Browsing by Author "Umdu, Duygu Cinar"

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BREEAM Communities: Criteria Aim Status Strengths and Weaknesses
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2021) Duygu Çinar Umdu; Ebru Alakavuk; Aleyna Koyuncu; Alakavuk, Ebru; Koyuncu, Aleyna; Umdu, Duygu Cinar; M.B. Ahmed , B.A. Abdelhakim , A. Atlas
The point where Sustainable Development and Smart Growth understandings meet with standardization and technology has enabled eco-labels assessment models and guidelines to emerge and become a trend. With Agenda 21 this trend has been well adopted and eco-labels assessment models and certifications have begun to be created for many disciplines. The concept of sustainable neighbourhood strengthened by the development of the Eco-Urbanism concept constitutes an important basis for sustainable urban design and the Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessment (NSA) concept is nourished from this basis. BREEAM stands out as the first example developed when it comes to sustainability models of architecture and urban design. This study is a review on the criteria and indicators purpose status of the BREEAM Communities Model developed for smart and sustainable urban design which is a rising value and the scoring system was examined through BREEAM data and literature. In addition the differences and similarities between 5 different Neighbourhood Sustainability Assessments which are LEED ND CASBEE UD Citylab and BEAM Plus Neighboorhood by 4 organizations from 70 members of the World Green Building Council including BRE which constitutes the BREEAM system were investigated. As a result of all these studies the strengths and weaknesses of BREEAM Communities were determined. © 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Life cycle assessment and life cycle costing approach for building decarbonization by design choices: A case study
(John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2024) Emin Selahattin Umdu; Nurdan H. Yildirim; Poyraz Güzel; Ebru Alakavuk; Duygu Çinar Umdu; Alakavuk, Ebru; Guzel, Poyraz; Umdu, Emin Selahattin; Yildirim, Nurdan; Umdu, Duygu Cinar; Cinar Umdu, Duygu
Decarbonizing the urban environment has two significant challenges: Increasing electricity demand due to the electrification of space heating and increased renewables share in the electricity supply. The European Commission defines a new grid support mechanism for peak-shaving products in renewed Electricity Market Design. This aims to enable a new market tool to stabilize electric supply and demand. This study examines a grid-integrated thermal storage device's technical feasibility and economic performance to meet net zero building (nZEB) definitions. Alternative scenarios considering current national nZEB targets present energy market options and regulations are compared using the life cycle cost and the global warming potentials over the building lifetime. The results show that better building performance is possible even with a low investment increase of 6.7% compared to minimum building standards based on regulations. This enables older building cases to perform similarly with new building targets for Turkish National nZEB. Building electrification using heat pumps and thermal storage systems gives similar economic performances in the long term when a dynamic electricity tariff is available. Adapting the life cycle approach to decision-making in construction contracts can lead to a 50% decrease in building emissions while staying within the same construction budget. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Residents' awareness and knowledge of sustainable smart cities
(EDP Sciences, 2023) Ebru Alakavuk; Duygu Çinar Umdu; Aleyna Koyuncu; Nilay Derya Baro; Alakavuk, Ebru; Umdu, Duygu Cinar; Baro, Nilay Derya; Koyuncu, Aleyna; M. Pushkarev
Sustainable and smart city studies are issues that local governments business circles and the academic community often deal with regarding city and neighborhood developments. Various grant calls and research studies on the subject are frequently made and its importance in the professional field is increasing. However in these studies where the society stands is often questioned. In addition consumers and users are critical to realizing a sustainable and energy-efficient world. These users and consumers can be defined as an urban society in cities. Awareness knowledge and participation of city residents about sustainable and smart cities will play a significant role in the city's journey to be sustainable and smart. In other words increasing society's awareness of sustainability will change attitudes and habits and make the city's structure more sustainable and smarter. In this study A 28-question survey was conducted with 518 participants on the society's perspective and knowledge of sustainable smart urban areas. It was found that the participants had general knowledge and awareness of sustainability. However they had partial and little knowledge about sustainable urban development and smart city practices and only 15.31% of the participants knew all the terms such as sustainable environment sustainable society and smart life related to these concepts. While some of the results are compatible with each other many of them are contradictory. Different studies can be done based on these contradictions. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.