Green office building opened in town

President Place, a grade-A office building focusing on green merits in HCMC, was officially opened on Wednesday.

Located at 93 Nguyen Du Street in District 1, President Place covers an area of 11,500 square meters, with 13 floors and three basements. The building utilizes environmentally-friendly material and a Building Management System (BMS) for monitoring the operational status of all systems including air conditioning, water supply and lighting.

Low energy-loss glass is selected to minimize warming by sunlight and lower energy loss, and efficient clean water systems are designed to treat and reuse wastewater where possible. Not only do these design aspects minimize the impact on the environment, they also result in reduction of operating costs for tenants.

“With the concept of bringing green aspects into the design of President Place, we believe that we are on the right track among several other businesses in Vietnam by focusing more on environment matters along the way we’re doing business,” said David Clarkin, general director of President Place Saigon LLC.

President Place is invested by President Place Saigon LLC, and developed and managed by Sakkara Asia Pacific Project Holdings and Investment Real Estate JSC. Tenants of the office building are prestigious names like Schindler, Diageo, Microsoft, HiringBoss, Canon and PENM Partners, of which Schindler was the first customer leasing its space from late September 2012.

President Place is the first building in HCMC to be awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environment Design) Golden Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. - Source: The Saigon Times Daily