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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…

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…

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…

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…

The Build4People team is very happy about the publication of a video clip documenting the Build4People Urban Climate Conference 2023 at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh on 24 February 2023. The rationale behind this event is that global climate change will increase heat and flooding problems in cities. Therefore, it is…

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…

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…

On 06 March 2023, the Build4People WP#4 Science workshop was held at Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), Phnom Penh. Besides staff and students from RUA the workshop was joined by the representatives from Build4People WP#1 “Behaviour Change”, WP#2 “Sustainable Building” and WP#5 “Urban Climate”. Dr Sanara Hor, Vice-Dean of Faculty of…

On 03 March 2023, the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2023 Presentation Conference took place at the Grand Hall of Borey Peng Huoth. During this event, the different working groups presented their empirical results after an intensive week of multidisciplinary joint analysis with the aim to develop potential micro-interventions and preliminary…

On 02 March 2023, the German Build4People team got invited for lunch at the residence of the German ambassador in the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia, Stephan Messerer. The lunch event was joined by Dr. Heike Bauer, coordinator of the BMBF Funding Priority SURE (Sustainable Development of Urban Regions), representing the…