This Is The Criteria For A Post-pandemic Healthy Home From The Ministry Of PUPR

Illustration of a residential complex. (Doc of the Ministry of PUPR)

JAKARTA - The Director General of Housing at the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Iwan Suprijanto explained a number of criteria for healthy homes, especially during the post-pandemic period.

"The construction of healthy houses in the post-pandemic period is very necessary and needs special attention from the community," Iwan said as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 22.

Iwan said, at least there are a number of healthy house criteria that must be met after this pandemic, including the availability of adequate ventilation or windows so that the air in the room can always flow.

Based on SNI, the area of window and door openings is at least five percent of the floor area.

Next up is air quality. The incoming air does not come from kitchen or bathroom steam and uses an air filter to reduce virus exposure.

In addition, he said, thermal comfort is needed by maintaining an average room temperature of 23 to 26 degrees Celsius and maintaining a balance between the volume of air entering and leaving.

In terms of humidity, he continued, to reduce the growth of moss and fungus due to a humid room and poor air flow, there should be sufficient lighting and avoid furniture that covers most of the floor area of the room.

Another important thing is to maintain water quality by providing a source of clean water that is a source of drinking water for residents, also paying attention to the waste water channel not to be clogged, and ensuring that it can flow smoothly into the environmental rainwater channel with a slope of at least two percent.

Another criterion is to reduce noise with a landscape arrangement which also has an effect on air movement as a sound conductor is also needed.

"We continue to urge the public to immediately implement aspects of healthy homes to encourage the creation of a better life in this post-pandemic period," he said.

According to him, the Directorate General of Housing continues to encourage the implementation of healthy housing construction in the post-pandemic period.

This, he continued, is because a healthy house is expected to be able to protect the occupants of the house from exposure to dangers or health problems so that they can move well and occupy their homes comfortably.

Iwan explained, in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, the house became an inseparable part of daily activities because all activities, even work and children going to school and worship were carried out from home.

"The community's attachment to the house is very attached. In order for the house to be a pleasant place, people need to make their residence a palace and make a healthy home in the post-pandemic period," he said.

He explained that a new normal, a new habit, a new life order, a new normal is a term that refers to conditions after the COVID-19 pandemic, thus encouraging people to have the readiness to move outside the home as optimally as possible, so that they can adapt in undergoing new behavior changes. .

As stated in PP No. 16 of 2021, there are four principles of building reliability that must be met in the construction of houses, including safety, health, comfort, and convenience.