Green Buildings in Colombia Part 2: Green Factory CEO and LEED Fellow Diego Felipe Prada

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experienced Chief Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental services industry. Skilled in Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainable Design and Sustainability. Strong business development professional graduated from Universidad de Los Andes. </span></p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Show Highlights</strong></h2> <p> </p> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Colombia’s use of natural ventilation to fit their mild climate</span></strong></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sustainability analysis of LEED versus Edge Certification</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diego’s project Elemental, was an open letter for sustainability</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colombia’s push to create over 2 million sustainable social housing </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The push for a good ventilating systems </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The psychology of people and understanding the way to sell them sustainability</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Industry impact in green building now that the world is conscious about the environment</span></li> </ul> <ul> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Green Factory’s entrepreneurial journey to becoming a B-Corp</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Sometimes you need to jump! Jump in and take risks. For me, sometimes I was a bit scared, which blocked me from doing things that I could and even wanted to do! I learned that sometimes you just have to take the leap and learn how to create your wings on the way down.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">” </span></p> <p><strong>-Diego Felipe Prada</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><br /> <br /> <br /></p> <p><a h