EuroCham co-publishes Handbook for Green Housing

The handbook was officially launched during the 4th ASEAN-EU-NET Stakeholders Conference in Hanoi from 16-17 November, at MoC in Hanoi on 16 November and on 18 November at Department of Construction in HCMC. The handbook is part of the work package "climate-adapted housing and energy-efficient buildings" of the MegaCity HCMC research project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). An interdisciplinary team has developed a Handbook for Green Housing in Vietnam. This handbook targets mainly ordinary Vietnamese people and explains in an easy-to-understand manner basic principles how increase climate-adaptedness and energy-efficiency related to residential housing.

EuroCham observes a great potential in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions particularly related to buildings in Vietnam against the background of climate change. So far, energy is heavily subsidized and the local awareness to save energy is not very distinct, especially among the so-called new consumers, the rapidly emerging urban middle class population with an sky-rocketing ecological footprint. With this handbook, based on the scientific work of the project team, the handbook is trying to convince Vietnamese people to save energy rather than to force them.

This handbook is endorsed by the National Ministry of Construction and the Municipal Department of Construction in HCMC. Both institutions have been rather unsuccessful with top-down regulations and law enforcement in the field of sustainable buildings, so far. For them, such a handbook is an innovative measure to increase urban sustainability and create awareness amongst the Vietnamese people.

Please click on the cover below to download the handbook in English and Vietnamese.