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ELSEYIER Procedía - Soc a and Bchav oral Scicnces 95 (2015) 2253 - 2262

World Conference on Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Sustainability in Construction Sector

Mustafa Yilmaz", Adem Baki�ª·
,
ªTurkish Military Acndemy Civil Engineering Depnrtment

Abstract
i it t t t r i i li 1 i
The concept of "Susta i i nabil y" i defined for he firsl itne tby B udland lReport wh t ch s pub shed inl 989 by Un ted i .
Nations of the World i Conunt ss on on Env ironment and Deve opmen has l been p aced t in he center l of severa , studies
and practi ces Adaptation t , of env is ronmen , and i energy
t i polic es supporting
i economic deve opment not hreatening natura life
int intemational communt tyt makes t i s . ates establ l luuents nsti ut ons and bus nesslt world and i lnon-govermnenral i i
organizations and t other siakeholders
i forcei lto ac a sh s \vay Eco-friend l y and smart buildings i are t the resu of susta i l
nab e environment l policr es n construction sec or il which s w i- dely respons
il i b e fort con umption
l of natura resources r and for
t i
env ronmen pollution.
i Susta
, t nab e constructions ca ledit sma, t buildings i , or
l green bu ding.s are , h techt bu d ngs with , heir
contro and, automation t sys ems. , For i i h s kind , of build ng design s akeholders such as arch ects eng neers andscape t
architects produc imanufacturers l energy
t consultantsi projec
, l managers bu ld ngt users r and i local administrators t are 1
working
i together.
, t The i identification
i t ofr po ential
l i threats and opportun ties t by l fo lowing hese technologt es the se ection of
appropria
t e echnologtcal capabilities for . ihe co npany and ndustry i he acqu s tion of hese echno l og tes froui
t intemal ort
ex ema icompanies
i srr and usa t ge of hemt are required for s rategic i managemen t l of technology
t F nns which make it r
nvestmentsl t on research i t and l deve opmen ac s (R&D) l t in he l construct
t on sel ndu
es y t of he t.future in he world by using
strateg c echno ogy managemen and which can make s po\ve sustainab e o compete n he g obal market will be ab e o
find a p ace for hem v in he marke
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Keywords: Sustainability Green Building Technology Managemenr Consnucriou Indus ry Iunovanon R & D

