FTI UMN Introduces Sustainable Energy and Mini Solar Panel Workshop for Students

Group photo session at the seminar “Building a Sustainable Future Through Solar Panel Innovation” (Doc. UMN)

Tangerang – On Friday, (29/08//2025) Research and Innovation UMN along with the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics (FTI), just held a seminar and workshop with the theme “Building Sustainable Future Through Solar Panel Innovation”. This seminar and workshop was delivered by Fahmy Rinanda Saputri, S.T., M.Eng., as the lecturer of Engineering Physics at UMN. In addition to gaining an understanding of sustainable energy, students also had the opportunity to build mini solar panels.”

These days, renewable energy is one of the most important issues in dealing with the climate crisis and the limited energy. As one of UMN’s commitments in using sustainable energy, UMN also uses solar panels as one of the sources of energy. This concrete step is part of UMN’s efforts to implement the green campus concept. On this occasion, the FTI UMN had the opportunity to educate students about sustainable solar panel energy.

“Green Building isn’t constructed  just for aesthetics purposes, but  the most important thing is about giving attention to the environment. Green Building design and construction itself has involved  important aspects such as energy, material, water, waste management, etcetera. Considering these, we also have to think about comfort and safety”, said Fahmy. 

Students participating in the making of mini solar panel (Doc. UMN)

Fahmy also explained some of the examples on how to implement the right way for green building such as natural lighting, the usage of water sensory, and carbon emissions from the material. However, green building assessment is not limited to those aspects, as it is also formally evaluated by an industry certification system known as Greenship.

“Beside green building, there’s also another stance which is ‘sustainable building’. We didn’t just give attention to the building construction itself but also the environment and the time period. We had to pay attention to the long-term sustainability of the building and its surrounding environment, which is also taken into account, ensuring that a sustainable building is not only environmentally friendly but also enduring,” Fahmy added.

Fahmy stated that solar is Indonesia’s potential for renewable energy in the future. But obviously, there are things to be considered ranging from efficiency consumption, electricity usage, the calculation of wattage and the analysis of daily electronic usage were also conducted. This energy source is known as solar panels in addition to being environmentally friendly, solar panels are also more cost-efficient for the long term. 

On this occasion, Fahmy invited the students participating in the seminar to build mini solar panels, allowing them to understand how solar panels work. The students were provided with mini solar panel kits and assembled them directly. 

By Rachel Tiffany  | UMN News Service

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