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Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition Project in Cambodia: 1st Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee

Phnom Penh, Cambodia, February 11, 2025 – The Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) Project organized the first meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in Cambodia. The TAC is responsible for assessing and validating the project’s key technical outputs.

The Meeting was presided over by H.E. Ros Salin, Secretary of State, Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC), and attended by members of the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) and technical personnel from MLMUPC, Technical experts from local authorities, associations, academia, development agencies, and other stakeholders in the low-carbon buildings sector also participated in the discussions.

H.E. Ros Salin, Secretary of State, remarked ‘’The project has made fruitful progress since its inception, and today’s meeting will help us engage with key government entities and stakeholders to gather their valuable feedback on policy assessment findings, sector review, building energy audit methodology, and the emission assessment tool. These important components will contribute to further developing the green building certification system in Cambodia.’’

In its first session, the TAC reviewed key project deliverables to date, including policy assessment findings and recommendations, methodologies for building deep dive assessment and prioritization, and the Building Emission Assessment Tool (BEAT). The policy assessment provided an overview of Cambodia’s building sector and outlined an analysis of the regulations and institutional arrangements. It also provided policy recommendations, such as incorporating green building requirements in the permit process and finalizing building energy efficiency design guidelines.

The ASHRAE Level II Audit was selected as the methodology for conducting energy audits on 250 buildings in the greater Phnom Penh area. Key selection criteria included building typologies, sizes, annual energy consumption, and occupancy hours. Moreover, data will be collected for BEAT to measure both embodied and operational carbon emissions in buildings, as well as to establish a baseline for emissions in Cambodia’s building sector.

Ms. Shomi Kim, GGGI Cambodia Country Representative, echoed the importance of technical expert participation in reviewing the project’s results and the urgency of leveraging the results to advance the green building agenda in Cambodia.

The meeting endorsed the recommendations from the policy assessment and the criteria for selecting buildings for energy audits. The project team will further localize the BEAT for potential use as a building rating benchmark, contributing to Cambodia’s climate action efforts.

About the Asia Low Carbon Building Transition (ALCBT) Project

The ALCBT Project is a five-year initiative (2023-2028) that seeks to reduce GHG emissions by catalyzing nationwide transitions towards low-carbon buildings in five Asian countries: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Funded by the Government of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), through the International Climate Initiative (IKI), the project is being implemented by a consortium led by GGGI and comprising the ASEAN Center for Energy (ACE), Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), and HEAT International. In Cambodia, the project works in close collaboration with the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC) as the government counterpart. The project will institutionalize a building carbon assessment tool, integrate it with national energy codes, and support the country’s climate targets outlined in the NEEP and NDCs.

For more information, visit: https://alcbt.gggi.org