The Build4People Kick-off Conference successfully took place at Sunway Hotel on 26 November 2019. The main objective of this conference was to introduce about the innovative long-term Build4People project funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research. More information
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This video clip published via youtube introduces the project “Build4People: Sustainable Buildings for People – Enhancing Quality of Urban Life in Cambodia” funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It has been produced by the Phnom Penh based company Studio4 under the guidance of the Build4People consortium…
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Any expert or interested person in the field of sustainable buildings / sustainable urban development is warmly invited to join our Build4People project launch & conference event at Sunway Hotel, Phnom Penh on 26 November 2019.
Continue ReadingIn preparation of the Build4People project launch and conference, scheduled for 26 November 2019, the coordinator Dr. Michael Waibel discussed the Build4people approach with Phnom Penh’s Vice-Governor his Excellency Nuon Pharat, his deputy Tema Vichekal, the General Secretary Vannak Seng, several department leaders and further staff on 04 November 2019.
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Project Manager Dr. Michael Waibel discussed the Build4People project with Dr. Stephan Anders, Director DGNB Certification of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) at DGNB’s head office in Stuttgart, Germany. DGNB is Europe biggest network for sustainable building. Stephan is member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Build4People project…
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Project Manager Dr. Michael Waibel discussed the Build4People project with Dr. Tep Makathy, Director of the Cambodian Institute of Urban Studies (CIUS), the CIUS staff members Declan O’Leary and Tola Mach and the local Build4People coordinator, Dr. Susanne Bodach, at Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia on 16 October 2019. The meeting…
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From 30 September to 2 October the Germany-based Build4People project members met for a kick-off workshop at the University of Hamburg. The group was joined by Dr Heike Bauer and Thilo Ringler from the DLR Project Management Agency. Project manager Dr Michael Waibel presented the project approach and gave an…
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Project Manager Dr. Michael Waibel discussed the work package (WP) #1 “Behaviour Change” with Prof. Ellen Matthies, Dr. Anke Blöbaum and Research Associate Annalena Becker at a meeting at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. WP#1 focuses on the motives and constraints for pro-environmental everyday behaviour of the population of Phnom Penh. The standardized…
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Project Manager Dr. Michael Waibel discussed the work packages 4 “Urban Green” with Prof. Dr. Jan-Peter Mund and research associate Amelie McKenna at a meeting in Eberswalde. Work package 4 focuses researching structures of “urban green and open spaces” and how do green and open spaces affect the urban climate…
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Project Manager Dr. Michael Waibel discussed the Build4People project with colleagues from Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) Within Build4Project RUPP cooperates with three Work Packages: WP#1 “Behaviour Change”, WP#5 “Urban Climate” and WP#6 “Sustainable Urban Transformation”. The talk is followed by signing an official Memorandum of Understanding between Build4People…
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