Application of Clean and Smart Energy Sources in the Development of Ecological High-Rise Apartment Buildings in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

The speed of urbanization is increasing rapidly in Vietnam’s big cities. To meet the housing needs of people in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the construction of high-rise apartment buildings is absolutely necessary. High-rise apartment buildings that have been built today are mainly concrete blocks, using artificial air-conditioning equipment that release a large amount of CO2 polluting the environment, increases urban heat and consumes a huge amount of energy. Therefore, the construction of ecological apartment buildings to help reduce the using of energy in the building has become an indispensable need in the current period. The use of energy in buildings has been taken care of and has become a standard for assessing green building quality. The use of clean and smart energy in the construction of high-rise apartment buildings will become an inevitable trend for the sustainable development of HCMC, Vietnam. The article offers solutions to apply clean and smart energy sources in the construction of ecological high-rise apartment buildings such as natural ventilation, natural lighting, using solar energy, dynamic architectural solutions, flexible covering structure solutions, creating ecological apartment buildings suitable for environmental, climatic and socio-economic conditions in HCMC. The solutions provided will become the basis for reference designers and policy makers, contributing to the sustainable urban development in the future.