Colombia. In the city of Barranquilla the eighth version of the Caribbean Congress of Sustainable Construction was given, the event convened by Camacol took place on November 2, with the participation of different expert speakers on sustainability and construction issues.
During the event there were presentations that dealt with sustainable environmental architecture in the face of climate change commitments, the event was attended by Cristina Gamboa executive director of the Colombian Council for Sustainable Construction, (CCCS), on the other hand, the architects Daniel Bermúdez and Diego Bermúdez made an intervention emphasizing on architecture projects in the city for climate change.
In the same way, the architect Alejandro Fonseca, sustainability leader of the Colombian firm Arquitectura e Interiores and Julio Duarte of the setri company, presented the success story at the regional level in sustainable construction with the Juan Felipe Gómez Escobar foundation.
The Juan Felipe Gómez Escobar foundation was the first in the country to obtain LEED certification, this project stands out in many aspects, mainly it was a foundation that did not have the necessary resources to have a wide and adequate space for children and adolescent mothers, therefore, the union of forces of many companies such as Homecenter, Corona, Pavco, among others and the experience of Setri and Architecture and Interiors with pro bono projects could create a LEED certified foundation.
In an existing building a LEED silver certification was achieved, the work is bioclimatic, with mechanical ventilation system and LED lighting systems, within the project there are lounges, a large auditorium, open spaces with green areas that do not require irrigation, a chapel and a bakery in which teenage mothers sell to different companies the products they make there, even the building serves to create different Christmas cards or gift cards to achieve an economic self-support.