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l. Introduction
Technological developments begun with industrial revolution have brought an idea about that it could
become dominant over nature After World War II, rapid economic development plans have been put inro practice
in -order
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meet rising needs in urban areas with migration from the country to town , in addition to population explosion .
An unplanned urbanization process has begun by putting into practice these deve l opment polic
i es not
regarding protection of natural environment and adopting the idea about became dominant over nature with l
techno . ogical force Unplanned urbanization as a result of industrialization has caused reduction in green-field ,
gradually increase in energy , need per capita consumption of limited natural resources unconsciously and usage
i
petroleum i
resources intens vely. Environmental ssues including in crease in greenhouse , l ,
gas ernission l
g obal
warming ozone ayer depletion and decrease in biodiversity havei reached global dimens ons as a result of
unbalance between production and consumption caused by unlimitedl production policy of industria revolution
l l their impact were feeling
while i on oca scale. Environmeutal ssues as a result e ls
of current economicr developm
s nt
mode based on ove con umption of, natural resources and destroying i l life has downgraded the soc a wealth st
l
and the standards. of living to the lowe evel of ali time
The worries about rapidlys con uming natura l resources could fail to satisfy the necessities of mankind and
sl about owing clown or even stopping of community developmentc and economi growth as a result of i this;
, i , 1
insuffic ency one <lay have been made a current ssue for the fírst time at Brnndtland Report (WCED 989) in 1
, , s s, , , 989. Although e al it
has been raised doubts in published years today states in titution organizations l business world non-governm nt
i
organization .
and other stakeholders c about the fact that natura resources are limited and human
have a consensus
life s under risk in the world s Sustainability
e concept whi h tcan be defined as "meeting the needs" and expectations
,
of the present without compromil ing futurc generations to mee their own needs and expectations in the
,
Brundtland Report (WCED 1989) has been ocated in ommon denominator ofreconunended solutions.
Literature survey method " was used as basic research method in this article Within the scope of this perfonnance,
future of "Sustainability or "Sustainable Development" concepts which has accepted by stakeholders recently
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and has not denied economic development but has adopted the environmental and energy policies not
threating the natural life, are tried to predict by analyzing the deve opments both at g obal scale and in Turkey,
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2. Literature Rev ew And Hypotheses
2.1. Sustoinobility
, ,
In general, sustainability means using of natural resources in such an equilibrium condition that they do not
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reach decay depletion and unrenewable point and handing down the next generations by developing them In this
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context, sustainability seems to be a concept branding to every field ranging from globa development policy to
usage of energy sources and from production planning to architectura des gn (Hoskara, 2007 in our age
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Sustainability aims to be ab e to a so exist generations in the next century by protecting natural and
,
built environment and taking care of continu ty of human beings and natura resources Osso et al , 1996). At
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the saine time sustainability is a multi-dimensional system which aims increase in life quality of ali people
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through healing the conditions of people with d sadvantages making valuab e bonds among peop e by giv
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ng importance to cooperation and soc a benefit and doing refonn in economics fed from these natural
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resources (Hoskara 2007
Oktay, 2005 Concept fundamentally aims providing equilibrium with respect to human time and p ace in other
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words, equa allocation of world resources among ali nations living things and future generations.
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Sustainability actually foresees a continuous development with chang ng only our consumption habits
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without reduction in our present life quality Being susta nable of this deve opment is a so related to a universa
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solidarity and a democratic and fair allocation In other words; via sus ainable deve opment mode it s
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suggested that total deve opment understanding that aims environmental management soc a responsibility and
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economic solutions by abandonment from being consumer soc ety Fro111 th s perspective t can be stated that
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sustainability has three main dimensions/components called environmental econornic and soci eta Interactions
among each other of effective parameters of susta nab lity which are protection of environment economic
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progression and social fair are dernonstrated in F g 1
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A strategic development can be provided v a ba anced and cons stent synergy of environmenta economic
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and social components of sustainability As eco og cal and socia susta nab lity cannot present without
( , ).
economic sustainab lity it s accepted that social sus ainability s a precond tion of economic susta nability
These three components should be taken into consideration as inseparable parts of a who e beca use of their foil
integrations with each other HKU Architecrure 2002
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Fig. l. Sustainability(Hat1.1999)

2.1.1. Environmental Suslainability

Environmeutal sustainability means giving the world to future generation better than , taken
t pro ecting
ecological balance and natural systems from destruction, (Sev 2009). Iti is t necess ty o take into consideration
l
ecol ogical ba ance and saving in consumption of unrenewable resources. Sustainability of i a resource s dependent
on ability of renewal itself at the saine time, ; For example main thingl in water cyc ie is rise of water v a
.
evaporation and then falling again on the earth after condensation as precipitation One of the prior conditions for
i
continuity l . water; and the air c ear
of this cycle s kept t Thus pollution of wa er, because of waste water agricultura!
pesticides and so 011 and air pollution because of l carbon emission negative l y affect . sustainable ,cyc e of wa ter
In one way environmental sustainability means handing of natural resources to future generations ,without
destruction. For thisl reason
l l detennining
when ; usage eve of natura resources i it must be takent into considerat
on not exceeding ra es of renewal of these resourcesl ,
and rates of these resources for c earance of contaminants
(Patel & Chugan 20 1 3 ). Environmental sustainability ; requires being sensitive in the subjects of

• Pro t ection of aliveness and diversi ty on the earth

,
• Conservation of life-supports systems,
• Sustainable usage of renewable resources,
• Being saving in using unrenewable resources,
• Minimizing hann to the environment and living things , and
• Pro ection of cultura and historical environments (Hoskara, 2007).
t l

2.1.2. Economic Sustainobility

In current modern economic devel opment model, ir is assumed that economic activi ty willi ncrease in the
l
market by increase in buying power of individua s and t thanks o this, increase in Gross National Product
(GNP) will contributei tol indiv dua s. As can be understood from ,its definiti
i l th s t deve opmen
on l mode depends
011 Iimitless production and ,consumption
i i t When t s aken i inro cons deration from l ecologica
, respect l
aforementioned modei requires using ex sting resources as if they are , limitless.
i Nevertheless
t ir s a fac that t
resources which can mee basic need of people are limited and i these resources are gett ng decreased <lay by l<lay
l
without renewal i themse ves
. as resu t of excess, ve usage
i i 011
l the other hand again t s c ear that there are
t
environment problemslt as a result of was es which are resu s of, these consumption
I ,
frenzy (Torunoglu 2003). n
economic process because t production
t l
consumption balance mus be sei by i considering ecoi ogical susceptib lit
es tand social
i ifa r matters, econonuct sus ainab lity s one of thei mos important , subjects iof lsusta nable
l ;
development A susta nab e economic deve opment requires

