Awareness of the Green Construction

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4.2 Knowledge of Green Construction

In this section, seven questions, ranging from the definition of green construction to obstacles in promoting green construction in the project, were asked to evaluate the knowledge of the green construction concept within each company. The results are as follows:

4.2.1 Awareness of the Green Construction

Respondents form each of the contactor surveyed in this study were asked whether they have heard about the green construction concept. The responses obtained from these respondents were needed to know about the awareness of the green construction concept within each of these contractors. The results are shown in the table below. 32 Table 4.1 Contractors’ Awareness of the Green Construction Company Response Wijaya Karya All respondents in this company had the knowledge about green building. One of them even gave an example of a green construction concept in building construction. Pembangunan Perumahan The majority of respondents said that they have heard about green construction. They gave examples such as changing common construction material, i.e. wood with the other materials like steel pipes or fiber plastic and figuring out how to save energy during construction. Hutama Karya Two of the respondents said that they were not aware of green construction concept, but the others were aware of it. There are simple things that can be done to protect the environment, such as saving energy in the building by turning off light or air conditioner when not in use. Waskita Karya All respondents said that they have heard about green building concept. Examples of this concept are the creation of open space, parks and garden in home and building; construction management without causing negative effects on the environment, building garden in the roof top and minimizing the use of air conditioner. Adi Karya The majority of the respondents said that they have heard about the green construction. They gave examples such as building permanent construction with the advanced green atmosphere and the development of city parks. The respondents in all five firms have heard about the green construction. They gave many examples, such as the construction of permanent building with the advanced green atmosphere, the development of city parks, open space, residential parks and the creation of garden at the yard or on the roof top of homes and other buildings. Green practices can be implemented in construction management which does not cause negative effects on the environment, in simple practices such as turning off light or air conditioner when not in use to save energy, and replacing common construction material, i.e. wood with the other materials which are more environmentally friendly such as steel pipes or fiber plastic. 33

4.2.2 The Definition of Green Construction