On 03 October 2022, Dr Michael Waibel, leader of the Build4People consortium, Prof Jan-Peter Mund, leader of Build4People Work Package “Urban Green”, Prof Dr Lutz Katzschner, leader of Build4People Work Package “Urban Climate”, and Rolf Messerschmidt, leader of Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” had the great honor to get invited…
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Build4People Roundtable Meeting with Housing Development Association of Cambodia
On 03 October 2022, a roundtable meeting with the President of Housing Development Association of Cambodia, Oknha Ly Hour, and further representatives of this key institution took place. This first exchange served to discuss the promotion of sustainable neighbourhood development in the country and the potential role of Cambodian developer…
Continue ReadingBuild4People Work Package #4 “Urban Green Infrastructures” Science Workshop at Royal University of Agriculture (RUA)
On 03 October 2022, the Build4People WP#4 “Urban Green Infrastructures” Science Workshop took place at RUA, Phnom Penh. The Build4People team would like to express its sincere thanks to Dr Sanara Hor, Vice-Dean of Faculty of Land Management and Land Administration at RUA, for the great preparation of this successful…
Continue ReadingSuccessful launching event of the Build4People Sustainable Building Incubator (SBI) at Impact Hub Phnom Penh
On 01 October 2022, there was the launching event of the Build4People SBI, a 4-month entrepreneurial program for aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking for solutions to re-invent and innovate how we build, plan and live together by making our buildings more sustainable and liveable. At the end of this process…
Continue ReadingBuild4People Work Package #2 “Sustainable Building” Science Workshop at Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC): “Sustainable Building Dimensions & Solutions for Phnom Penh and Cambodia”
On 29 September 2022, there was the 3rd Science Workshop of WP2 “Sustainable Building” which took place at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC). The purpose of this workshop was to promote knowledge exchange between the German and the Cambodian side of the Build4People project and try to answer the…
Continue ReadingSchedule of Build4People Team Stay in Phnom Penh in September / October 2022
On 27 September 2022, the final schedule of the 2nd Build4People team stay in Phnom Penh in 2022 was communicated to all Build4People partners. A first draft had been released in early August 2022, already, and got updated ever since several times. The schedule provides a structured, comprehensive and transparent…
Continue ReadingBuild4People presentation at sbe22 Berlin Conference “Built Environment within the Planetary Boundaries”, TU Berlin
On 22 September 2022, Ravi Jayaweera, research associate of the Build4People Work Package “Sustainable Urban Transformation” presented a joint paper at the sbe22 Berlin Conference “Built Environment within the Planetary Boundaries”, at Technical University of Berlin. The paper introduces the Build4People Sustainable Building Arena (SBA), a transition governance approach that…
Continue ReadingInstallation of another automatic weather station by Build4People Work Package #5 “Urban Climate” member Bunleng Se from Royal University of Phnom Penh
This posting to inform you on the recent installation of another automatic weather station at the compound of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), Campus I. The data collected from this weather station will contribute to develop urban climate map of Phnom Penh Capital which will support the development…
Continue ReadingFirst meeting of informal group of sustainable city and building innovators, facilitated by Future Forum Cambodia and Build4People
On 01 September 2022, the Build4People project co-organised a first session of an informal group of sustainable city and building innovators together with Future Forum Cambodia. This group firstly came together during the Build4People Sustainable Building Arena in March 2022. The group involved architects, researchers, real estate developers, etc. In…
Continue ReadingBuild4People Science Workshop of Work Package #2 Sustainable Building: “Energy-Efficient & Sustainable Building Design for a Tropical Climate”, 18 August 2022
On 18 August 2022, the WP#2 “Sustainable Building” 2nd Science Workshop took place within the one day seminar on “Sustainable Development, Sustainable City, Smart City, Cambodia “ at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC), Phnom Penh. The main aim of this workshop was to facilitate the exchange with local sustainability research projects…
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