REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON KNOWLEDGE

SHARING OF GREEN BUILDINGS IN CAMBODIA

Hyatt Regency Phnom Penh, Cambodia
07 – 09 May, 2024

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAMGCGB SYSTEM:

Structures and schemes – New Building and Building in Use

Khim Sandab, Deputy Director

Department of Green Economy
General Directorate of Policy and Strategy,
Ministry of Environment
 AN OVERVIEW OF THE CAMGCGB SYSTEM:
Structures and schemes – New Building and
Building in Use
Mr. Khim Sandab is a Deputy Director, Department of Green Economy. He is
currently working on sustainable cities and green buildings development in
Cambodia. He has more than 10 years of experience in education and
capacity building in the environmental field and sustainable cities
development policies as well as coordinating in policy implementation. He
holds a degree of Bachelor in Fisheries Science from Cambodia since 2011
and a Master of Urban Administration and Planning from, Republic of Korea
in 2019.

SPEAKER Contact:
Email: sandabkhim@gmail.com
Mr. Khim Sandab Tel: +855 77 444 819
Deputy Director
Department of Green Economy, General Directorate of Policy and
Strategy, Ministry of Environment
 Content
1 What is CamGCGB?

2 CamGCGB Network and Partnership

3 Scheme and Structure

4 Certification Process

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1. What is CamGCGCB

Cambodia’s guidelines and certification for green buildings (CamGCGB) is

defined as a national green building rating tool or green building system used to
assess and recognize a building that meets the specific green building
requirements or standards in Cambodia.

Criteria and evaluation structure or evaluation

mechanism for building assessment based on
.
sustainability aspects or green aspect through the
building life cycle.

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 1. What is CamGCGCB
Vision and Mission

Our mission is to creating national guidelines and certification for

green buildings by incorporating green building concepts into
construction sectors, certifying green buildings and enhancing
capacity and awareness to profession and the public.

CamGCGB will provide

Cambodian society by a reducing
Cambodia develops a sustainable future with better the impact on their environment
integrating ecological, economic and social-cultural and resources that counteract
the effects of climate change and
function of the built environment.
ensure safety, health, and
promoting well-being.
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1. What is CamGCGCB
Guideline and Certification
Provide guidelines and certification Mitigate climate change impact by
for Green Building assessment
related to new buildings and
buildings in use in Cambodia.
Environmental Protection
and Conservation
Protect the natural environment
through resource-efficient
buildings (energy, water, material)
while promoting environmentally
friendly construction materials.
Climate Resilience
reducing greenhouse gas emission of
the building sector in Cambodia.
Capacity Improvement and
Engagement
Built awareness and capacity for
stakeholders on implementing national
Green Building guidelines and
certification.
Social Wellbeing
Ensure the health, safety and
wellbeing of building users and
occupants.
Data Collection and
Research
Collect related data from
certification for research and
development in Cambodia.
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1. What is CamGCGCB
Schemes

Building Type Sustainability Evaluation Strucure

CamGCGB System
Dimensions
New building • Environment ✓ 25 Criteria set
• Economic,
• Residential (House, Apartment, ✓ 86 Indicators
• Socio-cultural
Condominium)
• Non-residential (Office, Hotel,
Education, Shopping center)

Evaluation system
through Voluntary
based

Building in Use • Environment ✓ 9 Criteria set

• All types of building • Economic,
• Socio-cultural ✓ 51 Indicators

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1. What is CamGCGCB
Guiding principles of CamGCGB
Adherence and alignment to
laws, national strategies, plans
and priorities
Support the government in
implementing national priorities
set under E&NRE Code,
Pentagon Strategy, National
Strategic Development Plan,
Climate Change, Green Growth,
and Cambodia’s vision for upper
middle income status by 2030
and high income status by 2050.
Environmental protection
and sustainability
Ensuring environmental
sustainability, well-being and
quality of life for people by
reducing environmental
challenges associate with air,
land and water pollution,
especially support the
implementation of Circular
Strategy on Environment.
Act to contributing to global
commitments
Supporting the government in
meeting its commitments under
the Cambodian Sustainable
Development Goals, Cambodia's
Updated Nationally Determined
Contribution, and the Paris
Agreement on Climate Change.
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2. CamGCGB Network
International Certification Systems Selection

DGNB

Three Star
BREEAM

LEED
G-SEED

LOTUS
CamGCGB
Green Mark
TREES

Green Star

CamGCGB collaborates with the German DGNB and Korean G-SEED, for adapting sustainable
building assessment criteria to their CamGCGB system
3. Scheme and Structure
Future DNA of the CamGCGB System

Design Build

Demolish Use

Maintenance

Life cycle assessment Holistic

Emphasis on performance
Audits consider entire life cycle Equal emphasis on three core
Focus on overall performance
of a building project sustainability factors:
of a development
environmental, economical and
sociocultural
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3. Scheme and Structure
CamGCGB | System Overview

