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  The Vietnam Green Building Council (VGBC) is pleased to announce that Genesis School has been awarded LOTUS Non-Residential V2.0 (LOTUS NR V2.0) Full Certification at Gold Level on 24th May 2019. Genesis School is the first school project initiated by Capital House...

VGBC is pleased to announce that the Garment Factory 3 of Dong Tien Joint Stock Company has officially been awarded LOTUS Platinum - the highest level of LOTUS Certification. The project site includes the factory, a warehouse, a canteen and some auxiliary areas. The...

Under the ASEAN-German Energy Programme for ASEAN (AGEP)–a jointly implemented project by ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...

  Located in Ba Dinh District, Hanoi, the offices of Agence Française de Développement (AFD) are oriented West-East with 2 terraces. The office organization is by division. All the offices have natural lighting through the existing fixed glass windows. Other...

Vietnam is urbanizing quickly, with thousands of new homes and apartments being built each year in major cities across the country. In most cases there is still a lack of awareness of sustainable building practices, leading to inefficient energy use,...

Today, the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is pleased to announce a new Partnership with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). Led by UN Environment, the CCAC is a global programme dedicated to reducing the impact of short-lived climate pollutants on...

A partnership composed of Johnson Controls, CBRE, World Resources Institute (WRI), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was recently launched to test and deploy an open-source, web-based energy analysis tool to identify energy efficient retrofit opportunities in...

As usual, at the turn of each year, VGBC will compile data on green buildings in Vietnam and try to briefly assess the state of the green building movement in our country. Admittedly, the analysis is very shallow and involve only data easily collected from VGBC and...

  VGBC is hiring!   Please see below for opening positions at the Vietnam Green Building Council.   Location: Hanoi or HCMC Please send your resume to: long.dang@vgbc.vn Deadline for application: 15/2/2019   1. VGBC Green Building Intern...

  The world’s buildings have a direct impact both on the environment and on personal health and wellbeing, as well as having huge financial implications to owners and occupiers. Therefore, the World Green Building Council has produced a comprehensive guide to creating...

  VGBC is pleased to announce that the British International School - Early Years Foundation Stage (BIS-EYFS) has officially been awarded LOTUS Certification. This project provides a new building for the British International School EYFS, located in District 2,...