• Creation new markets and merchandising opportuniti es,

• Decrease in cost vi a providing effic i ency by decreasing energy and resource input in producti on
, and
• Prov ision added value (HKU Architecture, 2002).
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In summary, economic sustainability i s prov

i sion of a steady public andt priva e investment flow with
efficient usage and management of ;resources assessment of economic
i effic ency with social criteria instead of
,
organization profitableness .
(Hoskara 2007)

2 . 1. 3. Soc ial Sustuinability

Social Sustainability which i s the mos

t important target of tsus ainable deve
l opment focuses on somei bas c
t jus related
right and freedom t o being a human, tThe mos prominent ione of bas c right and i freedom s
equality and balance among. generations Resources can be handed t i
down o next generation to sustain their
. their wealthy They will be tsupplied thanks
ex stences and provide t ; sus ainability
o social

• Provided basi c requirements such as work , house, health conditions

, education and cultura
l activities for
each individual l as ong-tenn (strateg
i ,cally)
• Increased life quality,
• Reintegrat ed disabled groups into society, and at the sarne tune
• Pro tec t ed right t o life of future generation (HKU Archit ectur
e, 2002 ).

2.2. Sustainobility Sea/es

In "Conc eptual Roo f of Sustainabi lity" model prepared by "Cons truc tion Envi ronm e ntal Quality Assessm e nt
for Sustainable Time" ) ti l e si ,
(BEQUEST and accepted in intema ona dim n on sus ainability s examined t i t
according o ;covered , field Global l, Territoria
ti , Na onal , Municipal
t, s Stree
c , Con tetru tion Sys ate m and M ne l
rial/Compo , nt 2 sca es (BEQUEST 000).The primary l condition farl a ldeve t opment in g loba , i
sus ainability sca
l c l s
e there s a need far internationa organization whi h has a supranationa authority on con umption of
e
resources e and
al solution of nvironm
i nt t problems,
li i Reg onal sus ainabi
i t tyl s an intenned l la e scat e l
between lig oba a and eerritoria sustainabi
t ty. teM , nagem
li nt of susl ainabled tio
sys , m po tict contro i l and irec n
beca usei erritor aoreresources and propert es , are m e known i t in this lscalel arel mor consl s ent t thanli g obai
sca e. Nationa lsus eainabin tty s an intennediate scar e b twee al (l erritorial
l t andilitmunicipal/
i l
egion oca ) sus i ainab
i
y. It s a scat et in making
t l t witht respec o sus ainability
dec s ons , re a ed o economic,i l
social and politic
condit ions of nations and . deve oping of strategl es lfor application
t , In municipal/regional ( oca ) sus ainability
. t t
a fair sertlement and resource allocation are required for existing sustainability According o municipal sus
ainability principies, in planning of cities and fonning liveable environments, meeting of requirements without i
t t, l t l
damaging environmental values and resources s accepted as basis. Sustainability in municipal, s ree system, and
material sca es are evalua ed in scope of this sca e.
.
2.3 Sustainable Development Strategies
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In a report prepared by internationa organizations in 1 99 1 sustainable development was defined as
i f t l t i t , ; 2 ;
"increase
, in ;human , life quality with the condition of staying in the borders of bearing capac ty of the bounded
ecosystem" nine principies which can be bas s o sus ainable deve opment stra eg es were de ennined (IUCN
1 9 9 1 UNEP 0 1 1t ,
WWF 1 99 1 Sev 2009).
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t f ,
• Showing respec and care for communal living
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• Int creasei n human i life quality,
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• Pro ection o aliveness and diversity on the earth
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• Decrease
i i in unrenewable resource
tt consumption i ,
• S aying n bear ng l capac ty ofthe earth i l t ,
• Change in ind vidual behav ors and thabits, i i l l .
• Prov s on of showing respec o their environment by soc eties
• Fonning a nationa frarne which supplies ntegration between deve opment an pro ection and
• Fonning world agreement according o applicat on of sustainability n g obal sca e
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Enforcement related to construction sector comes into prominence when developing sustainable
development. , Nowadays construction sector has an important place in both ecouomics and,
strategies
employment Following principies of equality and fair is very important in social respect when using fonned
,
living spaces and . field for environmental ,
resources. On the other hand it is an also important resource using
respect , Besides mines such as iron cement and aluminum which are used during construction of the building
,
and maintenance and repair; resources such as water natural gas, and coal which are used in the building during
.
operation of the construction are also the main of the natural resources used in construction sector They cause a
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lot of environmental problems during their destruction processing. Sustainable construction .
sector is required for a
sustainable deve opment

