LEED Progress in Mexico with Cesar Ulises Trevino

<p><strong>Cesar Ulises Trevino</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is the General Director of</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Bioconstrucción y Energía Alternativa</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a pioneering consulting firm and leader in sustainable building in Mexico and Latin America.  He has developed emblematic projects including the first LEED-NC Gold and LEED-NC Platinum certifications in Latin America.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cesar has been the keynote speaker at multiple conferences in America, Europe and Asia. He is a member of the Advisory Group on Sustainable Building of the Commission of Environmental Cooperation for North America.  Additionally Cesar is an editorial collaborator in various magazines and specialized magazines.</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></p> <h3><strong>Cesar Ulises Trevino - Get To Know Cesar</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cesar grew up in Monterrey, Mexico. He was a civil engineer at Tec de Monterrey, with a master's degree in construction management from the University of Newcastle in England. He developed his professional career in Grupo Vitro (Mexico), the Norwegian Institute of Research for Construction (Norway) and the General Directorate of Construction of Works of the Metro (Mexico). He was the first professional Hispanic to receive the LEED Accreditation™ AP and the prestigious LEED™ Fellow. Cesar was also the founding president of the Mexico Green Building Council and former Secretary-General of the World Green Building Council.</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Mentors</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cesar looks to people that have encouraged and helped him throughout his career. He mentions his family first, saying how they’ve always had his back. Cesar mentions how he has had many mentors and it is hard to single anyone out. He has