Buildings & Efficiency
Energy Efficiency in Tropical Office Buildings: Cooling Load Runs the Show
In a tropical climate, air conditioning sets a commercial building's power bill. Panama already regulates it with a building code (RES v2);…
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Buildings & Efficiency
Green Certification EDGE and LEED in Uruguay and Panama: What the Building Label Actually Measures
IFC's EDGE requires a 20% reduction in energy, water and embodied carbon against a local baseline building; LEED targets integrated excellence. How…
Solar for Business
Solar for Commercial Buildings in Panama: Net Metering, Dollars and the Sun-Tax Risk
Panama has roughly 170 MW of self-consumption solar and a dollar economy that simplifies the payback math. We break down the distributed-generation…
Solar for Business
Tropical Sun, Bankable Numbers: What Panama’s Solar Figures Mean for Business
Panama's sun measures somewhere between 4.8 and 5.5 kWh/m² per day depending on the source, and its installed solar capacity reached 695.55…
Renewable Energy
Wind, Solar and Grid Stability in Uruguay: The Firmness Challenge Behind an Almost-Renewable Matrix
Uruguay passed 1,525 MW of installed wind and aims to add 1,000 MW of solar by 2030. The challenge is no longer…
Green Business Models
Green Hydrogen and Data Centres: The Business Models Uruguay Is Building on Its Clean Grid
Uruguay supports its near-fully renewable grid with two business bets: MIEM's Green Hydrogen Roadmap, with potential estimated at around US$2 billion by…
Renewable Energy
Uruguay’s 90%+ Renewable Electricity Matrix: What It Means for Locating a Business
Uruguay generated close to 99% of its electricity from renewables in 2024 and about 98% in 2025. We read the actual structure…