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window designs. All should be in reference to the green building standard.
4.4.4 Knowledge about Indonesian Green Building Council
Respondents were asked what they know about the Indonesian Green Building Council. Almost all of the respondents did not know about this
organization. The complete responses representing each of the companies are shown in the table below.
Table 4.13 Knowledge about Indonesian Green Building Council
Company Response
Wijaya Karya The majority of the respondents said that they did not know about
the Indonesian Green Building Council. One of them, however, said that the Indonesian Green Building Council is an independent
nongovernment and nonprofit organization that is fully committed to educating the community in applying the best practices to
facilitate the transformation of the environmental and sustainable global construction industry. GBC Indonesia is a member of the
World Green Building Council WGBC, which is based in Toronto, Canada. WGBC currently has 73 member countries.
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The staff underlined their company’s commitment to designing and applying the green principles in the design and achieving what is
supposed to be a green building standard. Green building cannot merely remain a trend; it has to be a lifestyle change. The demand
of the consumer of a green living environment is in line with the planet’s current challenges such as climate change and degrading
environmental conditions. The GBC Indonesia organization is a non-governmental organization meant to apply green principals in
building planning.
Hutama Karya Most of the respondents did not know about GBC Indonesian
Green Building Council. But one of them said that the organization might be an environment department.
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Table 4.13 Knowledge about Indonesian Green Building Council. Continue
Company Response
Waskita Karya The majority of the staff had no idea about the GBC Indonesia. One
of them, however, said that the organization helps building green awareness to the construction company, students and campus.
Adi Karya One of the respondents said that the organization focuses on the
developments which put consideration to the beauty and cleanliness of the environment. The other respondents did not give answers.
The majority of the respondents did not know about the Indonesian Green Building Council. Only one of them said that the Indonesian Green Building
Council is an independent nongovernment and nonprofit organization that is fully committed to educating the community in applying the best practices to
facilitate the transformation of the environmental and sustainable global construction industry. GBC Indonesia is a member of the World Green Building
Council WGBC, which is based in Toronto, Canada. WGBC currently has 73 member countries.
Other respondents explained The GBC Indonesia organization as a non- governmental organization meant to apply green principals in building planning,
help building green awareness in the construction industry, students and campus and focus on the developments which put consideration to the beauty and
cleanliness of the environment. They also reiterated their commitment to designing and applying the green principles in the design and achieving what is
supposed to be a green building standard. Green building cannot merely remain a trend; it has to be a lifestyle change. The demand of the consumer of a green
living environment is in line with the planet’s current challenges such as climate change and degrading environmental conditions.
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4.4.5 The Possibility to Spread the Application of the Green Construction