2.4. Snstoinability in Construction Sector

l a lot of buildings for sustaining their

People need , lives during civilization. , These facilities cause
. a lot
of environmenta problems during their construction operation and maintenance and destruction
. ., of energy
Buildings consuming huge amount . and natural resource have and impact on climate change by
affecting quality of air and water in citiesl (Vyas ; et al 20 14) According to 2 010 data, 45% of world energy , and
, used by buildings. When looked environmenta effects
50% of water are l 23% of air pollution, 50% of , .
l
greenhouse gas production 40% of water pollution and 40o/o of so lid waste in cities are environmenta
problems caused by ,buildings (Dixon 20 l O) These environmenta problems caused by construction , i industry
can be substantially decreased via change in the applications. Besides the . most explicit or measurable effect
of industry is on the environment soc o-economic effects of it also cause importan! disadvantages (CIB &
UNEP-IETC, 2002)

Intensive usa ge of natural resources because of activities of construction industry, so li d and liquid wastes and
,
gas emissions at the end of construction and destruction activities have a lot of negative impact on the
environment., These negative impacts can be summarized as consumption of unrenewable resources,
decrease in biological diversity destruction of forest areas, loss of agricultura! areas, air, water and soil
pollution, destruction of natural green areas and global warming.
.
,
Economic effects of construction industry; according to CIB (20 02) report, construction industry with
its strucrure, organizational strucrure, and performance has a potential which can in crease economic
sustainability However, because national organizations cannot compete with international organizations due to
globalization depending on becoming widespread of import material usage; financia! decisions cannot be hold
inside the country and GNP decreases. Construction industry which is not efficient in economic respect, it
also cannot support environmental sustainability because of producing much wastes and not using resources
.
efficiently. Construction industry can increase life quality of low incoming people substantially with job
opportunities thanks to its labor intense nature. It can contribute development of social sustainability by service
,
for preventing poverty in the society (CIB & UNEP-IETC, 2002)
.
,
Otherwise pennanent solutions are not found to problems caused by productions of construction
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industry sustainability and sustainable development are not seen possible In this step, "sustainable
architecture" and "sustainable construction" concepts which serve a systematic approach to subject by
detennining principies strategies, and methods become prominent for finding solution to environmenta problems
caused by build ngs.
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2.4.J. Sustainable Architecture (Ecological Architecture)
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Sustainable architecture s defined as body of activities which minimize , the
. g ven hann to the environment
care about ecological balance, and use effectively materia s water and energy during making using and
destroying, process, of needed construction In sustainable construct ons when protecting. health and comfort
of users
, not threating
l ex stence and future of i natural resources and fonn ng sources after destruction
. for other
constructions
, or fonning
, wastes
l which are not
i harmful for the environment are aimed (Gür 2007)

Energy water and material are basic resources which form main input for the construction Protection of
energy, water and materia which is one of the princip es of the sustainable architecture leads architecture design
Protection of energy wa ter and materia can be prov ded via decrease in unrenewable resources which fonn
input for the
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construction
, or control on wastes which are out from construction (Kim & Rigdon 1998) Besides
construction process both service period and . maintenance
l and repair activities and during destruction control on,
wastes fonned are required huge amount of resource usage By a so considering that human welfare aims in these
all construction sustainable architecture principies are ruled out under titles of "Economy of Resources", "Design,
of, Life Cycle" and "Humane Design", detennined strategies and methods for implementation ofthese principies
are stated in Table 1
2 and 3.

