SICES

 About SICES

 Strategic objectives

 The essence of SICES

 SICES lives

                       About SICES

SICES, the Sustainable Building Rating Tool currently being developed by the Mexico GBC, is an evaluation system for buildings which intends to impulse and accelerate the adoption of sustainable practices in the national building industry through the implementation of standards, rating tools and general criteria with a solid scientific basis. The development of a comprehensive, national, voluntary and consensus-based rating system in one of our main priorities. At the MexicoGBC, we consider the establishment of the SICES as a standard rating tool to be a basic requirement for a change in the building market to one that is less harmful to the natural environment. Mexico does not have an evaluation system of this nature- and we plan on offering the tools for evaluating all phases of a building’s life, adaptable to diverse typologies. During its initial phase, the Technical Committee of SICES will focus on the development of a certification guide for the areas of commercial buildings and low income housing. The MexicoGBC considers these two areas to be of great importance, not only because of their general impact on the natural and urban environment, but because they also represent two areas with a high market potential for sustainable building.