Urban Energy Efficiency – Mexico’s Winning Formula for Sustainable Development

In the late afternoon of June 17, as the streets of Mexico City transformed into probably the largest celebration of a tie game at the World Cup, I joined 200 other people filling the main hall of the Technology Museum of the Federal Electricity Commission. We would have to wait a little while for our event to start. Nothing that afternoon, not even the opening of the Conference on Energy Efficiency in Cities, would get in the way of the game between Mexico (ranked 20th in the world by FIFA) and Brazil (the favorite to win the tournament). And despite the fact that the game ended in a 0-0 tie, the mood of our Mexican hosts was upbeat and confident.