OCCUPANTS’ ENGAGEMENT FOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY OF MIDDLE INCOME HOUSING IN JAKARTA-INDONESIA

Abstract

The construction of middle-income housing in the city is an efficient way to land and to
optimize the carrying capacity of the environment. The air quality condition of Jakarta City is still strived
to be better, and this condition will certainly affect the health of the population in housing. In urban
vertical housing, air conditioners become necessary equipment because they can regulate air circulation,
and reduce pollutants from indoor to outdoor. The pollution, such as bad smell and poisonous gas, that
comes from a neighboring unit can affect the comfort of the other units. The purpose of this research is to
assess the occupants’ engagement that influences the community implementing the indoor air quality
(IAQ) sustainability in middle-income housing in Jakarta. This research is conducted by identifying the
characteristic of occupants: managers and residents, exploring the occupants' interaction when applying
healthy living habits in this middle-income housing, and analyzing the occupant's participatory
relationships in optimizing the indoor air quality. The partial least squares method via SmartPLS is used
for the research analysis. The result of the analysis shows that the involvement of both residents and
managers is needed for developing healthy lifestyles, which affect the IAQ in the middle-income housing
units. This suggests that the local government of Jakarta needs to make the community engagement
program a requirement in the middle-income housing development regulations to support the
administrative, technical, and ecological requirements for health sustainability.