News Sep. 7, 2021 New partnership with Green for Growth Fund and BUILD_ME project As of September 2021, the Green for Growth Fund (GGF) and the BUILD_ME project are teaming up to accelerate the uptake of energy efficiency in new building... May. 3, 2021 It's here! The Building Energy Performance Tool is now available The BUILD_ME team is happy to announce that our Building Energy Performance (BEP) Tool is now online. Tailored to the MENA region, the BEP Tool provides... Mar. 18, 2021 Virtual workshop in Lebanon: tools and resources for better buildings On 18 March, the BUILD_ME team brought over 40 stakeholders from Lebanon together in a virtual national workshop. This event, organised by Lebanese Center... Mar. 11, 2021 Virtual national workshop in Egypt: advancements in 2020 and plans for 2021 On 11 March, the BUILD_ME team brought over 30 stakeholders from Egypt together in a virtual national workshop. This event, organised by IDG and HBRC in... Mar. 4, 2021 Virtual national workshop in Jordan: looking back and looking ahead On 4 March 2021, the BUILD_ME team brought 30 stakeholders from Jordan together in a virtual national workshop. This event, organised by RSS/NERC in Jordan... Feb. 17, 2021 BUILD_ME team presents on integration of renewable energies in the building sector Guidehouse BUILD_ME team member Riadh Bhar present the BUILD_ME project in a web seminar organised EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network entitled "Integration... Dec. 2, 2020 Moving the needle in Lebanon: BUILD_ME national workshop on 3 November On 3 November, the local partner of the BUILD_ME project in Lebanon, Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC), organised a national workshop in Beirut... Nov. 13, 2020 Next online seminar on tools to mobilise financing and accelerate energy efficiency Join Guidehouse on Thursday, 26 November at 10:00 CET for the upcoming online seminar Climate-friendly buildings in the MENA region: Tools to mobilise... Oct. 20, 2020 Upcoming online seminar by the BUILD_ME team on 3 November at 10:00 CET Join the BUILD_ME team on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 10:00 CET for an online seminar Climate-Friendly Buildings in the MENA Region: Understanding... Jul. 15, 2020 July 2020 newsletter released Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the BUILD_ME team has been hard at work to advance a climate-friendly building sector in the MENA region. In this newsletter... Jul. 6, 2020 BUILD_ME Team to present in online seminar of the EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network on 7 July at 12:00 CEST Guidehouse BUILD_ME team member Riadh Bhar will present the project in an online seminar organised EU-GCC Clean Energy Technology Network entitled... Apr. 28, 2020 First BUILD_ME newsletter published 28 April 2020 In the inaugural newsletter, the BUILD_ME team aims to inform readers about project happenings, inspire them to connect with us and other stakeholders... Mar. 10, 2020 Phase II kick-off workshop in Cairo, Egypt To kick off the in-country work in Phase II of BUILD_ME, the local partner in Egypt, IDG organised bilateral meetings with relevant national stakeholders... Mar. 4, 2020 Phase II kick-off meetings with project developers in Lebanon To kick off in-country work in Phase II of BUILD_ME, the project's national partner in Lebanon LCEC organised meetings with Lebanese project developers... Jan. 27, 2020 Phase II kick-off workshop in Amman, Jordan On 21 January 2020, the BUILD_ME team kicked off the in-country work of Phase II of the project with a workshop in Amman, Jordan. The workshop aims invovled... Dec. 13, 2019 COP25 side event with BUILD_ME representatives Guidehouse organised a side event at COP25 in the EU Pavilion on Friday 13 titled “Implementing Low Carbon Policies in the Buildings Sector: Hurdles... Nov. 22, 2019 Meetings with HBRC and pilot project developers in Cairo, Egypt On 19 November 2019, the BUILD_ME team at Guidehouse and IDG Matrix launched the activities of the project’s second phase in Egypt. The project team... Jul. 4, 2018 MENA regional workshop On 4-5 July 2018 the first regional workshop of the IKI project Accelerating 0-emission building sector ambitions in the MENA region (BUILD_ME) took place... Dec. 12, 2017 Roundtable workshop to tackle energy efficiency barriers in Jordan Guidehouse (previously Ecofys) reconvened with stakeholders in roundtables to share draft policy recommendations based on more than 300 interviews. The... Dec. 11, 2017 Regional workshop on economic viability of investments in energy efficiency Guidehouse (previously Ecofys) offered a capacity building workshop with engineers in the MENA region. The workshop discussed economic assessment methods...
