light to enter without heating the space, thus reducing energy consumption; In addition, the interior lamps have sensors that reduce the intensity of the light, when there is enough natural light.

The materials used in this store were carefully selected, prioritizing regional materials and those with recycled content.

The glasses are double and contain a layer specially designed to filter solar radiation and thus prevent excessive heat from entering.

99% of construction and demolition material waste was recycled.


energy cost reduction when compared to business as usual

reduction of potable water used for landscape irrigation

reduction of construction waste sent to landfill

of the total building materials were manufactured and extracted within 500 miles radius from the project site

of the total wood-based building materials were harvested from FSC certified forests

The 7-Eleven chain opened its doors to a new branch with 3 trees over 60 years old including one inside the store.

The challenge was to allow the movement of the tree by the wind, enable its growth and at the same time prevent water or insects from entering the store, and avoiding the leakage of air conditioning.

The project needed satrategies of energy and water savings, waste minimization, and natural lighting, promoting the positive impact and maintaining the needs of the project.

About 7-Eleven

LEED Silver® BD+C: New Construction

Preserving existing vegetation

Heat island effect reduction

Success!

7-Eleven Las Musas

Fibra MTY, being a real estate investment trust, acquires and manages commercial, industrial and office properties, providing an outstanding level of profitability in the market. With more than 60 properties, it offers a solid business model for its investors. 

In addition, in their commitment to society and the environment, they work under ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) criteria.  



11 buildings,1 mision: make a positive impact

The project, of these certifications, began in April 2022 with a single objective: to continue with its commitment to sustainability as a strategy to positively benefit all its Stakeholders, contributing to their well-being, offering them a favorable socioeconomic environment and, in turn, mitigate the environmental impact of its properties.  


Due to the client's specifications, we needed to certificate the 11 buildings before 2022 ended.
In addition to this, the buildings were in different states of Mexico with different managements.

The initial diagnosis and collection of information showed the need for the buildings, except for Fortaleza, of the implementation or modernization of air renewal equipment. Air renewal is the process of cleaning, filtering and replenishing the air in an enclosed space, which helps to reduce the amount of contaminants; the implementation of this strategy allowed the reduction of energy consumption, as well as the improvement of the health and comfort of its occupants.  


In each of the buildings, we worked hand in hand with the administration and maintenance teams to apply best practices in the management of air conditioning equipment. As part of the action plan, an automated lighting and ventilation control system was implemented in common areas to avoid keeping equipment on unnecessarily.  

A permanent program was implemented to separate and recycle paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, metals, batteries and electronic waste, together with graphic support, promoting collaborative actions to maintain best practices in favor of the sustainability of the buildings.  

Each of the certifications were successfully completed

Fibra MTY obtained LEED® OM+M v4.1 certification for 11 of its properties, 140 thousand square meters in total, located in different locations throughout the country. 

Silver Level: 

▪️ Cuadrante - Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua.
▪️ Prometeo - San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León. 

Gold Level: 

▪️ Huasteco Alfa - San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.
▪️ Huasteco Zona Comercial - San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí.
▪️ Patria 888 - Zapopan, Jalisco.
▪️ Esfera La Perla - Zapopan, Jalisco.
▪️ Biosfera La Perla - Zapopan, Jalisco.
▪️ Torre Morada 1 - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
▪️ Torre Morada 2 - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
▪️ Plaza Central - Monterrey, Nuevo Leon.
▪️ Fortaleza - Huixquilucan, Estado de Mexico. 


Fibra MTY

LEED OM+M v4.1 

Fastest turnaround time

We achieved better results than expected

7-Eleven is an international chain of convenience stores that offers a wide range of everyday consumer products, including food, beverages, personal care products, and household items. It was founded in 1927 in Texas, USA and currently has a presence in over 20 countries worldwide.

Sustainable architecture evolves to increase global benefits. The goal is to reduce the consumption of energy, water and natural resources, minimize waste and improve the quality of life of the building's occupants.

Natural lighting and ventilation systems were implemented, in addition to the incorporation of renewable energy technologies, such as solar panels.

Various studies are created and iterated to evaluate design, materials and features.

Lighting analysis can have a major impact on energy efficiency and quality of life for building occupants.

In this project, both energy efficiency and light quality were considered. Of great importance to the design of applicable sustainable strategies was the distribution of light, which had to be appropriate for the intended use of the space and had to take into account the specific tasks to be performed in the store.

Energy cost reduction when compared to business as usual.

Reduction of potable water used for landscape irrigation.

