Strategy to Reduce the Covid-19 Transmission through Adaptation of Greenship Interior Space (IS) Criteria

Abstract

Greenship Interior Space (IS) is a set of criteria established by the Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) as a rating tool for assessing the interior space of a building. It is mainly used as a guideline that needs to be applied to buildings in order to achieve more sustainable design through energy and resource savings. Hence, it is expected to reduce the building operational costs, improve the users’ health and comfort, as well as to leave the minimum carbon footprint. Greenship IS rating tools consist of several categories, i.e., Appropriate Site Development (ESD), Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EEC), Water Conservation (WAC), Material and Resources Cycle, Building and Environment Management (BEM), and Indoor Health and Comfort (IHC). As the COVID-19 virus pandemic continues to spread, these categories need to be reviewed. Therefore, green building is not merely for sustainability but also expected could reduce the transmission of the Coronavirus that causes the COVID-19. This disease is transmitted through direct or indirect contact with the subject, droplets, and aerosols. This research employed a literature study of Greenship IS adaptation regarding the pandemic situation and followed by the critical analysis that focused on the proposed strategies for the criteria by investigating the cause, prevention, transmission, and impact to the interior space. The adaptation of Greenship IS shows the importance of human health must be achieved apart from the sustainability aspect. From the literature review, it can be concluded that the adaptation of Greenship IS is focused on creating good indoor air quality, appropriate material selection, access to nature for the occupants, maintaining health protocol, and regular disinfection in managing the building to reduce the COVID-19 transmission.