Colombia.
The OXO69 project, Business and Hotel Center located in Bogotá, obtained LEED Platinum certification, thus being the first office and hotel project to reach this level in Colombia.
Some of the characteristics that made this certification was granted were: materials and resources, energy, water, quality of the environment, sustainable place.
Additionally, with the aim of promoting the recycling of cardboard, paper, glass and plastic, containers were installed for each of these wastes to facilitate the separation of other waste and prevent these materials that can be recycled from ending up in unwanted places or in landfills where they cannot be reintegrated into the production chain or reused.
These activities are monitored and must be subject to the waste management policy implemented by the building. In the same way, the building seeks to serve as an education tool for users, therefore it has signage so that the occupants and visitors of the building know the sustainability criteria with which the project was conceived, and understand the benefits of having a sustainable building.
For Andrés Zarate, from Abacus Real Estate, obtaining a LEED Platinum certification for the building "is very satisfying to develop high quality projects for our clients, they are innovative models of real estate investment that offer good financial returns and preserve the value of the property over time. OXO 69 generates benefits for users and is a project more aware of the future challenges in energy and water consumption. It is a global trend and more and more buildings are being built and certified with these sustainable characteristics in the city," he said.
Jairo Agudelo, Manager of the Holiday Inn Express & Suites Financial Zone Hotel, located in the OXO 69 Building commented that "designing and investing in this type of real estate projects is thinking about the progress of Bogotá, ensuring the well-being of the residents of the building, in our case our guests and our collaborators and contributing to the environment, which is everyone's responsibility," he said.