Reduction in potable water use.

Reduction of construction waste sent to landfill

Energy cost reduction when compared to Business As Usual

Reduction of potable water used for landscape irrigation

Reduction of construction waste sent to landfill

To design an iconic and sustainable store that tells - through design - the story of 7-Eleven in Mexico.

From the conceptual architectural design, sustainability is immersed as the main axis of this project. Sustainable projects take a holistic approach that is financially viable and beneficial to all.

LEED Platinum® New Construction Retail v2009

Daylight Analysis

Architecture Design

7- Eleven Tecnológico

The University of Monterrey (UDEM) is a private institution of higher education located in San Pedro Garza García, a city in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The university was founded in 1969 and has become one of the most prestigious universities in the country.

The university is known for its strong commitment to academic excellence, innovation and social responsibility - it seeks to contribute to sustainable architecture through strategic planning of its buildings. 

Sustainable social and environmental commitment

The ESTOA building is a multi-purpose building and is the new main entrance to the Universidad de Monterrey campus. The building has 250,000 square feet of construction, including conference rooms, auditoriums, offices, student areas, social areas, cafeteria, student services offices, academic rooms and gardens. 

Efficient systems were used to ensure savings in energy consumption, treated water sources and efficient equipment were used to reduce water consumption, and materials and resources were used that, together with good construction practices, significantly reduced the impact on the environment.

ESTOA sought - from the beginning - to reduce the environmental impact in areas such as energy, water saving and even in its construction.  

It also sought to take care of indoor air quality, as well as constant air renewal to maintain thermal comfort, the education of the occupants and the recovery of nearly four hectares so that the entire area would function as a green lung in the western part of the metropolitan area and reduce the heat island effect. 

Energy savings were achieved through the lighting system, efficient HVAC equipment and envelope studies.

The lighting system uses 100% LED technology, in addition to lighting and occupancy control sensors integrated into a control system. Thermal comfort, air quality and energy performance is ensured through a variable refrigerant flow air conditioning system.

Constant air renewal was achieved through injectors connected directly to the HVAC equipment, in addition, interior courtyards with vegetation and direct access to the sky were included.

During the design process, the people involved received constant training on LEED strategies, methods and processes.  

The parking space was moved to subway levels for acreage reclamation.

Reduced energy costs compared to an ASHRAE 90.1-2010 base case

Reduction of construction waste sent to the municipal landfill site

Reduction in potable water consumption for landscaping 

The project, built on what was formerly a parking lot, is located to the west of campus and serves as the University's new main entrance and has approximately 250,000 square feet of construction, which includes lecture halls, auditoriums, offices, student co-working spaces, student social area, cafeteria area, front/student offices and multiple spaces/rooms for academic purposes, such as retail space, as well as outdoor areas and landscaping.

The team's effort to create a sustainable project stems from the University's objective to contribute to sustainable architecture through the strategic planning of its buildings. Therefore, maximum efficiency in energy use was sought, achieving a savings of 42.36% through an efficient lighting system, efficient HVAC equipment and envelope studies. The project's lighting system, which considered daylight, uses 100% LED technology in the luminaires, including lighting controls and occupancy sensors through an integrated control system.

The VRF (Variable Refrigerant Flow) air conditioning system, which integrates a HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilation) system, ensures thermal comfort, air quality and energy efficiency of the spaces by using the expelled air to pre-condition the renovation air. The envelope consists of precast concrete panels with insulation in walls and ceilings, and efficient low-emissivity windows. The green roof and arches are planted with native vegetation. This vegetation and drip irrigation with treated water resulted in water savings of 83.06%, as well as water-saving equipment and the use of treated water in bathrooms.

The project also pursued Green Education credit, leveraging the educational value of the building with an educational outreach program that showcases sustainable living strategies. Using the project as an example, students learn firsthand the impact that responsible design can offer.

UDEM

LEED Gold® BD+C: New Construction v3-LEED 2009 

Challenges to overcome

Sustainable Results

University of Monterrey Pabellón Amarillo (ESTOA)

Grupo Carso is a Mexican conglomerate company founded in 1980. The company is one of the largest and most influential in Latin America and has a presence in a wide variety of sectors, including telecommunications, construction, energy, real estate, retail, among others.

The company has been recognized for its strong focus on innovation, sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

The project showed a commitment to sustainability from the initial stages and promoted mainly environmental impact strategies focused on the efficient use of energy, water and materials. 

The project achieved energy savings through efficient systems, operation and maintenance. Likewise, water efficiency was improved through low water consumption installations and landscaping. 

