| Abstrakt: |
Green buildings play a strategic role in making an essential contribution to sustainability by increasing energy efficiency, improving indoor air quality, and treating effective waste. However, the implementation of green buildings will be much more effective if the community participates and collaborates in implementing the green building concept in the built environment. The level of community involvement is likely to be influenced by green building literacy, which can be implemented through formal and informal education. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the literacy level of green buildings in Indonesian society, especially among undergraduate students who will later play a significant role in the transition towards massive green building implementation in Indonesia. In order to determine the green buildings literacy, a framework based on the cognitive, affective, and behavior domains is used. We surveyed 466 students across Indonesia from various universities and then analyzed them by gender, year of study, and the type of university (private or public). The results indicate that the cognitive level is still low, where about two-thirds of the participants show a lack of knowledge of green building and expertise related to green building. Nevertheless, 78.2% of participants wish to seek more in-depth information about green buildings, especially to design their own houses, share knowledge about green buildings through their social media, and be involved in organizations that campaign to implement green buildings. The result of correlation analysis implies that behavior is the most important domain compared to cognitive and affective domains. Based on this finding, green buildings literacy can be done in the realm of formal and non-formal learning, with an emphasis on providing a strong behavioral understanding so that the public can participate in the implementation of green building in the future and explore the cognitive domain more deeply. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
