5. “Green buildings can be defined as healthy facilities
designed and built in a resource efficient manner using
ecologically based principles, reducing building impacts
on human health and environment. Green buildings are
also sometimes referred as high performance buildings or
sustainable construction (Kibert 2008)”
9. ENERGY IN VIETNAM
*Source: VGBC
• Energy deficit by 2015 of 10%, rising to 70% in 2025
•Energy prices set to drastically increase few times a year
10. WASTE IN VIETNAM
*Source: Ministry of Construction & Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Oct 2010 , VGBC
• Viet Nam’s solid waste production is set to almost double by 2020
• Out of the 91 national landfill sites, only 17 are considered sanitary with 41 of
them considered a high environmental and human health risk
11. CLIMATE CHANGE RISK
*Source: World Bank 2007 , VGBC
• A 1m SLR will impact on 10% of Viet Nam’s DP and 11% of the population
12. DEFORESTATION
*Source: FAO, VGBC
•Over 50% area lost in 5 years , Vietnam could lose all of its primary forest by
2020
•Causing possible extinction of rare and endemic Vietnamese species
23. Technological advancements, new typologies:
Home Life Insurance Bldg, Chicago 1885 (William Le Baron
Jenney and Louis Sullivan)
Steel, Concrete, Glass, Elevators, AC
24. The Oil Crisis:
1973 (embargo)
1979 (Iranian Revolution)
1990 (Gulf War)
2013 (sustained increase in demand ??)