SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS AS DECISION SUPPORT IN BUILDING DESIGN

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 66 - 91, 25.02.2020

Gülşah Doğan

Abstract

Nowadays environmental performance has become an important criterion in building design with the acknowledgement of negative environmental impacts of buildings. What is expected from the environmental performance of a building is that the resource consumption associated with building processes and the effects of this consumption on people and the environment are minimized, while the total building quality and life quality are maximized. At the point reached today, in order for the environmental performance of a building to be sustainable, it is necessary to make the most appropriate design decisions in the design process in terms of environment and human and to evaluate these decisions on the basis of relevant sustainability targets. In this context, Building Sustainability Assessment Tools (BSAT) have gained importance as the tools have been used in determining the environmental performance of the building qualitatively and/or quantitatively and in establishing how sustainable they are. These tools can also make serious contributions to the sustainable design process in making design decisions and in evaluating the results of these decisions, thereby in selecting the optimum choice among the sustainable design alternatives. This research aims to discuss the potential of using the tools used for building sustainability assessment as decision support in building design. Motivated by this purpose, the roles of sustainability assessment tools in the building design process were evaluated based on the scope and features of those tools that can provide decision support, by making up-to-date research studies. Revealing the promised benefits of the use of sustainability assessment tools and to clearly defining their roles in the sustainable architectural design process is important from the perspectives of supporting the designers in achieving the goal of sustainability and integrating the sustainability assessment tools into the architectural design process for providing decision support. In order to create a more livable built environment, sustainability assessments, which provide data base to the architectural design process have become important tools that support sustainable architectural design thinking.

Keywords

Sustainable Design, Environmental Performance, Decision Support, Sustainability Assessment Tools

BİNA TASARIMINDA KARAR DESTEĞİ OLARAK SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK DEĞERLENDİRME ARAÇLARI

Abstract

Günümüzde yapıların olumsuz çevresel etkilerinin kabul edilmesiyle birlikte bina tasarımında çevresel performans önemli bir kriter haline gelmiştir. Bir yapının çevresel performansından beklenen, toplam yapı kalitesi ve yaşam kalitesi maksimize edilirken, yapı yapma süreçleri ile ilişkili kaynak tüketiminin ve bu tüketimin insan ve çevre üzerinde yaratacağı etkilerin minimize edilmesidir. Bugün gelinen noktada bir binanın çevresel performansının sürdürülebilir olabilmesi için, tasarım sürecinde çevre ve insan açısından en doğru tasarım kararlarının en uygun aşamada verilmesi ve bu kararların ilgili sürdürülebilirlik hedefleri temelinde değerlendirilmesi gerekmektedir. Bu kapsamda, Bina Sürdürülebilirlik Değerlendirme Araçları (Building Sustainability Assessment Tools-BSAT) yapının çevresel performansının nitel ve/veya nicel olarak belirlenmesinde ve ne kadar sürdürülebilir olduğunun ortaya konulmasında kullanılan araçlar olarak önem kazanmıştır. Söz konusu araçlar ayrıca, sürdürülebilir tasarım sürecinde, tasarım kararlarının oluşturulmasında ve bu kararların sonuçlarının değerlendirilmesinde, böylelikle sürdürülebilir tasarım alternatifleri arasında optimum olanın seçilmesi yönünde ciddi katkılar sağlayabilmektedir. Bu araştırma, bina sürdürülebilirlik değerlendirmesi için kullanılan araçların bina tasarımında karar desteği olarak kullanılabilmesi potansiyelini tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla güncel araştırma çalışmaları yapılarak karar desteği sağlayabilecek araçların kapsamları ve özellikleri temelinde sürdürülebilirlik değerlendirme araçlarının bina tasarım sürecindeki rolleri değerlendirilmiştir. Sürdürülebilirlik değerlendirme araçlarının kullanımlarına ilişkin potansiyel faydalarının ortaya konulması ve sürdürülebilir mimari tasarım sürecindeki rollerinin açık bir şekilde tanımlanması, sürdürülebilirlik amacına ulaşmak konusunda tasarımcıları desteklemesi ve sürdürülebilirlik değerlendirme araçlarının karar desteği oluşturacak şekilde mimari tasarım sürecine entegre edilmesi yönüyle önemlidir. Daha yaşanabilir bir yapılı çevre oluşturmak üzere mimari tasarım sürecine veri desteği sağlayan sürdürülebilirlik değerlendirmeleri bu şekilde sürdürülebilir mimari tasarım düşüncesini destekleyen önemli araçlar haline gelmektedir.

Keywords

Sürdürülebilir Tasarım, Çevresel Performans, Karar Desteği, Sürdürülebilirlik Değerlendirme Araçları

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