New Buildings Building In Use

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC SOCIO & ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC SOCIO &

CULTURAL
SUSTAINABILIY SUSTAINABILIY SUSTAINABILIY SUSTAINABILIY SUSTAINABILIY CULTURAL
SUSTAINABILIY

30% 17.5% 22.5%

40% 30% 30%
TECHNICAL SUSTAINABILIY 12.5%

COMMUNICATION SUSTAINABILIY 10%

SITE SUSTAINABILIY 7.5%

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 3. Scheme and Structure
New building

Dimension Criteria Group Name of Criteria

Construction materials and local environmental Technical TEC1 Fire safety
ENV1
Environmental impact Sustainability
Local and global (TEC) Technical quality and TEC2 Quality of building envelope
Sustainability ENV2 Sustainable resource extraction
environmental impacts safety
(ENV) TEC3 Ease of cleaning building component
ENV3 Energy efficiency assessment
TEC4 Ease of recovery and recycling
ENV4 Water efficiency use and wastewater volume
Planning COM1 Project information brief
Resource consumption Communication
ENV5 Land use and urban planning communication
and waste generation Sustainability
ENV6 Biodiversity at the site (COM) COM2 Construction process

Economic Construction COM3 Systematic commissioning and operation

Sustainability Life cycle costs ECO1 Life cycle cost communication and
assurance COM4 User communication
(ECO)
COM5 Facility management
Economic development ECO2 Flexibility and adaptability
Site Sustainability SIT1 Local resilient environment
(SIT) SIT2 Influence on the district
Socio-cultural SOC1 Indoor air quality Site and environmental
Sustainability Health, comfort and influence SIT3 Transport access
(SOC) SOC2 Building visual and thermal comfort
user satisfaction
SIT4 Amenity access
SOC3 Quality of indoor and outdoor spaces

Functionality SOC4 Design for all

Bold type= Minimum requirement for Certification

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3. CamGCGCB System
New building Criteria-Sample

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3. Scheme and Structure
Building in Use
Dimensions Overall Code Name of Criteria Weighting
Environmental
ENV1.B Energy Action and Energy 30%
Sustainability
(ENV)
40% ENV2.B Water 5%

ENV3.B Materials and Recycling 5%

Economic
Sustainability ECO1.B Operational Costs 10%
(ECO)
30% Risk Management and Long-term Asset
ECO2.B 15%
Value
ECO3.B Procurement and Operations 5%
Social and
SOC1.B Indoor Comfort 10%
Cultural
Sustainability
(SOC) 30% SOC2.B User Satisfaction 10%

SOC3.B Sustainable Mobility 10%

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3. Scheme and Structure
Criteria Overview for Building in Use

Continuous improvement process

In five of the nine criteria of the ‘Buildings In Use’ system, the “continuous improvement process” (also
called the PDCA cycle) is implemented. The PDCA cycle is an iterative process with four steps: Plan, Do,
Check and Act. This management method is a universal model for optimization and continuous
improvement of processes. In the criteria, the target variables should either be continuously improved or
maintained at a defined target value.
› PLAN: The target agreement (target value) is defined for the respective criterion.
› DO: The method and time-step of measuring data (actual value) is considered.
› CHECK: The measured data is analyzed: quantitatively by conducting a deviation analysis and
qualitatively by interpreting and plausibility check of the data.
› ACT: If the target agreement is not met, measures and actions for optimizing the operation must be
identified and selected for the next measurement period. Here, it is important that all relevant
stakeholders (owners – users – operators) are involved.

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3. Scheme and Structure
Certification as a proof of quality

Level of Awards

Bronze Silver Gold Platinum

≥50% and ≥65% and ≥80% and

Total performance index ≥35%
higher higher higher

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3. Scheme and Structure
Certification process

Pre-certificate and Certification

Basic Preliminary Blueprint and Implementation and Tendering Building

Evaluation Planning Approval Planning Detailed Planning Assignment Construction

Ability to influence

Cost and Effort for

Changes

Beginning Completion
CamGCGB Pre-Certification CamGCGB Certification

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 Optional
(not compulsary)

4. Certification Process Provisional assessment is

implemented

Preparing green building criteria and CamGCGB A complete portfolio of evidence is

assessment documents submited

Register your project Define plans to fulfil

with CamGCGB CamGCGB reguirements
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Registration CamGCGB requirements Pre-certification

Go through the provisional

assessment stage

Notification from autditors

Step 4
CamGCGB provides project registration Implementation
form

Preparing and signing the assessment Ensuring CamGCGB requirements

contract are for at all phases Implementing the
Green strategies

Payment for registration and assessment Demonstrating all pieces of

neccessary evidence and documents

Step 5
Final Asseessmemt

The assessment result is submited and verified by

CamGCGB representative

Respective certification is awareded, once

satisfactory is occured

Roles and Responsibilities

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Project owners Auditors CamGCGB representative
Thank You!

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