Projects

You are now a visitor on VGBC's first project, V-SCCAN, or the Vietnam Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation (SCCA) Network. 

VGBC's 2008 SCCA research is primarily focused on developing usable and effective sustainable (green) building benchmarks for Vietnam.  These benchmarks will include measures for climate change adaptation, a serious issue for this nation, one of the most threatened in the world with regard to climate change. 

Other projects will study climate change adaptive capacity in urban areas and alternative techniques for water sanitation and supply, such as solar desalinization, rain harvesting, and wind power for auxiliary power needs.
 
Download a PowerPoint presentation on VGBC and its SCCA projects, delivered at the annual conference of Viet Nam Association for Civil Engineering - Environment (VACEE), the topic of which was climate change:

VGBC_vacee_conference_v.1.1.ppt
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Download project overviews:

2008 SCCA Overview
VGBC_SCCA_research_v2(nb).pdf

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Working Group, SCCA Buildings (Benchmarks and Baselines)
SCCA_build_TOR_v1-1(nb).pdf

Buildings working group web home (request password with email listing name, affiliation, and area of interest to info@vsccan.org)

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Working Group, SCCA Urban Planning (Climate Change Adaptive Capacity in Viet Nam's Cities)
SCCA_up_TOR_v1-1(nb).pdf

Urban Planning working group web home (request password)

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Working Group, SCCA Infrastructure (Solar Desalinization of Seawater, Rain Harvesting, Alt. Auxiliary Power)
SCCA_infra_TOR_v1-1(nb).pdf

Infrastructure working group home (request password)

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In addition to its ongoing SCCA research efforts, VGBC is also

1) building partnerships with a wide range of business in preparation for the launch of its SCCA certification and training programs;

2) launching member services;

3) coordinating efforts with government research bodies;

4) raising operational and project funds;

5) acting as adviser for the sustainable Tri Viet University project; and

6) assisting the Vietnam NGO Climate Change working group.

To join a VGBC working group, or for more information on these projects, please write to us at info@vsccan.org.