Build4People is very proud to publish the fourth B4P Snapshot Interview. This time, we welcome Dr. Stephan Anders from the German Building Council (DGNB). He is the Director of Network and Consulting department at the DGNB, a non-profit organization and Europe’s largest network to foster sustainable building as well as sustainable urban transformation in the building industry.
The interview offers insights into DGNB’s general work approach to promote sustainable urban neighborhoods. Furthermore, he explains, how the DGNB is cooperating with Build4People and the Phnom Penh Capital Hall (PPCH) to develop sustainable urban neighborhood criteria. Specifically, these criteria are meant to reduce environmental costs, to increase urban resilience, and to make sustainability measurable. On a more general level, these criteria shall contribute to strengthen the implementation power and regulatory role of PPCH.
During the interview he describes, how such cooperation processes can be implemented successfully and these offer positive benefits for all participants. Adapting those processes to local conditions and cultural differences thereby mirrors the people-centered approach of Build4People, where transformation is thought as a holistic process, that should include everyone of the society.
Finally, it has to be mentioned that the neighbourbood evaluation criteria Build4People has developed in close cooperation with DGNB have become integral part of the final output product of the Build4People Research and Development phase: the Build4People Transformation Toolbox.
Build4People would thus like to sincerely thank Dr. Stephan Anders as well as the DGNB again for their valuable contribution to the B4P Transformation Toolbox, and is looking very much forward to our next chapter of our joint work: the 2-year Build4People Implementation Phase.
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