VIDEO
Date: Thursday, April 30Time: 9:00-10:30 (GMT-6)
Agenda
Introduction. Ana María Majano. Coordinator of the LEDS LAC Secretariat, INCAE Business School.
The housing NAMA in Mexico. Rocío Montaña and Arturo Palacios. Advisors for the EcoCasa Program, Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal.
Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal and the EcoCasa Program. Ernesto Infante Barbosa. Deputy Director of Mortgage Market Infrastructure, Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal.
About the webinar
Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal (SHF), the National Housing Commission (CONAVI) and the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) are leading the development of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) for Sustainable Housing in Mexico. This initiative seeks to mitigate emissions through the use of eco-technologies, improvements in architectural design, and the use of efficient construction materials.
Within this context, the SHF is implementing the EcoCasa Program, with the support of the German Development Bank (KfW) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This program channels concessional resources to housing developers to compensate the differential in the cost of energy efficiency measures and eco-technologies required to achieve a 20% of CO2 reductions compared to a baseline house. SHF is also developing the Financial Component for the New Housing NAMA, complementing the EcoCasa Program.
This webinar presented the Sustainable Housing NAMA as a public policy framework for the development of low carbon housing and the EcoCasa program as a financial scheme for its implementation.
The webinar was conducted in Spanish.
About the exhibitors
ARTURO A. PALACIOS BRUN
He has more than 7 years of experience in technology management, operations and financial infrastructure processes. At SHF he serves as an advisor in sustainable housing programs. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from ITAM and a Master's degree in Technology Policy and Management from Cambridge University.
ROCÍO MONTAÑA NOVOA
Architect from Universidad Iberoamericana de México, and Master in Sustainable Housing from University College London. She has worked as a consultant in urban development and housing programs at the British Embassy in Mexico and the GIZ. She is currently a consultant at SHF for the EcoCasa Program.
ERNESTO INFANTE BARBOSA
He has more than 8 years of experience in social and economic development policies. He currently directs SHF's housing finance programs with International Financial Institutions, such as EcoCasa. He holds a degree in Economics and a Master in Public Administration from Tecnológico de Monterrey, and a Master in Social Policy and Development from the London School of Economics.