An Introduction

I was supposed to write down this at the first time I came to Gainesville (in late December 2009), the place where I began shifting my mind for my future career...  

"...to discover the future, you have to look at the past..." C.K. (1/9/2013 - 05.14 pm ET)

I knew that I have found my interest in Sustainable Construction since I had engaged in my first experience in construction –a small commercial building construction phase.  At that time, I hardly thought to find the effective design of a workshop building to optimize long-term benefits, to put on budget efficiency and to lessen environmental impact.  Although I have not been familiar with sustainability term, I had also found out that it was a part of sustainability concept that I had tried to get –the minimum effect to the environment as well as to the maintenance cost in the next future... 

Something had bugged my mind when I involved as field engineer in a big project for onshore construction of oil and gas plant, I realized that sustainability was the important key factor for every project related with construction activities. I was shocked by direct seeing ex-Lapindo project location during my onshore-break in Sidoarjo—East Java.  Disaster... yes... the local community and it local area had been affected by the impact of extreme hazard just because of unnecessarily construction miss-management.  The mud flood had unfortunately lifted up to the neighborhoods and its surrounding... This major impact had made a total downturn in the community life and of course the economic.  Surrounded by deep sorrow, I had been personally thinking that sustainable construction is absolutely required for engineer’s consideration within projects especially in projects in a country.  

Afterwards, recent worldwide environmental issues has made my self had strong alert that sustainable construction is a significant area of concern; not only to my specific interest in sustainability–focused  in energy management– but also to my country development that will have results in huge contribution for the knowledge internationally.  Recent tendency of sustainability issues must reinforce companies and governments in most country to have their particular standards fulfilled and complied to the international conventions: the term of energy saving policy, regulation for green house effect, and research for the alternative energy due to carbon amount restriction.  Innovations which are focused on these issues, indeed, will strengthen the main objective of sustainability. As consequences, my specific interest in energy management, not only should we know in how much the energy could be saved in every stage of project –from the initial appraisal, construction, adjustment, demolition stage– but also operation and maintenance will have significant correlation in determining amount of energy consumption. The whole activities both in construction and maintenance will significantly contribute to the basic knowledge in a sustainable design. 

Once again, albeit it is as a late start... in fact, it is just a new beginning towards sustainability (t.b. continued)

NB: today's green act: 1.2 miles of biking = 0.04 gallons oil saved.