Angsana Quan Lan Halong Bay Hotel and Resort project has been officially certified with EDGE ADVANCED Full Certification. VILANDCO is honored to be the green certification consultant accompanying the investor Viglacera Van Hai Joint Stock Company.
The project is located at Son Hao, Quan Lan Island, Quan Lan Commune, Van Don District, Quang Ninh Province, built since 2020, built on an area of 35 hectares, including a 5-storey hotel block with a floor area of 19,060 m2 and 37 villas with a total floor area of 5,550 m2. Angsana Quan Lan Ha Long Bay Hotel & Resort is managed and operated by Banyan Group (Singapore).
Angsana Quan Lan Ha Long Bay Hotel has received the official EDGE Advanced certification from SGS Vietnam. Achieving EDGE Advanced certification affirms the resort’s commitment to protecting the environment and minimizing impacts on nature.
The project’s green solutions have brought about efficiency: 41% energy savings, 28% water savings and 36% sustainable building materials, specifically:
- Green architecture: Designed with many green solutions such as using natural building materials, natural lighting systems, utilizing natural ventilation…
- Energy saving: Through solutions: reducing the ratio of windows to walls, external sunshade structures, roof insulation, using high-performance air conditioning systems, recovering heat reasonably from exhaust gases, using heat pump systems to create hot water and energy-saving lighting in the interior and exterior spaces of the building…
- Water saving: Applying water-saving measures such as using water-saving showerheads, toilets, urinals, wastewater treatment systems…
- Sustainable building materials: Using local and recycled building materials helps reduce carbon emissions and protect the environment.
What is EDGE Advanced?
EDGE (Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiency) is an international green building rating system developed by the World Bank. The certification is divided into 3 levels: EDGE Certified – minimum savings of 20% for all three categories of energy, water and energy embodied in materials, EDGE Advanced – a higher level with on-site energy savings of 40% or more and EDGE Zero Carbon – a building that has achieved EDGE Advanced has a savings of 100% renewable energy or has purchased carbon offsets to reach the 100% goal.
