Renewable energy, green building and sustainable water management
Abstract
Renewable energy is a current issue in the world as well as in Turkey. Turkey has developing policies in the renewable energy field. Although it is a beneficial mean of obtaining energy, there are barriers on renewable energy production. In order to develop renewable energies, those barriers have to be analyzed and suitable implementations should be developed to overcome them. On the other hand, building sector is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions around the globe. Being green, or sustainable, is one pressing issue coming from both internal and external drivers for construction and engineering companies. Green building has experienced rapid growth in the past several years. To assess how green, or sustainable, the building is, several green rating systems have been developed. Water conservation, efficiency and reuse are becoming increasingly important as the planet faces reduced groundwater and surface water levels, drought and changing climate patterns. To encourage the design and development of sustainable water management in commercial buildings, it is important for regulatory authorities and Councils to incorporate the principles of sustainable water management into development controls and regulatory guidelines to increase the take up of the technologies and practices for new commercial buildings. Support from water utilities is crucial, with a change in mindset from being water suppliers and wastewater managers to complete water service providers.
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