Sustainability in Mexico and Beyond with Jorge Lopez

<p><strong>Jorge Lopez</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Founder and current Chairman of Eosis, Inc., joins Charlie Cichetti. Jorge received the LEED Fellow recognition from the U.S. Green Building Council in 2016.  He spends his time between Austin, Texas which he calls home and Mexico where he is from and has several sustainability projects. Eosis is a independent high-performance energy-modeling and LEED consulting firm, based in Austin, Texas.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jorge Lopez – Traveling, Sharing and Learning</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jorge</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">studied architecture and graduated from ITESO (Universidad</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Iberoamericana)</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">specializing in sustainable design and construction.  He then</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">graduated from the Architectural Association in London, receiving a Masters degree in Housing and Urbanism. In 2014, Jorge participated in the program Leadership in Sustainability at the UBC in Vancouver. Although Jorge is based out of Austin, Texas he travels frequently to</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">México and Latin America.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">He has lectured and participated in forums in different cities, the US and</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Latin America, and teaches graduate courses at several universities such as</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">UNAM, ITESO, Ibero and ITESM.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I love traveling for this." – Jorge Lopez</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sustainability Concept is Essential</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A consultant with an architecture firm from New York City introduced Jorge to the sustainability concept.  He discovered that sustainability is a great way to give purpose to the design. Clients want sustainability and havi