Build4People Sustainable Building Incubator: Interviews with participants

Our project partner, the Impact Hub Phnom Penh, has created a new video clip which shows interviews with the participants, young aspiring entrepreneurs, of the amazing Build4People Sustainable Building Incubator.  See their transformative experiences as they share insights, challenges, and key lessons from the 4-month entrepreneurial program focusing on making our…

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Publication of a video clip documenting the Build4People Sustainable Building Arena 2023 at Raintree Cambodia, Phnom Penh, 20 April 2023

This clip shows some impressions from the 2nd Build4PeopleSustainable Building Arena (SBA) which took place at Impact Raintree, Penh on 20 April 2023.  Around 50 frontrunners in the field sustainable building collaborated in an inspiring participatory workshop prepared by Ravi Jayaweera, Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation” with support from Mélanie…

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Open Access Publication on Phnom Penh’s building system and potential transition pathways

Thanks to a grant from the University of Hamburg Open Access Fund, a recent detailed analysis on Phnom Penh’s building system written by Ravi Jayaweera of the Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation” as lead author, has been published as open access publication at the renowned journal Geoforum (impact factor: 3.926)…

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Build4People Sustainable Building Arena 2023 at Raintree Cambodia, Phnom Penh

On 20 April 2023, the second Build4People Sustainable Building Arena took place at Raintree Cambodia. Around 50 frontrunners in the field sustainable building collaborated in an inspiring participatory workshop prepared by Ravi Jayaweera, Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation” with support from Melanie Mossard from Impact Hub Phnom Penh.  Building…

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Publication of a video clip documenting the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2023, in cooperation with Peng Huoth Group, Cambodia

The Build4People team is very proud of the publication of a video clip documenting the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2023, a transition management approach involving multiple stakeholders over a period from 25 February till 03 March 2023. This was the first time for Build4People to enter an innovative alliance with…

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Publication of video clip documenting the Build4People Exhibition Opening “Green Buildings and Sustainable Neighbourhoods”, 01 March 2023

The Build4People team is very glad about the publication of a video clip documenting the Build4People Exhibition Opening “Green Buildings and Sustainable Neighbourhoods”, at Bophana Resource Center, Phnom Penh on 01 March 2023. The development of the exhibition panels was coordinated by Build4People Work Package #3 “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” led by…

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Publication of video clip documenting the Pitching Night of the Build4People Sustainable Building Incubator on 28 February 2023

This clip shows the Pitching Night of the Build4People Sustainable Building Incubator (SBI) at Impact Hub Phnom Penh on 28 February 2023. In the course of the pitching night, five teams of young aspiring entrepreneurs presented their exciting business ideas in the field of sustainable building. In the end, the…

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Yellow, green, red or blue – emotional state at the end of an intensive field work phase of the Build4People team  

To start the wrap-up meeting of the Build4People team after an intensive and successful on-site phase in Phnom Penh, all Build4People members positioned themselves in a Mood Meter. The Mood Meter, originally created by the YALE Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI; https://www.ycei.org/), to developing emotional intelligence over time, has become a…

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Build4People Science Workshop of Work Package #2 Sustainable Building: ‘Sustainable building dimensions & solutions for Phnom Penh and Cambodia pt.2’

On the 07 March 2023, the 4th Science Workshop of WP2 “Sustainable Building” took place at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). This workshop was a continuation of the 3rd workshop on 29 September 2022 where questions about what is a sustainable building in Cambodia and what are the most important environmental…

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