Ecomasjid: The First Milestone Of Sustainable Mosque In Indonesia

On November 11 2017, MUI (Indonesian Council of Ulama), DMI (Indonesian
Mosque Council) have launched the national program named eco masjid. Eco
masjid is a program of sustainable mosque through efforts to preserve the
environment and natural resources oriented to on aspects of idarah
(management), imarah (prosperity activities), and ri’ayah (maintenance and
facilities) which dominantly related to its building. In Indonesia, sustainable
building principles are widely promoted by GBCI (Green Building Council
Indonesia) and have been applied in various types of buildings. However, it has
been realized that the study on the implementation of sustainable principle in
the mosque is very rare. The research was carried out qualitatively by using
direct observation on the pilot mosque to capture all implemented
sustainable building principle. Based on the questionnaire to 44 participants
which reflected 44 DKM (Dewan Kemakmuran Masjid), the result came up
that applying water efficient faucet, using the LED lamp and sticker posting
are the most achievable sustainable practices in the existing mosques. The
authors suggest to all related bodies to determine the standard on how to
assess the implementation of eco Masjid program.