Table l. "Ecouomv of'Resources" Princinle. (Kitn & Rideon. 1998: Gültekin. 2007: Sev. 2009)
Principles Strategies l\1ethods

Energy-conscious urban
planning

a
_g Energy-conscious site planning

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Altemarive sources of energy

Use of low embedded-energy materials

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Daylighting
a
'" Energy-efficient equipment & appliances
� "
o "'
>,
Use of energy efficient appliances with timing devices
§
§ Water Reuse water onsite ( rainwater collection and gray water collection)
u

'" Conservation
. Reduce consumption

a Adaptation existing buildiugs to new

s uses
�
.. ! Material couserviug design and

consrrucrion
i § Incorporation reclaimed or recycled materials - use materials that can be
u recycled

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2.4.2.,Snstainable Construction , i

.
Sustainable construction s application of sustainable development princip es to a building life cycle
from planning the construction constructing mining raw material to production and becoming construction
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materia usage i
destruction of construction and management of wastes. It s a holistic process which aims ito sustain
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harmony between the nature and constructed i
environment by creating settlements which suit human and
support
i economic iequality
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Mode ed concept by Kibert, sustainable construction s present at intersection of components of princip es,
stages (Kibert, 2005), and resources see F g 2. According to thi s model, sustainable construction princip es are
applied to any needed resources at every stage during construction life cycle. On the basis of this model, ir can
be said that consc ous design s p aced at the center of sustainable construction and decrease in effects on
consumption of natural resources and eco og ca systems are aimed
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Table 2. ·'Life Cycle Desien" Principie. Kitn & Ridaon. 1998: Gültekin.
s 2007: Sev.
2009) Principies Strateaies Method
. Land use
s""
�' � Sustainable - flexible building design
'" .eo.
c.
e t
Ma erial choose
r r ra

o
- �) . eo Miuimiziue
il
sire noact
Couse va ion of existing flo and fauna

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s-,
s �
-o •
t r
Was e mauaeemen
u
� � t: Usage
r r
of enes gy efficient uiarserials
;:¡ '"ena "
r r
P o ection
r con truction
Reuse s worke
building componenrs
and marerials
..!.
• -o
. ..... . Adaota ion existina nucrures to new users and uroarams

6: � � r
Recvcle building componenrs sr marerials
and
'" . 1 rucrure
Reuse the land and exis iue infra : . .
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Table 3 .: : Humane Desien" Princiule. (Kim & Rideon 998 Gültekin 2007: Sev
2009) Princ o es :Strateeles Methods
t t
g] § Respect topographical contour
is
� É E Not disrurbing the wa er able
ab � Z " 'g
" � sio Preservarion ex ting flora and fauna
t
o: ou li se
-�
e Avoid pollmion conrriburion s r
Urban De gn Promo on mixed u developmenr
¡¡" Si e Planning t s . t
Provision for hmnan-oowered rransoortarion and desien oede trian oads
j t:
l
Provision hermal. vi ual and acous ic comfort
t
,2 .g
Davliahtina and providina visua connection to ex erior
@i 6 se
·;;; u Provide clean. fresh air
oa ¡¡ ' s
U nomoxic. uon-outeassine materials
:i: " Users
need

2.5. Sustoinoble Construction Industry in Global

Sea/e

Undoubtedly, effect of international public opinion has a great impact on change in habits in
construction industry. Attempts related to resource usage in construction sector particularly in EU and USA
.
public opinion have revived green buildings also in a lot of countries. For instance; ir is obligated to take
precautions to reduce energy consumption in buildings by "Energy Performance of Buildings Directive" (ISO,
2010). By this directive, they are aimed new buildings which will be constructed until 2020 will have used nearly
í t t l , ; i
zero energy and supplied some part ofthis energy from renewable energy sources (Cakmanus et al., 2010).
, i , ,
Buildings which are designed to remove negative effects of construction on the environment and human
t i
health i
are accepted as green buildings (Vyas et. al., 2014). By acceptance that green buildings are buildings which
i
have m nimum effec on the environment t
during their existence (Pa e & Chugan 201 i 3 ) beginn ng from designt
process of the construction during construct on, repair maintenance, and usage period it emphasizes to produce
as a ,.vay that is respectful owards environmental values and respons ble for effect ve usage of resources.

