As the result when the climate change has become more evident, our living environment is getting increasingly harsh. Therefore, green architecture is gradually approved to be a trend contributing to the sustainable development of mankind.
Green architecture requires the solutions to be proposed in the following areas: Reducing energy use, reducing the pollution and damage of external environment, reducing the consumption of energy and natural resources, reducing the internal pollution which is harmful to human’s health.
So, how can we assess whether a project is green architecture or not? LOTUS Rating Tools will help us. In researching & developing the LOTUS assessment system , the VGBC - Viet Nam Green Building Council conducted a survey of all the world’s significant green building rating systems (LEED, Green Star, BREEAM, Green mark…),and based on them, LOTUS Rating Tools have the goal of establishing standards & benchmarks to develop Vietnam's construction industry towards more efficient use of natural resources and more environmentally friendly practices.
I am grategul to have an opportunity to get to know and study LOTUS, because it helps me to better understand and be able to pursue the thing in which I has always been interested since I was a student: It is ecological architecture, which is friendly to the environment and energy saving.
Moreover, the interest in LOTUS shows that Obayashi Vietnam Coproration does not only aim at the best quality of works but also try to accomplish the sustainable values of the society.