This
time I will introduce Indonesia green movements that have brought educational
institution to involve in sustainability.
According to this article from GBCI,
in “the Declaration of Interdependence for Sustainable Future” in Chicago 1993,
Indonesia has agreed to implement sustainability in every area. I think I am late to know this… However, the implementation was firstly done
in one of the building construction project for Wisma Dharmala Sakti. The building was done in 1988 and used
Indonesian traditional architecture concept by Paul Rudolph (refer to this
website and this website).
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| Picture 1 Wisma Dharmala, Jakarta. Photographed by: Melissa MD |
Furthermore, launched in 2010—University of Indonesia (UI) —UI Green Metric (refer to this link), has been used as a
challenged to all universities world-wide to involve in the international
ranking of green campus. This
is one of the implementation movements in Indonesia of applying ranking system
to sustainability challenge. By
referring to the guidelines, the USGBC LEED and GBCI GREENSHIP system have been
used as a basic of this ranking system.
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| Picture 2 Criteria for UI Green Metric |
This
is interesting step to invite all universities which are the most fundamental
knowledge center to involve in the green act.
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| Picture 3 UI Green Metric logo |
I think by following this system at
least most people around the world who want to enter university
internationally, know the university at the first sight. As a matter of fact, to
encourage the green university, UI has also implemented the green architecture
and done in 2010 for a library building. (refer to this website).
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| Picture 4 UI Green Library, Depok. Photograph courtesy of Universitas Indonesia |
In addition, Indonesia has also opened a green school under Green
School Community Association (GSCA), further information see this website. This is open to the public and is a collaborative idea
to the sustainability. This school located in Bali and encouraged by a
nature-based school. It incorporates not only the use of bamboo-based architecture
from PT Bamboo Bandung but also green energy to its operational. Again, it is
interesting one of the school goals is to avoid Indonesian rain-forest depletion
(more graphics can be accessed via this website and this website).
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| Picture 5 Green School, Bali. Photographed by: Iwan Baan |
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| Picture 6 Green School, Bali. Photograph courtesy of PT. Bambu Bandung |
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| Picture 7 Green School, Bali. Photographed by: Ahkamul Hakim |
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| Picture 8 Green School, Bali. Photographed by: Iwan Baan |
Energy independence refers to the two systems of renewable energy that are coming from stand-alone photovolataics
system and a vortex hydro generator.
These systems have been claimed to fulfill all energy needs in the
school operational.
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| Picture 9 Solar Photovoltaics, by: GSCA |
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| Picture 10 Vortex-hydro generator, by: GSCA |
It is obvious that some people in
Indonesia especially in the educational field have been trying to implement
sustainability. How about the industry,
probably I need to further investigate the role of Industry in sustainability..
NB: Green Act: 14.4 miles = 0.475 gallons oil
Cumulative 44.4 miles = 1.465 gallons oil
Nice post highlighting some of the sustainably designed educational facilities that have been built in Indonesia. I have always thought that buildings such as the one pictured in Picture 1 are beautiful. However, I just wonder how much maintenance must go into maintaining the building so that there is not overgrowth? In picture 2, the criteria for the UI Green Metric is shown. I understand all of the criteria except "Green Statistic." What exactly does this mean exactly? I really liked the pictures you posted for the Green School in Bali. It looks like a really great natural educational environment setting. It has a very open-concept which I imagine is great for breeze to facilitate through the structure.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks Amanda. I saw the guidelines, green statistic is the sum of SI (Setting and Infrastructure) and Education (including courses offered, publication, events etc.) The total achievable percentage is 33 percent. I still can't figure out the reason why they put them together. Nonetheless, in my opinion, that is just because not every campus offer sustainability stuffs.. Regarding Pict 1, that's a good question considering that slope. I'm wondering right now.
DeleteI really appreciate seeing this post. I am somewhat living in my own bubble here in the United States. I have traveled a little outside of the United States, but primarily to Europe. It is interesting to know that other regions of the world are taking measures for sustainability and trying to mitigate global warming. A concern of mine is that developing countries are trying to play catch-up with developed countries and won't consider the consequences of using dated technologies and fossil fuels.
ReplyDeleteJenn, thanks. I'll be glad to host whenever you travel around south east Asia.. About the green metric, I just found it too. For fossil fuels, we used to be one of the oil exporter under OPEC. However, we left the organization in 2008 since we couldn't fulfill the quota as oil exporter because we should have fulfilled our increasing domestic energy needs. Developing countries drill and sell Oil &Gas usually to pay debts.. Still, both domestic and foreign politics have strong influence in O&G industry.
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