Photo 1. Participants of the 3rd Technical Advisory Committee Meeting in Cambodia
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 26 March 2026 — The ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), together with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), under the Asia Low-Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) Project, jointly organised the Third Technical Advisory Committee Meeting of the Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) project in Cambodia.
Photo 2. Opening Remarks from Nathalie Andre, Country Representative of GGGI Cambodia (Left), and Dr. Yan Vandeluxe, Deputy Director General of General Department, MLMUPC (Middle), Rizky Aditya Putra, Programme Manager of ALCBT Project, ACE (Right).
In his opening remarks, Dr Vandeluxe underscored the importance of strengthening partnerships to advance policies that can mobilise green investment for the transition to low-carbon buildings. He highlighted the ALCBT project as a valuable platform for aligning efforts to support Cambodia’s NDC 3.0 targets and its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050. He also encouraged participants to engage openly in the discussions, particularly on how building energy assessments can be linked with green procurement guidelines and how energy efficiency projects can be implemented in practice through the Energy Service Company (ESCO) model.
Photo 2. Participants during the meeting.
GGGI presented key findings from 250 building energy assessments conducted in residential and commercial buildings. These included energy performance indexprofiles, priority energy conservation measures, potential energy savings, GHG emission reductions, and the investment required for transition to low-carbon building sector in Cambodia.
Photo 3. Rizky Aditya Putra, Programme Manager of ALCBT Project, ACE.
ACE also presented the development of the Energy Service Company (ESCO) market and the readiness of on-bill financing as key enablers for scaling energy efficiency investment in the building sector. While Cambodia has considerable potential to expand these solutions, stronger regulatory support, more accessible financing mechanisms, and continued capacity building will be essential to strengthen the ESCO ecosystem and accelerate project implementation.
Building on these efforts, ACE introduced ASEAN BUILT (Building Investment for Low-Carbon Transition in ASEAN), a regional one-stop-shop platform designed to facilitate financing and investment for low-carbon buildings. The platform connects project developers, financial institutions, and other stakeholders, serving as a central hub for project matchmaking, linking energy efficiency projects with financing opportunities, and providing a regional knowledge base to support decision-making and accelerate investment across ASEAN. The Meeting concluded with agreement on next steps, including the publication of the Building Energy Assessment Report and the ESCO Market Assessment Report. The project will continue to collaborate closely with the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and other stakeholders to advance GPP for energy‑efficient air conditioners. The Chair also announced plans to develop a roadmap to support MLMUPC in taking a leading role in advancing low‑carbon building development in Cambodia and to organize public dissemination on the result of the building energy assessments.
The ALCBT Project is a five-year multi-stakeholder project that aims to facilitate the nationwide transition towards Low Carbon Buildings in five Asian countries: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. The ALCBT project will institutionalise the Building Carbon Assessment tools and approaches, build the capacity of public and private sector entities, and facilitate the mobilisation of financing for low-carbon building projects. Successful implementation of the project will substantially reduce direct GHG emissions from the building sector by 2028. The ALCBT project is being implemented by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and in partnership with HEAT International from Germany, Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) from India, and ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE). It is supported by the Government of Germany through its Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) under the International Climate Initiative (IKI).
