The final day of the Build4People delegation trip was mainly dedicated for leisure activities after long, intensive, and sometimes stressful days of a very dense schedule. Some delegation members met with Michael Waibel for a last coffee at a local coffee roastery. This was also an opportunity for Bunleng Se…
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On 06 June 2024, the 5th day of the Build4People delegation trip “Urban sustainability best practices in Germany”, the main activity was a guided tour to select neighbourhoods in Berlin, all certified by the DGNB German Sustainable Building Council, among them Potsdam Square, Gleisdreieck Park and Neu-Schöneberg (the latter both conversion…
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On 05 June 2024, the fourth day of the Build4People delegation trip “Urban sustainability best practices in Germany”, the main activity was a guided visit and expert talk at the CityLAB Berlin, an innovative institution where, according to their website “administration and urban society work together in a participatory way…
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On the third day of the Build4People delegation trip, on 04 June 2024, there was the most important activity of the whole trip, the Build4People Proposal Writing Workshop “Build4People’s transformative journey from 2025-2027” which took place at the Museum of Hamburg University. The workshop served to discuss and exchange ideas…
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The second very insightful day of the Build4People delegation trip “Urban sustainability best practices in Germany” on 03 June 2024 saw a dense schedule with manifold activities. We started it with a site visit to Elbphilharmonie building, Hamburg’s iconic concert hall and most prominent landmark of its recent waterfront development. …
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With the arrival of the first participants on 02 June 2024, the BuildPeople Delegation Trip 2024 “Urban sustainability best practices in Germany” started. All in all, 12 Build4People partners from Cambodia are joining this trip representing the Phnom Penh Capital Hall and four local universities (the Royal University of Phnom…
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On 28 May 2024, the Build4People research partner Se Bunleng from the Department of Geography and Land Management, Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) gave a presentation during the first Khmer Earth Observation Day 2024 at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It was based on a paper…
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We are very happy to announce that several members of the Build4People Work Package #5 “Urban Climate” have published the scientific paper “The Effects of Urban Heat Island in Phnom Penh: A Case Study of Khan Boeung Keng Kang and Khan Pou Senchey” at “The Cambodia Journal of Basic and…
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It was great to see so many partners of the Build4People project during the recent Regional Workshop on Green Buildings organised by the Cambodian Ministry of Environment, represented among others by Sokhai NOP, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was also the official launch of the Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) in…
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How to bridge the gap between knowledge and implementation to achieve transformative change and to make a real difference? This has become a key question of the Build4People consortium leader Dr. Michael Waibel. That is why Michael was very glad to get invited to held a keynote presentation about “Transformation…
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