Mission Seminars
ECEE has supported 15 educational energy-efficiency seminars and trade missions in seven different Mexican cities: Cancún, Guadalajara, Altamira, Mexico City, Monterrey, Reynosa, Veracruz, and Villahermosa. During the missions, led by the Alliance to Save Energy, forty different US and Mexican energy-efficiency companies have participated 76 times by giving educational presentations to over 600 Mexican energy managers and other representatives from over 270 industrial, commercial building, hotel, and hospital facilities.

To further raise the profile of energy efficiency, the Alliance has had multiple representatives from two government energy conservation offices, Comission Nacional para el Ahorro de Energia (CONAE) and Fideicomiso para el Ahorro de Energia Electrica (FIDE) participate in the seminars.

For more information on the seminars, please go to http://www.ase.org/programs/international/mexico.htm or contact Joe Loper at the Alliance.

ESCO Workshop
NAESCO organized a mission seminar in Mexico City during the week of February 14-17, 2000. The purpose of the trip was to provide an opportunity for US ESCOs to learn more about the Mexican market, introduce US and Mexican companies interested in doing business together, help educate Mexican end-users about performance contracting, and share information about the US ESCO experience that may be useful in Mexico’s efforts to develop an ESCO industry. Participating US ESCOs included: CMS Viron Energy Services, ONSITE SYCOM Energy Corporation, and Sempra Energy Services.

February 14 and 15 were devoted to a workshop on ESCOs and Energy Performance Contracting in Mexico, organized by NAESCO and CONAE. In addition, FIDE was a co-sponsor. Over 100 people attended the workshops, representing a wide range of companies and organizations. The first day focused on the US experience, with presentations on the basics of energy performance contracting; the status of ESCOs worldwide; the importance of measurement and verification; ESCOs in a restructured marketplace; NAESCO’s accreditation program; ESCO case studies in the federal, institutional, and industrial/commercial sectors; and TCAPP activities in Mexico. The second day focused on Mexican activities, with presentations on CONAE, FIDE, ATPAE, the energy conservation programs of PEMEX and Resistol (two large industrial companies), ESCO projects being implemented in Mexico, and financing of municipal projects through BANOBRAS.

On February 16 and 17 the US group had meetings with the Mexican Center for Cleaner Production, the Mexican Hotel and Motel Association, and Jorge Nevarez, a consultant involved in developing and financing energy efficiency projects in Mexico.

For more information, read the trip report or contact Nina Lockhart at NAESCO.

Educational Articles
ECEE has supported the Alliance to Save Energy in publishing three articles on energy efficiency in the Mexican Hotel Association's bi-monthly magazine. This year, the Alliance will publish three more articles. To read the articles, please go to http://www.ase.org/programs/international/mexico.htm. For more information, please contact Felicia Ruiz at the Alliance.

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Regional Links
Mexican National Commission for Energy Conservation
Mexico Energy Information
Mexico Environmental Issues
US Commercial Service in Mexico
Directory of Energy Efficiency Companies in Mexico

Updated: 03/29/02