World Green Building Counc l (WGBC) states that a the first time green build ngs rise as a reaction
agains
excessive consumption of energy and natural resources; but in time, green building construction means more
than
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effective usage of energy by changing concept of green building (WGBC, 201 3). India Green Building
Council - IGBC (2012) which is one of the most important green building council in the World, defines green
buildings as "buildings which consume less arnount of water, use at optimum amount of energy, protect
natural resources, produce less amount of waste, and provide to protect health ofliving things than traditional
ones",

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Fig. 2. Sus ainable Cons rucrion Model (Kibert 2005)

Constructions definedh as green buildingso musty mosrprovide detennined standards D (Labout subjects including
sustainable landD planning, usage of lowu embedded-energy
R Est materials,
s e saving water and energy, indoor quality,
presenting healthy and comfortable 1nediu1n, and control of wastes (Erten, 2 01 1 ) . Buildings which can meet
these standards w are certificated.
s Among t ese certificates,
y commR nl s eacceptable
( ones are LEE
eadership in Energy e andteEnvironmental
s which make esign) and BREEAMen(B ildinge alesearch a .abli LhmEDnt Environmental
which
Assessment Method). U S 1 , ain
n ff ns ction env ent
BREEAM hich wa developed . T and put into practicef b Building h esearch ,En ntitut ly BRE) in England in,
1990 is the first exampl of sys m ak sideration.
assessment based on vironm nt st ndards In E program
is put into practice by nited tates Green Building Council (USGBC) in 998 the m target is that
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giving info nation about possible B of co tru
e ects 1 to the z
ironm k to people and g. organizations in
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construction sector and minimize 0 7 these
u effects oday, in great number o T countries oft e World 0in ew
constructed buildings green 7building standard are ztried to t e into con
e a nt no c ' . in ent j r ,
World Green Building Co uncil (WG C) was found in 988 to incentivi euma ing green buildin When
council had 2 member ug countries in 2 0 , n mbers of members become 98 in 20 1 3 . oday, more than g
0
140.00 green buildings and more than 2 .000 member organi ation are found as registered to WGBC
(WGBC, 20 1 3). Green buildings becom n importa eco mi sector in today s world According to vesnn
pro ections esearch they are Iestimated
t that green b ildings will become a sector with 1-trillon dollars ntil 2050
and energy consumed in constructions thro hout the world decreases in 1/3 ratio depending increase in
number of Tgreen
k buildin s (UNEP, 2 1 1 ) . f U
g R u 9.
2.6. gSustainable , Construction ndus ry atl National
g u , u g i z
Sea/e y g h . , .

