• Silver

Services by Altensis

ASHRAE Energy Audit, LEED Consultancy

Project Owner Grundfos Pompa San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti. Building Size 7,100 m2
Location Gebze, Kocaeli Certification Type LEED EB

Services by Altensis

ASHRAE Energy Audit, LEED Consultancy

Project Owner Grundfos Pompa San. ve Tic. Ltd. Şti.
Location Gebze, Kocaeli
Building Size 7,100 m2
Certification Type LEED EB

Grundfos Turkey has been awarded with Silver (Silver) level certification in LEED for Existing Buildings: Operation & Maintenance category. An important part of the work being done and carried out for the criteria specified in the certification system can be summarized as follows:

  • Reduction of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions due to the encouragement of public transportation and provision of facilities,
  • Establishment of green areas with plants that need local water sources or a few water sources adapted to local climate conditions,
  • The external lighting power is pulled below the maximum values specified by LEED,
  • Replacement of luminaires used in exterior illumination with luminaires that will not cause light pollution,
  • Conversion of water-consuming faucets and reservoirs to models with values below the maximum values specified by LEED,
  • Establishing a system that creates opportunities for continuous improvement on the basis of continuous follow-up of water consumption according to usage area within the weekly periods and monitoring of trends,
  • The detailed energy efficiency studies of energy-consuming main systems of buildings in accordance with the ASHRAE standards, the identification of energy saving areas and forming the roadmap for improving energy efficiency,
  • Considering budgetary boundaries according to the roadmap of energy efficiency improvement, it is possible to follow up with relatively short period of repayment economically and make suitable investments and monitoring the results of energy consumption,
  • The use of cooling fluids which are not harmful to the ozone layer and have at least a minimum contribution to global warming,
  • Establishment of simple counter systems that will enable the energy consumption values to be tracked separately on a system basis,
  • The procurement of electricity from renewable sources of electricity from a supplier that produces electricity,
  • The preference of energy efficient products with low energy consumption values in electronic products and adapting them to general purchasing policy,
  • The preference for low-crowd fluorescent type lamps and adapting to general procurement policy.