

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 Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø Coproration does not only aim at the best quality of works but also try to accomplish the sustainable values of the society.