Jakarta Post | Wed, 05/26/2010 11:04 AM | Supplement

Currently, green buildings have become a popular trend across the world because environment friendly buildings greatly contribute to the reduction of global warming.
But how about in Indonesia? Do property developers here have a true awareness of the need to construct green buildings? Unfortunately, until now such a concept has only reached the discussion stage. Moreover, large tenants, for example multinational corporations, do not demand that Indonesian developers provide them with green office buildings when they set up business here.

“Actually, based on the large space required by such corporations and the money they spend on renting office space, they are in a position to force developers to build green office buildings,” said Stephanus D. Satriyo, associate director for property and facilities management of PT Cushman & Wakefield Indonesia.

However, although there is no real pressure it does not mean that Indonesian developers are doing nothing about the issue. The Green Building Council of Indonesia (GBCI) was established in 2009 and its members comprise construction professionals, prominent property sector figures, government officials, educators and researchers as well as NGOs that are concerned about the environment.
GBCI is a member of the World Green Building Council (WGBC), which is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and has 64 countries as members. It only recognizes one GBC in each country. GBCI conducts intensive public information and awareness campaigns and issues green building certificates in Indonesia based on evaluation that is specifically designed to Indonesian standards and is called Greenship.

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