It is the structures that use the materials that can be transformed and recycled by making the most appropriate use of the land. Such buildings turn to renewable energy sources and consume fossil fuels as little as possible. As a common feature of the buildings, they have the maximum benefit from daylight. Green buildings refer to both the nature and implementation of environmentally responsible and resource-efficient processes throughout a building's life cycle. That is, environmental impact is taken into account, from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation and demolition.
In other words, it can be described as structures sensitive to ecosystems, in accordance with climate data and conditions specific to that place, consuming as much as needed, oriented towards renewable energy sources, using natural and non-waste producing materials.
A 'Green Label' is given as an incentive for the proliferation of structures to which these definitions are applied. Thanks to these labels, it is proved that a building is green friendly within the framework of standards. At the same time, this label shows that the business operating in the building is also green friendly, which brings green affirmation on the basis of society.
Considering that buildings and settlements are responsible for 40% of CO2 emissions, the main greenhouse gas that causes global warming, we see that architects, engineers and city planners have great responsibilities. The effects of buildings and settlements on the environment are not limited to the CO2 gas they emit. They are also responsible for about 12% of water use, about 65% of waste and about 71% of electricity consumption. The fact that the rates are so high is the biggest indicator of the need for green buildings.
GREEN BUILDING REVIEWS
There are many active green building certification systems in the world. These include BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) that emerged in England in 1990, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) that emerged in the United States in 1998, and IISBE (IISBE), which was established in 1998 by the coming together of developed countries. The International Initiative for Sustainable Built Environment), adapted from BREEAM in 2003 and created in Australia, Greenstar can be cited as an example.
You can find brief explanations of these evaluation systems in the continuation of our article.
BREEAM: Breeam is a green building evaluation method that was created in 1990 in order to evaluate the effects of a building on the environment in a simple and economical way and thus to reduce these effects.
LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification system created by the Green Building Council in the USA.
IISBE: The International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (IISBE) is an international organization established to mobilize existing policies, methods and tools towards a global sustainable environmental structure.
DGNB is a system created in partnership with the German Sustainable Building Council and the United Ministry of Transport, Construction and Urban Relations for the purpose of building planning and evaluation, with a perspective that attaches importance to quality. Within the scope of the DGNB certificate, the evaluation of the building according to various criteria such as the EU's Building Energy Performance Certification, the examination of the building's energy use, other effects of the building on the atmosphere, sustainable settlement, water use, material and resource consumption, indoor quality.
Since the DGNB Certificate includes economic and social factors that are not in the content of other international certificates, it goes above the green level and is called the 'Sustainability Certificate'.
