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Services by Altensis

ASHRAE Energy Audit, LEED Consultancy

Project Owner Yıldız Holding Building Size 15.000 m2
Location Çamlıca, İstanbul Certification Type LEED EB

Services by Altensis

ASHRAE Energy Audit, LEED Consultancy

Project Owner Yıldız Holding
Location Çamlıca, İstanbul
Building Size 15.000 m2
Certification Type LEED EB

Yıldız Holding Çamlıca Campus, an office campus with approximately 1000 employees, is evaluated under the LEED for Existing Buildings: Operation & Maintenance category as it enters the existing building category within the framework of LEED certification.

LEED for Existing Buildings: A significant portion of the work being done and under way for the criteria specified in the Operation & Maintenance category can be summarized under the following headings:

  • Integrated pest control planning and practices that are not harmful to the environment and biodiversity,
  • Reduction of transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions due to the encouragement of public transportation and provision of facilities,
  • Under the terms of the campus, 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 focuses and the forming of the roadmap for improving energy efficiency,
  • Considering budgetary boundaries according to the roadmap of  energy efficiency improvement, to make economically suitable investments with short  repayment periods 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,
  • Disposal of waste, recycling companies and municipal contracts and protocols made in accordance with the direct recycling.