Cristina Gamboa, CEO of the Colombia Green Building Council (CCCS) and Vice-chair of the World GBC, and Juan Camilo González, Manager of the North City Project for the Mayor’s Office and Advisor to Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa. Photo by WRI.
Cristina Gamboa, CEO of the Colombia Green Building Council (CCCS) and Vice-chair of the World GBC, and Juan Camilo González, Manager of the North City Project for the Mayor’s Office and Advisor to Bogotá Mayor Enrique Peñalosa. Photo by WRI.
As Colombia’s capital and largest city, Bogotá has significant local government capacity. However, because of limited experience with implementing efficiency policies, the city lacks technical expertise to implement a new national building energy regulation or otherwise encourage more efficient construction. Bogotá is working with local stakeholders and the global Building Efficiency Accelerator (BEA) partnership to develop and implement locally-relevant efficiency actions.
To understand more about driving action on efficiency in Bogotá, WRI’s Eric Mackres talked with two local change agents: Cristina Gamboa is CEO of Consejo Colombiano de Construcción Sostenible (CCCS, the Colombia Green Building Council) and Vice-chair of World Green Building Council. Juan Camilo González is Manager of the North City Project for the Mayor’s Office and Advisor to Bogotá’s Mayor Enrique Peñalosa. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Read more here.
