Circular Economy and Eco-Innovation Solutions for Low-Carbon Buildings in Turkey

Tez Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: University College London, Bartlett School of Environment Energy and Resources, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, İngiltere

Tez Danışmanı: Prof Dr Catalina Spataru

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2017

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Desteklendiği Program: Diğer

Özet:

European Environment Agency (EEA, 2016) indicates that although Turkey has lower Domestic Material Consumption (DMC) than the European average, the resource productivity of Turkey is also lower than European countries. In order to increase productivity and achieve sustainability, the R’s principles (reduce, reuse, recycle) of the circular economy should be implemented. The energy intensity of Turkey has been growing in recent years. Buildings’ construction processes and materials have significant importance to reduce this energy intensity. Providing buildings which have lower energy demand and using life-cycle assessment technics will probably help to increase productivity. Therefore, this paper aims to analyse possible eco-innovation solutions for efficient low-carbon buildings and ways to implement circular economy principles in Turkey. Moreover, this study contributes to the circular economy research in the built environment in Turkey. Firstly, the current overview of Turkey has been examined and circular economy practices have been reviewed. Then, the theoretic city model for Kayseri has been introduced and the framework of the model has been established. Finally, conclusions and suggestions have been provided for the circular construction chain in Kayseri. It was determined from the study that three enabler tools which are policies, funding and awareness & collaboration could help to implement a circular city model in Turkey.