Jakarta has been growing rapidly and with this growth high skyscrapers and many other buildings such as apartments, malls and hotels have been growing along. Construction companies have their hands full and it is not only Jakarta that is growing.

INA, as bilateral Chamber of Commerce between Indonesia and the Benelux, wants to promote European technology and expertise in green building in Indonesia to strengthen the position of European companies in the growing Indonesian construction market. This promotion will be done by forming a European Green Building Consortium consisting of construction companies, energy consultants, electrical suppliers and everyone who covers the aspect of green building. The European Green Building Consortium will help the building owner ‘go green’ by:

• Green building construction and engineering;
• Green building standard facilitation;
• Green building consultancy;
• Energy analysis and optimization;
• Day light analysis and lighting optimization;
• Materials use optimization;
• Efficient water management,
• Fundamental and enhanced commissioning.

Besides sharing knowledge and expertise working on sustainability seems to be technically feasible and financially attractive. Green building uses a special structure and process that is environmentally responsible during a building’s life cycle. Within this life cycle you can think of sustainable building materials such as low-energy lighting, solar panels, wind turbines and multi-layered glass.

By putting up the European Green Building Consortium INA wants to stimulate business in the economic co-operation between Europe and Indonesia.

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