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On 29 February 2024, there was the successful Kick-off Conference of the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2024, this year in cooperation with the Cambodia’s leading developer company, OCIC Group, with Phnom Penh City Hall and with further support from the German government funded SMMR project (Sustainable Mobility in Metropolitan Regions…

On 28 February 2024, the Science Workshop “Cambodia’s Green Pioneers”, jointly prepared and implemented by the Build4People Work Packages “Behaviour Change” (WP#1) and “Sustainable Urban Transformation” (WP#6), took place at the Cambodia-Korea Cooperation Center of Royal University of Phnom Penh. The key objective of this workshop was to introduce about…

On 27 February 2024, the 2-Day Science Workshop “Microclimate Studies and Methods” began at Royal University of Phnom Penh organized by Build4People Work Package #5 “Urban Climate”. During the first section of the first day the WP#5 members from INKEK gave an introduction to microclimate studies. They started by explaining…

On 27 February 2024, the German Ambassador Stefan Messerer hosted a productive luncheon with the Build4People project team, along with notable guests including H.E. Nuon Pharat, Deputy Governor of Phnom Penh Municipality, and Mr. Touch Samnang, Deputy CEO of the OCIC Group. They discussed sustainable building and urban development in…

The Build4People team is happy to announce the agenda with manifold activities of the Build4People project visit in February / March 2024.  During the upcoming days, we will provide with you more detailed information on our events with multiple stakeholders in Phnom Penh, among others, our key implementation partners, the…

We are happy to announce that the Science Workshop jointly organized by the German and Cambodian research partners of Build4People WP#6 “Sustainable Urban Transformation” from Hamburg University and from Royal University of Phnom Penh on 12 December 2023 has been published as a webinar. The focus of this workshop was…

As we usher in the festivities of the Lunar New Year, it is a special occasion for us to share our joy with friends and partners around the world. The Build4People Project would like to extend our warmest wishes to you and your team for a Joyful Lunar New Year! May the…

On 19 January 2024, Dr Stephan Anders, Director Network & Consulting at the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB), met with Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” represented by Rolf Messerschmidt, CEO of, as well as architect and urban designer at Eble Messerschmidt Partner (EMP), Architects and Urban Designers PartGmbB, and with…

On 19 January 2023, the Build4People team virtually gathered to conduct our bi-annual reflection / outlook meeting. In course of the meeting we went through the whole matrix of milestones of our RD phase proposal and discussed and critically reflected our activities of the year 2023, at first. This also…

On 17 January 2024, Build4People had a really successful meeting with leading representatives of Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) to prepare for the upcoming Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2024. This activity is an innovative alliance between the Build4People team and Cambodia probably most famous developer company, with support from Phnom…