National and International sustainable design awards
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Alpha building – Dragon-shaped building (Administration Building)
First prize for the Young Architects Category in the Spec Go Green Award 2014
Future Education award at the World Architecture Festival held from October 1st to 3rd, 2014 in Singapore
First prize for Vietnam’s Green Architecture category from 2015-2016
Won 3rd place prize in the top 10 impressive educational buildings of 2017 voted by the prestigious architecture website Designboom
The FPT Administration Building is part of the first stage of a larger master plan to convert the university into a globally competitive environmentally conscious university. The building acts as a gateway to the campus and the green facade clearly dictates the future direction of the campus. Since FPT University offers Information Technology-related courses, the campus is designed to maintain a healthy balance between physical and virtual environment, as well as to improve our relationship with nature. As the building is the first stage of the expanding university it has been designed to be adaptable in its program to accommodate the varying programmatic requirements of the future.
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The main building at FPT University
Won “Designed Award Winning Architecture Projects”
With its impressive design, unique facade, flexible functions and sustainability, and a close connection with climate control, the Alpha building – FPT University Danang campus – has been awarded “Designed Award Winning Architecture Projects”.
Sustainable standards in upgrading old buildings
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Lighting and cooling systems
To save energy, FPT University focuses on lighting and cooling systems in the classrooms, which use the most energy across the University of the year. As a result, the university equips the classroom with sensor systems. In particular, the electrical and air conditioning equipment in the classroom will be shut off automatically to save energy after 10 to 15 minutes of no movement.
Lighting systems in common areas (corridors, stairs) are equipping motion sensor lights used that can detect human movements instead of mechanical switches. When there are no signs of use, the motion sensor lights will detect motion and turn on the lights, avoiding opening all day and causing waste.
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Water recycling systems
Sources of water for potential reuse across FPT University include rainwater and treated wastewater. During the six months of the dry season, treated water is used to water plants; 05 water pumps with a capacity of 1.2 m3/h pumping water for 1 hour every day. During the six months of the rainy season, rainwater is harvested to use in toilets.
We realize that green building refers to considerations on construction technologies in respect of minimizing the consumption of earth resources and reducing energy use and waste production throughout a building’s life cycle, from building materials production to planning, design, construction, use, management, upgrading, and demolition. Particularly, we focus on upgrading lighting, cooling, and water recycling systems in old buildings.