Assessment of indoor air quality in Islamic boarding schools (Pesantren) based on Environmental Health Quality Standards (EHQS) in Indonesia

Introduction: Islamic boarding schools needs to take the conditions of the environment into consideration. The standardization of a healthy environment is still neglected in some Islamic boarding schools. This study serves an overview of the importance of evaluating indoor air quality in Islamic boarding school environments. It is in line with the Government Regulation Number 28 of 2024 regulating Environmental Health governance. Methods: A non-experimental quantitative survey-based design is used to systematically assess the indoor environmental health conditions in dormitories. Temperature, lighting-intensity, relative-humidity, ventilation-rate, and particulate-matter-concentrations (PM₁₀ and PM₂.₅) based on EHQS became environmental variables. Four Islamic boarding schools representing different environmental and infrastructural characteristics Darul Muttaqien, Nur Azkia (Bogor), Al Amanah Al-Gontory, and Jam’iyyah Islamiyyah (South Tangerang) were the places where the study was conducted. It was based on The Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in 2023 information stating that West Java ranks first in terms of the number of Islamic boarding schools. Results and Discussion: Every Islamic boarding school environment had different environmental quality characteristics. The measurement of temperature, humidity, PM10, and PM2,5 was found not to be in EHQS. Meanwhile, lighting, humidity in one of the boarding schools and the ventilation rate in the boarding schools fulfilled the requirement stipulated by the regulation. Conclusion: The quality of indoor air in Islamic boarding schools associated with the requirements stipulated in Government Regulation No. 28/2024 concerning Environmental Health showed that not all rooms met the standards of the environmental health quality.

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