Issues of household waste & energy saving are among the most pressing topics that affect the daily life of Vietnamese urban citizens.
According to statistics, Hanoi generates tremendous amounts of household waste (6,500 - 7,000 tons per day) on average
Most of the waste in urban areas of Vietnam is treated by landfill method (accounting for 71%), which is unhygienic. Furthermore, a large amount of plastic waste is floating in rivers, lakes, estuary wetlands, coastal areas.
In addition, Vietnam is a country with a rapid growth rate, and this is reflected in the increase in electricity consumption from 8-10% every year. For households’ consumption, weather conditions as well as housing design in urban areas (with a lack of sunshine, air, etc.) can be counted as objective factors increasing energy consumption. Moreover, increasing living standards in urban areas go along with rising waste volumes, higher and higher demands to thermal comfort and more resource intensive lifestyles... Consequently, the ecological footprint of cities is increasing in general. To reach climate goals, the situation at hand then begs the question what solutions can be find regarding rising energy consumption?
So, this is the right time to have an open exchange about these interesting topics and take more practical and concrete action. The Goethe-Institut, within its focus theme on Urban development, would like to host our partner from Hamburg University, Germany, to share some German expertise on Green Housing - Healthy Living: Household waste & Energy saving. As part of a research project funded by the German Federal Government, the researchers have developed a handbook on green and healthy living, which is aimed at the general public.
During our event we will focus on the topics of Household waste & Energy saving. Can this be an inspiration for any creative to reflect the problems & solutions in different formats?
The content of the Handbook “Green Housing and Healthy Living” follows a multi-disciplinary comprehensive approach, providing practical guidelines for planning, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining sustainable housing and behavioral dimensions to improve energy efficiency and healthy living. The principles and solutions introduced are applicable to all other types of housing in Vietnam.
Dr. Michael Waibel Department of Human Geography, Hamburg University, Germany
Michael Waibel is senior researcher, lecturer, and project manager at the Department of Geography, Hamburg University, Germany. Currently, he is consortium leader of the research project Build4People, based in Cambodia, and sub-project leader of the CAMaRSEC project in Vietnam. Both projects broadly deal with the promotion of integrated sustainable urban development thereby applying transdisciplinary approaches and are funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Michael holds a Ph.D. in Human Geography and an MA in Geography and National Economy with key competencies in urbanism, housing, sustainable urban transformation and urban governance. He benefits from almost 30 years of cross-cutting experience in academic work, consultancy work and capacity development in Southeast Asia.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy Department of Human Geography, Hamburg University, Germany
Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy (B.Law, M.Sc. [Hons], PhD.) works in the CAMaRSEC sub-project 2 (funded by BMBF, the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) at the Department of Human Geography, Hamburg University. Thuy studied her Francophonie Diploma of Law in Hanoi Law University, Vietnam, Master of Science in IHS, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She earned her PhD from Lincoln University, New Zealand. Her education and profession focus on multi-level urban governance and planning. During her career, Thuy has been working closely with cities and communities in Vietnam and the SEA region in different international research and development projects, addressing urban land and housing policies, urban walking and biking spaces, urban low-emission development, urban climate actions, health and sustainable buildings.
Dr. Pham Thi Hai Ha Head of the Department of Environmental Architecture, Faculty of Architecture & Planning, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering (HUCE)
Dr. Pham Thi Hai Ha has been teaching at HUCE since 1998 and has been Head of the Department of Environmental Architecture, Faculty of Architecture & Planning since 2014. Her main research and teaching focus on sustainable design and built environment. She has been deeply involved in many research projects on sustainable development, such as National Strategy on Green Building Development towards 2020 with vision for 2030, Development of Building Energy M&V Scheme and Energy Efficiency Labelling System in Vietnam, Establishing a Standard TCVN: Residential and public buildings – Indoor air quality parameters.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Minh Senior Lecturer/Researcher,
Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering
Nguyen Quang Minh holds a PhD degree awarded by Bauhaus University Weimar (Germany) in 2010 with an intensive study on ecological neighborhood development for Hanoi and the surrounding area. Since 2010 he has pursued two main research directions, namely green buildings (particularly focusing on energy efficiency and water saving) and urban ecology as a mixed/integrated system at the neighborhood level. Hehas several academic papers as well as book chapters internationally published in these domains. He has also been an active team member of CAMaRSEC project sponsored by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
Prof. Dr. Dirk Schwede Professor for Energy and Building Services at the Technical University of Applied Science Lübeck
Dirk Schwede is Professor for Energy and Building Services at the Technical University of Applied Science in Lübeck, Germany. In his previous position, he was Research Group Leader of the group for "System Integration and Sustainable Building" at the Institute for Building Energetics, Thermotechnology and Energy Storage (IGTE) at Stuttgart University, Germany.
He is working on several large research projects on sustainable and energy efficient building in Vietnam (CAMaRSEC, REBUMAT) and Cambodia (Build4People).
Dipl. Ing. (FH) Andreas Zegowitz Deputy Head of Department, Fraunhofer IBP
Andreas Zegowitz, Group manager “Thermal properties and climate simulation” and Deputy Head of the Department of Hygrothermics, Stuttgart at the Fraunhofer IBP (Stuttgart, Germany). Head of the Notified Body Test Center (1004) for windows, façades and insulations. In many projects on the national and international levels for the industry and for the ministries, his working group has performed tests and climate simulations on thermal insulations, windows, façades and all kinds of building envelope components. Current projects deal with the development and research concerning building materials to replace fired-bricks for wall structures in Vietnam.