Also in ur ey that wants to be a member o E these developments in the world were followed closely
and "Ener y Performance in Building egulation" was p blished in 5 December 200 Subjects such as
increasing ener y efficiency srudying usage of renewa ener y reso rces fo ndin building automation
systems, ut li ing from da li ht are placed in t is regulation (Cakmanus et al. 201 O)
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Will about environment protection and saving energy are reflected into the govermnent poli cies via
"Climate Change Action Plan 201 1 - 2023" published . in 2 01 1 Aims such as making heat insulation t 1 in at
leas r buildings, inc easing in renewal
million , energy usage reducing energy usage in public buildings and
facilities at between i t ,
10% - 20o/o until , 2023 andt g ving Energy Identity Document o ali buildings until 2 01 7 are given in this i plan (<:;
$B i
2012). Besides i At leas t 20% reduction in consumption of energy amount i per Gl\TJ> in Turkey in 2023 s aimed
by "Energy Effic ency Strategic Document 201 2 - 2023" which was constituted in 201 2. Another strategic aim
in the document s that at leas one fourth of construction stock in 201 O s becorne renewable construction
until 2023
t (Camlibel, 2013). l ,
t
( Sus ainability
) studies in Turkey are a so supported by Nongovenunental (Í Organizations ,(NGO). In this scope
"Sustainabilityr in Construction l Sector" report was prepared l by Turkish Indus ry and i Business.
Association
, TÜSÍAD and Association of Turkish Building Material Producer r MSAD). In this report
importance of i being sustainable fo buildings , with ess t amount energy consumption
t and ess arnount C02
emission s emphasized t r Besides in aforementioned report; by stating consumption huge amount of ene gy in
production of construction materials, it s stated that in new era Turkey must be echnology-centered ins
ead of production-centered
i in construction sec o (Candemir, 2012). i
. l
There s no a national green ( building
). certificate such as LEED or t BREEAMl in Turkey as in a lot of countr es
in the World Studies , for constituting, an assessment system suitab e lfor country conditions are maintained by
Turkish Green Building Council <:;EDBiK In Turkey, particularly cons ructions be onging to prívate sector
such as organization
( , buildings shopping
t malls university campuses, and houses ead to1 green
, i buildings. When 43
buildings won green building quality by taking LEED and BREEAM certificates in 2003, 150 buildings are
waiting for taking certificate <;;EDBiK 2 01 3). Whils only 3 houses took certificate , in Turkey
t tuntil 20 4 it
s estimated that this i number will be 228 in 2023. In Turkey where more than 7 million houses are t become r need
until 2023 (Camhbel,
2012), cause of low number in certificated green buildings belonging to prívate sector there has no ye been
enough
demand for eco-fr r i endlyt productions because of not existing l enough conscious about thisl subjec
l ather
than unsuitability ofLEED and BREEAM i for Turkey.
i . l
3. Conclusion i, 1 , t t t
Although the e s no yet enough demand ,for eco-friend y production dependingt on conscious i 1 eve. of public
in Turkey;
r in recent years t t via polic es applied by the government, signs of consciousness about
environmental
i lawareness s promising but not enough t. are
i foreseent Int thet questionnaire t which
t was done with
1487 peop e by Sustainability Academy (Sürdürülebilirlik i l l Akademis 2 0 1 t ) it was de ennined while % 7 1 of
participants s a e that green/eco-friendlyt productions
t must be bought ratio of peoplei who , huy these produc
frequently s 9% The %52 differ ence between t them s ates hat although they are aware of consumption, of eco-
friendly productions, . they dou't huy eco-fr l end y productions due to , their high e scos There e s no doubt
e s ha firs
cons ructiont cos s of greent buildings are higher
e s than traditional
i ones. eHowever, . consci ous eve of the public
l abou
when designt and soperationj t of green buildingsl which have l 5°/o-10°/o
t, scos with respec t i to, traditional
c buildings are
le
done
s sta with th s ,vay d they will amortize themselves in 1 - 1 5 years l wills inc ease t a the short .time by
advertisements done s c by ,producer s organization
n i ti NGOs, and the t government
t its In Turkeye bases of egal
infrastrucrure
t r i are found enforcem nt and ncouragem
t l l s nte a related to making xsus ainable cons ruction
. of goverrun
i t
nt are ed
increasi ngc as etim, goes by eBy ncrease in conscious evel of public s abous t thi sub
ti ec ase paralle
, reto
the
t globa r marke exi it
tingt ,unders
i and, ng
l whi h hasit impossib
t , t , s , j t
u inability,
, base on , limitless usa ge of resources in the nationa t r.con truction sec or will change In
the ti l t l t j t t l, , r i
consequences of thi hange con tructio organ za ons. which want o protec i poweri andt compl tition
i l be
obliged
i o ev ew their strategic plans according l o ega tarut nd needs and e pectations of clients r
Accord
r i ng o integrat
i des gn rit ria in the timt period fromt design
l of i sustainable
l , con truction
r o opera on of
thr m diffe nt s akeholde s such as tarch ec s engi neers andscape arch ec s produc manufacrurers energy l con
ultants pro ec managers building users and local administrators are working ogethe Containing
production or process innova on re ated o at eas one sub ec abou materia water or ene gy usage in the
construction g ve important points to construction in the green building certification These kinds of bu ldings are
h gh echno og ca equipment conta ning constructions with their contro and automation systems. Because
cooperation with produce
o gan zations s required for maintenance of hese founded echno og ca systems prefe ence of productions
of o ganizations which have high pos -selling serv ce ability will increase market competition, When ooked
at
2262 Mustafa Ytlmaz and Adem Bak1J / Procedia
- Social and Behavioral Sciences 195 (20/5) 2253
-2262

prolongations of Kondratieff
i Waves which take l its name from Russian economist Nikolai Dimitrievicl
Kondratieff who has theory of "there s a driving techno ogy , lead to every
i wave in
' the economy and growth
deve ops around this technology" prolonged until today by network analysts name of cris s in 2020 s will be ,
"Sustainability"
i and countries and organizations which are prepared for this can covert
, thisi crisis into an ,
opportunity. From now on class cal construction understanding which <loes not consider demands of consumers
which s contractor-centered and which is based on consumption of natural resources as they are limitless will
have to change and an in and out continuous survey will become important
, for recognizing change and
opportunities in the market and choosing proper ones. Because choose, acquisition in or out ofthe organization
and usage oftechnological abilities which are suitable for sector and organization requires an effective
technology management, organizations which make investments to R&D and increase its power and
competition with strategic technology managements will find a place for themselves in construction industry
world at the future.

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