The Asia Low Carbon Buildings Transition (ALCBT) Project seeks to address regulatory, capacity, and financing gaps that prevent large scale adoption of low carbon buildings (LCB) in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Project interventions build technical GHG emission reduction targets from building materials and operations, particularly from cooling; complementing regional and global initiatives.

Buildings are significant contributors to GHG emissions, making it imperative to reduce their energy demand and carbon footprints to meet Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) targets. In Asia, high energy consumption and rising cooling demands from buildings propel governments to shift to bio-based materials, better design and efficient appliances.

The ALCBT aims to significantly reduce GHG emissions by catalyzing nationwide transitions towards LCB in the project countries.

The project focuses on ensuring that technical, planning and institutional tools for LCB are successfully implemented and streamlined by key public and private stakeholders, resulting in direct emission reductions by 2028.

– Standardized tools and systems for managing building carbon emissions

– Enhanced capacity of key stakeholders to deliver low carbon buildings

– Financial pathways established for low carbon buildings transition

– Knowledge products produced to facilitate replication and scaling up

GHG emissions from buildings are a key driver for national emissions, with increased cooling demand driving GHG. In Asia, buildings operational energy account for 25% in India and 23% in the ASEAN region, with ASEAN countries seeing rapid growth. The projected growth in construction also drives the emissions embodied from construction materials. Embodied carbon accounts for 10% of global energy-related GHG emissions2 and 20-25% of building life-cycle emissions. Mandatory standards for building emissions are not yet established in Asia – mostly due to limited understanding among subnational authorities, insufficient awareness among architects, designers, developers, and building owners, inadequate financing and incentives, and a lack of robust enforcement mechanisms.

By 2028, technical, planning, and institutional tools for LCB will be developed and successfully implemented by key public and private sector stakeholders in all project countries.

– 1.67 MtCO2eq in greenhouse gas emission reductions

– 51 entities incorporating LCB tools, training programs

– 8 policy recommendations will be adopted by governments

– EUR 140 million in investment will be mobilized

– 6,000+ buildings will be assessed, registered, piloted with natural based air-conditioners

– 19,000+ individuals with increased knowledge and low carbon skills

ROA035_Cambodia_Asia_Fact Sheet

ROA035_Indonesia_Asia_Fact Sheet

ROA035_India_Asia_Fact Sheet

ROA035_India-Haryana_Asia_Fact Sheet

ROA035_India-Kerala_Asia_Fact Sheet

ROA035_India-Uttar Pradesh_Asia_Fact Sheet