TeamworX Team
2 Nov 2025
The industrial sector has been one of the key drivers of Indonesia’s economy, contributing 18.98% to the national GDP in 2024. However, the sector also accounts for roughly 34% of total national emissions.
As Indonesia’s economy continues to grow and the government strengthens its commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2060, industrial facilities must evolve. In fact, the transformation should begin not at the operational stage, but through designing facilities that integrate sustainable and energy-efficient principles.
Adopting sustainable principles in designing industrial facilities
Sustainability in industrial construction starts from the concept design stage, long before the construction begins. Decisions made at this phase determine how much energy, water, and materials a facility will consume throughout its lifecycle.
It begins with determining the sustainability standard as a guideline for the design and construction process. Three primary standards are commonly referenced in designing sustainable and eco-friendly industrial facilities:
LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
GREENSHIP certification by Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI)
SIH or Green Industry Standard certification by the Indonesian Ministry of Industry
Once a standard is selected, the design process continues by incorporating essential ecological and energy-efficient considerations, such as:
Efficient site planning to determine the optimal building orientation, enabling effective land use while minimizing heat exposure that could create a domino effect on energy consumption.
Applying reduce-reuse-recycle principles in energy and water management to minimize waste and operational costs.
Sourcing local materials during the construction phase to lower the project’s carbon footprint generated from transporting building materials.
“Designing buildings to be energy-efficient and positively impact their surroundings should be considered from the very beginning of the concept stage,” says Eka Ahzab, Senior Project Manager at TeamworX Indonesia.
How sustainable and energy-efficient design contributes to business efficiency?
When working on industrial building designs, TeamworX consistently advises clients to adopt sustainability and energy efficiency as core strategies. Beyond environmental benefits, sustainable facilities also deliver tangible financial advantages by lowering operational and maintenance costs.
“Using energy-saving features and technologies helps factories to control operational expenditure and maintenance costs,” Eka said.
One of our recent projects, which received a LEED Gold Certification from the USGBC in 2024. In the construction of the 16,800-square-meter factory, TeamworX played a pivotal role as the consultant for civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) design.
The building was designed to achieve higher efficiency and support the journey toward net-zero emissions by optimizing water and electricity use. For instance, the factory utilizes solar panels to power outdoor lighting, conserves freshwater through water recycling, chiller system selection, O2 sensor and flow-rate control systems and installs double-glazed windows to reduce energy consumption for HVAC operations. These measures not only improve energy efficiency, but also lower operational costs for long-term sustainability.
Other common approaches in designing energy-efficient industrial buildings include:
● Integrating renewable energy sources, such as rooftop solar panels.
● Implementing waste-to-energy systems in the air chiller to convert the heat into usable energy.
● Selecting construction, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing materials with low carbon footprints and low embodied energy.
By incorporating these strategies, factories and industrial facilities can optimize their energy consumption and ensure the operational waste does not harm the environment, all while aligning with Indonesia’s net-zero emissions goal.
