Assessing the carbon footprint of Gaziantep University's sporium building: A step towards environmental awareness and climate action in Türkiye

Abstract

There are many human activities in our developing, growing, and easier world. The priority in reducing the effects of human activities on the environment is awareness. It is important to measure the direct and indirect effects of humans on the environment to raise awareness and create behavioral change. One of the measurement methods that have been widely used is carbon footprint. The gas defined as carbon is a greenhouse gas. Many studies have been carried out to reduce greenhouse gases and raise awareness on this issue. Within the scope of these situations, it is aimed to calculate the carbon footprint measurement of the Gaziantep University Sporium Building according to the annual natural gas and air conditioning data in Scope 1, electricity and water data in Scope 2, and garbage data in Scope 3.

Keywords

• Carbon footprint calculation
• sport center
• emission
• corporate carbon footprint
• DEFRA

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