Yeşil Bina Dergisi 9. Sayı (Eylül-Ekim 2011)

54 YEŞİL BİNA / EKİM 2011 SUMMARY GREEN BUILDING / Sustainable Building Technologies Magazine ISSUE: 9 • SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2011 IntervIew The Concept of “Waste” is Undergoing a Change with the Concept “Cradle to Cradle” The Turkey office of the Environmental Protection and Encouragement Agency (EPEA), established in the past months, is planning to spread the concept of Cradle to Cradle in our country. We have been informed about the concept by the EPEA Director for Turkey, Prof. Dr. Hulusi Barlas who says; “The concept of waste should be totally changed with an innovative production method”. Page 20 TechnIcal Latest Trend in Tourism Industry: Green Hotels Touristic facilities worldwide are places that cause a severe amount of energy and water consumption resulting in not only rapid aging due to excessive users but also a need for change... Page 28 Current Current Levent Office Received the LEED “Gold Certificate” Green Business Conference Gathered the Business World Within the scope of “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” granted by the US Green Building Council (USGBC), Levent Office has been awarded Gold Certificate within the category of Core & Shell and received its certificate in a ceremony held recently. Page 12 With its business potential of 6.3 trillion dollars by the 2050’s, the green business and green growth which is expected to play a key role in world economy has been comprehensively evaluated in the Green Business Conference. Page 14 TechnIcal The Importance of Acoustics in Green Buildings The Green Building design and operation procedures, whose implementation has been spread worldwide in various forms since the early nineties following a few pioneer countries, are also on rapid increase within various international certification systems to become an industrial standard in construction sector. Page 48