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On 15 March 2022, our team members Dr. Michael Waibel, Build4People consortium leader, Hamburg University, Build4People Work Package team “Sustainable Neighbourhoods” from EMP, Rolf Messerschmidt, Oliver Lambrecht and the communication expert and process designer Andreas von Zadow, von Zadow International, had a very intense and insightful discussion about more connective…

On 14 March 2022, several members of the Build4People team and select representatives of Phnom Penh Capital Administration paid a visit to the local administration of the Chbar Ambov district which has experienced rapid urbanization in recent years, mostly driven by large developer companies. This contributed to an increase of…

On 14 March 2022, the kick-off event of the Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab 2022 took place at Phnom Penh City Hall.  The event was opened by a welcome speech of Dr. Michael Waibel, the overall Build4People representative who firstly emphasized that sustainability is important to prevent global disasters. He also…

On 13 March 2022, the informal kick-off of Build4People Ecocity Transition Lab took place with a brunch meeting at Coconut Park green building, Koh Pich, together with a group of architecture / urban planning students from Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia, followed by a site visit to Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ambov…

23 February 2022 Dear friends and supporters of the #build4people project we need your views on #environmental_challenges in Cambodia! Your opinion is very important for us! Therefore, as part of our research we would like to kindly collect your answers by means of this online survey. It will take about…

The second Transition Team Meeting was a 90min session and took place on 16 February 2022. The main aim of this event was to discuss the design of the upcoming Build4People Sustainable Building Arena (SBA) Workshop. After a kind introduction by the organizers Ravi Jayaweera (Build4People Work Package #6 “Sustainable…

On 27 January 2022, a so called “Actor Mapping Workshop” took place in preparation of the Build4People Sustainable Building Arena. The main aim of this workshop was to identify key stakeholders in the field of sustainable building in Cambodia. It was organised by Ravi Jayaweera (Research Associate, WP#6 “Sustainable Urban…

Dear colleagues, friends and supporters of the Build4People project, on the occasion of the New Lunar Year, the whole Build4People project team would like to wish you only the very best for 2022, most important of all health in these challenging times.  We sincerely hope to be able to meet…

On 12 January 2022, the 3rd Build4People Curriculum Development Summit Meeting took place. This time, the Build4People team discussed options to promote joint curriculum development with our dedicated colleagues from Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), the latter being Build4People’s most important research partner. More information on this event will…

We are proud to let you know that the presentation “Statistical Relation between Vegetation Cover and Land Surface Temperature in Phnom Penh City” held by Work Package #4 team member Gulam Mohiuddin from Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development at International Conference on Remote Sensing for Urban Planning and Management ICRSUPM,…