Environmental monitoring and policy for sustainable public facilities: case study of a hospital in Yogyakarta

Abstract

Sustainability is one of the most important issues in the recent year for almost all country in the world. Good environmental monitoring and policy is needed to meet the sustainability. Hospital is one of the most important public facilities, especially during pandemic situation. Therefore, environmental monitoring for this building is necessary. The purpose of this research is to know the monitoring result of a hospital in Yogyakarta by using government regulation. Effluent of wastewater (BOD, COD, TSS, TDS, Coliform, etc.), ambient and emission air quality (SO2, NO2, CO, particulate, etc.) and solid waste management are investigated periodically by using standard regulation. The findings of the present study showed that almost all tested parameters are under the permitted level of the local regulation (Yogyakarta Province). Best practice of the hospital should be considered as a good contribution in term of sustainability.