Prof. Dr. Hartwig M. Künzel Head of Department, Fraunhofer IBP
Hartwig M. Künzel is Head of Department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics and responsible for hygrothermal investigations sponsored by the industry and government. During his PhD work, Künzel developed the hygrothermal model WUFI ®, an internationally recognized and widely applied simulation tool for moisture control in buildings. Künzel is member of ASHRAE and has been principal reviser of Chapter 25 of the internationally renowned ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals. He is teaching at the University of Stuttgart and has published more than 400 scientific articles in international trade journals, conference proceedings and textbooks.
Douglas Lee Snyder General Director, Keep Vietnam Clean
Douglas Lee Snyder has over 20 years of experience working on sustainable development issues and green building design in the U.S. and Asia. He has a BSc. in Environmental Studies and an MSc. in Organizational Management. Based in Hanoi since 2012, besides Keep Vietnam Clean, he has worked locally with the national government and development agencies as well as has taught business management at the National University of Vietnam. Douglas also serves as executive director of the Vietnam Green Building Council and hopes to help Vietnam become a leader in sustainability in South-East Asia.
Yuanchen Wang Research Associate, Institute for Building Energetics, Thermotechnology and Energy Storage (IGTE), University of Stuttgart
Yuanchen Wang studied building and energy technology at Tongji University (B.Sc.) and at Stuttgart University (MSc.). After obtaining his master's degree in 2015, he started working at IGTE as a research associate. During this time, he has worked on various projects on building energy and system components, from the development of a multi-dimensional airflow sensor system, numerical simulation and real-scale investigation of indoor airflow to the assessment of indoor environmental quality, data analysis and multi-zone building simulation.
In 2020, he started his Ph.D. research on the building of occupant behavior on building energy efficiency in hot and humid climates.
Dr. Le Thi Song Researcher at the Center of Vietnam Institute for Building Materials (VIBM)
Le Thi Song received her PhD in Organic synthesis from Kochi University of Technology (Japan) in 2015. After that, she spent one more year working as visiting researcher at Kochi University of Technology (Japan) and Ton Duc Thang University (Vietnam). Recently, she has been a key member of VIBM team in the large projects on sustainable and energy-efficient building in Vietnam. She is also working to support the Ministry of Construction in the development of policies related to environmental protection, economical and efficient resources used for building material production, and policies for promotion of green building materials, energy-saving building materials and environment-friendly building materials.
MSc. Nguyen Thi Tam Director of the Center for Equipment, Environment and Labor Safety, Vietnam Institute for Building Materials (VIBM)
Nguyen Thi Tam studied Environmental engineering at Hanoi University of Technology, Vietnam and received her master's degree in 2008. She has worked as researcher at the Center for Equipment, Environment and Labor Safety (VIBM) since 2003 and became the Director of the Center in 2014. Her main research focuses on environmental protection and technology transfer of waste treatment in production and utilization of not only building materials but also in other industries. She is also working as an expert in Vietnam and as a consultant for the Ministry of Construction in policy making in environmental protection, as well as economical and efficient use of resources for building material productions and utilization, promotion of development of green building materials, energy-saving building materials along with environment-friendly building materials, and development of technical standards relevant to building materials and technical infrastructure.
Dr. Luu Thi Hong (PhD) Vice Director of Vietnam Institute for Building Materials (VIBM)
Dr. Luu Thi Hong is a Vice Director of Vietnam Institute for Building Materials (VIBM), Vietnam. She has worked at VIBM for 22 years and became the Vice Director in 2014. Her main research focuses on special cements and recycled raw materials for products of building materials, Managing VIBM's science and technology projects and international cooperation, advising the Ministry of Construction on national strategies, policies, and planning for building materials development, including recycling waste as building materials.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Tuan General Manager of Competence Centre for Sustainable Building in Vietnam (CCSB-VN), Hanoi University of Civil Engineering (HUCE)
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Tuan started studying Building Materials and Components at the University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in 1995 (now Hanoi University of Civil Engineering); then finished his master’s degree in Building Materials Technology here in 2004. He received his PhD from Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands in 2011. His main research focuses on sustainable building materials; life cycle assessment; recycling of industrial and agricultural by-products, construction, and demolition wastes. His publications, training, research and application, and collaborative studies are in these areas as well.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Le Minh Associate Professor of Architecture, Head of Architecture Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City
Ngo Le Minh, Associate Professor of Architecture, Architect, Head of Architecture Department, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Research fields: design housing and development, social and sustainable housing, urban planning and design. He received the First prize in the Competition of the Journal of Canadian Architects – December 2002: Awards of Excellence 2002 for the project Québec City International Airport. First prize in the International Competition of architecture with the theme: “A world Fair in Shanghai-China in 2010”. He has three specialized reference books and more than 80 scientific papers published in the Journal of Architecture, Journal of Urban Planning and international scientific conference proceedings.
Dr. Le Dam Ngoc Tu Faculty of Architecture, Mien Trung University of Civil Engineering of Vietnam
Le Dam Ngoc Tu has nearly 20 years of experience working in architecture, landscape architecture and urban planning. She holds a PhD. in Urban and Regional Planning from University at Buffalo, New York and a master's degree of architecture from Ho Chi Minh City’s University of Architecture. She is currently teaching at MUCE. Her diverse work ranges from architectural education and landscape to urban planning that focuses on sustainability and climate change adaptation. She is particularly interested in sustainable building and urban environments to adapt to multiple hazards and severe climates in the coastal cities of Vietnam.