100% of the building's gray and black water is treated on site, and the treated water is reused to irrigate green areas and flush toilets and urinals in the building. Soak pits and rainwater pipes were also implemented to manage runoff for a 100% rainfall event.

Regarding the use of materials, 32% of the construction materials come from the project's region and 13% of the materials have recycled content, minimizing environmental contamination.

As an office building for lease, the owner's scope of the project has certain limitations.

Two main strategies were established.

The first one includes leaving the preparations of the minimum necessary services for the tenants; providing air conditioning supply not only with chilled water distribution but also up to the evaporator equipment and bathroom modules were included on each floor with low consumption and reuse of treated water, thus controlling the consumption of the equipment.

The second is to extend the commitment to sustainability to its tenants through a contract establishing minimum criteria for energy and water efficiency and indoor environmental conditions, which tenants must comply with when making modifications to the interior of the building. 

Reduction of energy consumption with respect to the ASHRAE base case

Reduced potable water consumption for landscaping through on-site wastewater treatment

Regional materials selected to promote the local economy and reduce emissions associated with transportation

Palmas 781 is a 26,249 m² office building located in Colonia Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City. From the beginning, as part of Grupo Carso's commitments, this project included sustainability objectives focused on the efficient use of energy, water and raw materials, as well as maintaining the quality of the spaces through air quality.

Through an integrated process and with the participation of all those involved, the implementation of sustainable strategies was achieved. 

This building was erected on a previously impacted site, seeking to improve the previous site with a project that was designed holistically considering the necessary sustainability strategies in the area and based on LEED® certification to increase the positive impacts. 


Grupo Carso

LEED® Gold BD+C: Core and Shell v2009

The challenges to be faced

Sustainability from the beginning

Environmental Results

The strategies to be followed

Palmas 781

Fibra MTY is the first real estate investment trust managed and advised 100% in-house. 

It acquires and manages a portfolio of high-quality corporate properties focused on the office and industrial sectors. Redefines real estate profitability using a clear and consistent business model. 

Acts with the highest standards of environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibility to safeguard the interests of our stakeholders.

The project's current performance was analyzed in terms of transportation, energy, water, waste, and human experience. 

To optimize its operations, best practices were implemented for the efficient use of energy and the reduction of water consumption, as well as air quality and integrated waste management policies.

Patria 888 was part of Fibra MTY's 11 buildings portfolio that had the goal of achieving LEED® O+M: Existing Buildings in a period of less than 8 months.

Since the building was previously LEED BD+C C&S certified, the registration and management of the project before the GBCI was facilitated. 

As part of the building performance analysis, an ASHRAE level 1 audit was carried out from the diagnosis, identifying the priority points in terms of impact, cost and implementation time in order to establish a critical path.

Of the total number of users surveyed, they responded to their experience in the building as "satisfactory" and "extremely satisfactory"

Of the total number of surveyed users use alternative means of transportation 

Out of a maximum energy efficiency rating of 100 points

Patria 888 is an 8,355 sq. mt. GFA building (7,970 sq. mt. rentable), located in Zapopan, Jalisco.

It has 8 floors of corporate offices, plus 1 floor of commercial space. In November 2022, it reached the Gold level in LEED Operations and Maintenance certification, five years after achieving the Silver level in LEED Core and Shell certification.

FibraMTY

LEED Gold® O+M: Existing Buildings v4.1

LEED Silver® BD+C: C&S v3 

In record time

Patria 888

We exceeded the proposed objectives

Fibra MTY stands out as the first fully managed and internally advised real estate investment trust. It specializes in acquiring and managing an exclusive set of high-quality corporate properties focused on the office and industrial sectors. Transforms the real estate profitability landscape through a transparent and consistent business model.

Operates under the highest standards of environmental, social and governance (ESG) responsibility, ensuring the protection of its stakeholders' interests.

Huasteco Zona Comercial was part of a group of 11 buildings within the portfolio of this FIBRA, with the goal of obtaining LEED® O+M: Existing Buildings in a period of less than 8 months.

As part of the building performance analysis, an ASHRAE level 1 audit was performed from the diagnosis, identifying the priority points in terms of impact, cost and implementation time in order to establish a critical path.

Of the total number of users surveyed, responded to their experience in the building as "extremely satisfactory"

Of the total number of surveyed users, use alternative means of transportation 

Out of a maximum water efficiency rating of 100 points

Huasteco Zona Comercial is a 1,059 sq. mt. building located in La Pila, San Luis Potosí. 

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