Xhensila Thomollari, Ümit Bahadır, Vedat Toğan, Onur B. Tokdemir

Reducing water consumption with sustainable building design; a case study

ISSN: 2149-4711
Başlangıç: 2015
Yayıncı: Engin TUTKUN

The increase in world’s population, rapidly social and economic developments and environmental changes are some of the most significant reasons that are leading to water crises. Governments have encouraged appropriate strategy for sustainable water management especially for building since buildings are responsible for 13% of water consumption. Therefore, designing and constructing water efficient buildings gained importance recently. This paper aims to explore the latest methods for improving water sustainability in buildings and show the benefits via case study. Recent successful experiences indicate that green buildings can reduce water consumption up to 40 % as proved in the case study. Keywords: innovative wastewater technology, sustainable building design, water conservation.

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Reducing water consumption with sustainable building design; a case study,

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Xhensila Thomollari1, Ümit Bahadır1, Vedat Toğan1, Onur B. Tokdemir2
1Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. 2Ronesans Holding; Chief Sustainability Officer, Istanbul, Turkey.
Xhensila Thomollari, PhD Student Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Karadeniz Technical University 61080 Trabzon, Turkey Tel: +90 545 913 0965 E-mail: xthomollari@yahoo.com