The Association of Modern Building Managers – AGEM – met within the framework of TecnoEdificios to take stock of the work done so far, guide its future projects and consolidate its action plan for 2013.
The meeting, held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 8 at the Plaza Mayor Convention Center, brought together 11 people, including building managers, administrators and suppliers, who committed to the creation of a space for training and strengthening the guild.
Max Jaramillo, president of Latin Press Inc. and promoter of the creation of AGEM, was accompanied by Omar Ramírez, from ACEIS; Miguel Herrera, head of security at the ITS Consortium; Juan Esteban Tabares, from the company Arquitectos e ingenieros integrales; Jaime Mejia, from ADT (Tyco) and Gloria Acosta, manager of Paseos Comerciales Parque San Antonio. Likewise, Juan Torres, from HMV Ingenieria; Camilo Andrés Álvarez, from the National Center for Cleaner Production; Juan Durango, from the Plaza Mayor Convention Center; Jeanette Marín, from the Pontifical Bolivarian University; Gabriel Soto, from Surface SAS and Oscar Gutiérrez, from Alqueria. This group of professionals from the areas related to the administration and management of buildings will make up the base working group that will promote the consolidation of the objectives of the organization. LIKEWISE, AGEM has the support of the Pontifical Bolivarian University and the Nueva Granada Military University.
Similarly, the Association sponsored the panel "How to generate value in a building", which was attended by three experts in land management issues.
The panelists spoke, in front of an audience of about 200 people, about the different guidelines that must be taken into account to modify or adapt a building in order for it to be sustainable; In addition, some cases of buildings that have been remodeled to improve their level of efficiency were addressed.
Finally, air conditioning, the management of natural lighting and how these factors can affect energy consumption were among the issues that generated the most concerns in the attendees.
