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FuturArc Prize 2023: First Place Winner and Merits from Indonesia Revealed

15 MAY 2023 – Following hundreds of submissions from all around the globe, the international Green design competition of FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2023 finally revealed its winners and merit recipients at the event of BCI Asia Awards (BCIAA) Indonesia, which was held last Thursday, 11 May 2023 at Raffles Jakarta. This cycle of FAP was […]

At G20, Indonesia signs a Joint Statement on the Green Transition Initiative with the Republic of Korea

18 NOVEMBER 2022 – In the framework of holding the 2022 Group of Twenty (G20) summit, Indonesia’s Minister of Public Works and Housing (PUPR), Basuki Hadimuljono and South Korea’s Minister of Environment, Han Wha-jin signed a Joint Statement on the Green Transition Initiative in Nusa Dua, Bali on Monday, 14 November 2022. The joint statement […]

Four public schools in Jakarta revitalised as pilot Net Zero buildings

5 OCTOBER 2022 – According to Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan, public schools make up the majority of building typologies owned by the Indonesian government. In the capital city alone, there are a total of 1,804 public schools to serve its school-age population, from primary level to high school—approximately 2.4 million children and youth or five […]

FuturArc Prize 2022: Indonesian runner-up & two Merits awarded

23 AUGUST 2022 – Three teams from Indonesia received FuturArc Prize (FAP) 2022 awards on Tuesday, 23 August 2022 at the event of BCI Asia Awards, held at the Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place Ballroom, Jakarta. The cycle’s theme of Reinterpretation asked students to propose transformations for an existing empty or underused building, imbuing it with new […]

The importance of rehabilitating mangroves for ‘blue carbon’

26 JULY 2022 – Every year over the past two decades, Indonesia has been losing 13,000 hectares of mangroves, which is an amount larger than the city of Paris. Spanning about 3.4 million hectares in total, Indonesia’s mangroves account for over 20 percent globally and cover 40 of the 54 true mangrove species—currently recorded as […]

Bio-based construction: What can be done for now?

28 JUNE 2022 – It is a well-known statistic that the construction sector contributes to almost 40 per cent of all carbon emissions, and at least 11 per cent of emissions is attributed to the use of materials. One of the ways to decarbonise the industry is developing products with low embodied carbon, including bio-based […]

Encouraging Green commitments and investments at BCI Equinox Jakarta

19–20 MAY 2022 – Returning after two years of being delayed due to the pandemic, the sixth BCI Equinox event in Indonesia was finally held at The Hall, Senayan City Mall in Jakarta on 19–20 May 2022. Drawing over 1500 registrants, BCI Equinox Jakarta featured 27 curated product vendors alongside 5 industry associations in the […]

Renovating a heritage worship space to reach Green targets

Indonesia’s national mosque, Istiqlal, has undergone a retrofit to significantly lower its carbon footprint, with an estimated impact of 476.22 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) per year. The heritage building was designed in 1955 by architect Friedrich Silaban, then began its construction in 1961 until full completion in 1978. The most recent refurbishment was […]

Indonesia’s capital city move leaves many questions unanswered

25 MARCH 2022 – The plan to move Indonesia’s capital city has been met with apprehension from the public at large, considering the abrupt speed with which it unfolded despite the lack of official feasibility study documents being opened to the public. The move has been touted as a solution to the myriad of environmental […]

Recognition of indigenous territories for Nature preservation

INDONESIA – There are an estimated 50–70 million indigenous peoples (IPs) in Indonesia, which amounts to 18–25 per cent of the country’s overall population. Many communities practice traditional wisdom in managing the natural resources of their land, in line with Nature preservation and maintaining environmental balance. According to latest data in August 2021, there are […]

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