Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) inaugurated two professors on Tuesday (Jun. 3) at the Senate Hall, UGM Central Office. Both Professor Faridah and Professor Nazrul Effendy are from the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Faculty of Engineering (FT UGM).
In her inaugural speech, Professor Faridah delivered a lecture titled “Smart Building Instrumentation for Energy Efficiency Towards Zero Energy Buildings: The Role of Engineering Physics for the Future of the Built Environment.”
According to her, global climate change poses a threat to human sustainability due to global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions, the majority of which originate from the energy sector. Indonesia aims to reduce emissions by up to 41% by 2030.
Low-carbon development has become a crucial step toward achieving net-zero emissions by 2060, and the building sector plays a pivotal role in this effort.
“The building sector in Indonesia accounts for 36.7% of national energy emissions, with 90% of it coming from fossil-fuel-based electricity consumption. This is the background for promoting the development of zero-emission buildings,” she said.
A Zero Energy Building (ZEB) is a building with very low energy consumption, designed to meet all its energy needs through the use of renewable energy sources, particularly those generated on-site.
In general, a building is considered a ZEB if, over the course of one year, the energy it produces from renewable sources is equal to or greater than the energy it consumes.
“This concept not only focuses on efficiency but also emphasizes energy independence and environmental sustainability,” she stated.
In the face of climate change and limited resources, the sustainable development approach is becoming increasingly important. The concepts of smart and intelligent buildings have emerged as approaches that integrate and optimize building performance by considering the entire building life cycle.
“Intelligent buildings are responsive, flexible, and adaptive to the changing needs of occupants, with the ability to support productivity and environmental sustainability,” said Professor Faridah.
Also from the same department, Professor Nazrul Effendy delivered a speech titled “The Role of Artificial Intelligence Systems in Supporting the Development of Industry 4.0 and Smart Healthcare.”
Professor Effendy explained that artificial intelligence (AI), which played a major role in Industry 4.0, is now evolving into Industry 5.0. AI is not only used in sectors such as manufacturing and network technology but also has applications in the healthcare industry.
AI can be utilized in a range of applications, including disease diagnosis support, medical image analysis, drug discovery, personalized medicine, medical robotics, electronic health records, clinical trials, and disease outbreak prediction.
He also presented several AI-powered healthcare technologies, such as skin cancer diagnostics and wearable devices for monitoring patient conditions. AI has also been developed for diagnosing brain tumors through MRI images, detecting glaucoma, and diagnosing lung cancer.
“Artificial intelligence systems have great potential for continued development and application across multiple fields that are relevant and beneficial to the nation,” he concluded.
Author: Tiefany
Editor: Gusti Grehenson
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