The 2014 edition of TecnoEdificios will be held on June 4, 5 and 6, in parallel with the RefriAméricas Congress, and will include conferences on topics focused on management, administration and technology for buildings.
by Duván Chaverra Agudelo
TecnoEdificios is preparing again to house an entire sector related to the operation and maintenance of buildings, through proper administration and through the installation of the latest technologies.
This year the event will be held from June 4 to 6 at the Plaza Mayor Convention Center in Medellín, Colombia, and will have an academic component that continues to bet on the themes focused on energy saving, sustainability, the installation of recent technologies and the correct management of a property.
Additionally, and as usual, the congress also prepares a group of guided visits so that attendees have the opportunity to know recent installations with focuses on sustainability and modernity.
For that reason, TecnoEdificios will present talks on smart buildings, will deal with the topic of new regulations on connectivity for buildings, will teach about strategies for generating value for a heritage, will analyze costs of the life cycle of a property, will manage figures on sustainable construction, and will have a panel with prominent administrators who will talk about the day to day of their professional work.
In addition, TecnoEdificios will offer a complete commercial exhibition where companies will exhibit the best available technologies for the improvement of a property This exhibition will be held at the same time as the RefriAméricas Congress (event on air conditioning and refrigeration). Which complements in a great way an event that continues to grow over the years and that this time will reach its fifth version.
Among the talks that will be given during the event are:
- Smart buildings: technology as a strategic business ally
- Recycling and garbage management strategies in buildings
- Electronic security: technology at the service of humanity
- Sustainable construction in figures: the case study for Colombia
- Life cycle cost analysis vs. return on investment period: Economic variables to decide investment options to choose from
- New connectivity standards for smart buildings (Ritel - TIA and ISO)
- Thermal District Project for the Government Buildings of the Administrative Center La Alpujarra
- Energy Audits - The route to Efficient Solutions in Existing Buildings
- Generation of value in real estate assets
- Water collection systems for reuse in buildings
- Operation and maintenance of automation systems
Finally, on June 5 at 4:30 p.m., the free entry panel supported by AGEM will be held. This time the central theme will be
"Building Management: The Role of the Building Manager Oriented towards Good Management", and will feature professionals who will talk about their day-to-day building management.
TecnoEdificios 2013
Being a few weeks away from the 2014 edition, it is pertinent to remember the balance left by TecnoEdificios 2013. Held on November 7 and 8 at the Plaza Mayor Convention Center in Medellín, Colombia, it had many novelties that made the meeting that brings together building managers, maintenance managers, general services, architects and engineers, among others, who seek training in topics related to the management of commercial spaces, more attractive. industrial and corporate.
One of the novelties in the Academic Program of 2013 was the inclusion of topics related to the administrative aspect, since the objective of the Congress is to balance the balance in terms of technological and management contents, as in the case of the conference on Facility Manager (FM), presented by Mauricio Espinosa, from Sodexo, who explained different reasons why a company must have an external FM service highlighting the efficiency in cost reduction, the outsourcing of services for your facilities, among other aspects to be taken into account.
In his talk, Espinosa stressed that an FM must have certain requirements to execute a good job: "Quarterly performance reviews, Introduce best practices, Benchmark, Risk Management Strategies, Provide Management Tools, Short, Medium and Long Term Planning, Determine the strategy". However, this is still an unknown market for the building managers guild and the inclusion process is still progressive.
Continuing with the management themes, the first day of conferences ended with an Expert Panel in which the central theme was "Risk Management - how to act in the face of catastrophes before or after they are presented". There participated the vice president of operations of the Panama Canal Authority, Esteban Sáenz, the manager of the El Tesoro Commercial Park, Adriana González; Luis Triana, risk management consultant at CSI, and Mauricio Espinosa, from Sodexo. The ecuentro was free and had the active participation of the members of the Association of Modern Building Managers (AGEM).
The guests mentioned some aspects about the management of security in their spaces, talked about specific cases where they were forced to act for an emergency and in the end it was concluded that building managers have increased their responsibilities for the safety of the occupants of the property, and that they are much more prepared to avoid catastrophes or manage them in the right way.
The Academic Program also included lectures that an administrator must consider for their building or commercial space. Topics such as the correct use of paints for protection, automation, energy efficiency, sustainability, air conditioning, the adaptation of spaces for access, certifications, electronic and physical security were presented during the two days of training. Talks presented by experts from Colombia, Spain, Mexico, the United States and Panama, supported the quality of the topics.
Technology showcase at the fair
During the commercial exhibition we had the opportunity to talk with some of the companies participating in this fourth edition of TecnoEdificios to know their impressions about the event.
Jose Iragorry, commercial manager of the City Multi (VRF) line for Mexico, Central America and South America of Mitsubishi Electric, was present at the show through its distributor for Colombia, Melco, and also participated as a speaker with a talk on energy saving with VRF systems for buildings. Jose highlighted the attendance of the show and the type of audience that visited melco's stand. "Our main advantage is that through our distributor in Colombia we offer VRF support from the United States and that our equipment is available from our headquarters in Atlanta, where we have training centers and the entire engineering group. We are very happy with the results of TecnoEdificios and will be back for next year."
For his part, Mauricio Buriticá, manager of Blue Home, said that in these spaces "we seek to sensitize people, we know that people will not sacrifice comfort, so this type of fairs we take advantage of so that customers understand how an automation system is the perfect answer to obtain comfort and savings".
Meanwhile, Tad Sodergren, commercial manager for North and South America and the Caribbean of Lennox, announced the novelties he brought to TecnoEdificios: "With the new certifications of green buildings, which are demanding renewable energies, we take the opportunity to present in TecnoEdificios our most recent offers for the HVAC sector, such as solar panels, which are now more advanced by their operation of 265 watts each panel. We also have a new machine with inverter technology in the compressor, which makes it more efficient."
Another of the participants in the commercial exhibition was Alexánder Jiménez, technical director of Smart Group, a company specialized in home automation, lighting and electronic security. On the experience in TecnoEdificios, Jiménez commented that "for us it has been very important to make ourselves known here because this is the market we want to touch, because that is where we want to be. We were approached by managers, people who handle the supplies of the entire real estate area, and we felt that it was a good opportunity and a good decision to participate in the fair."
In summary, TecnoEdificios met the objectives proposed for this fourth version. Now the goal will be to improve the good and correct other aspects so that the 2014 edition is much bigger and more profitable.
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