City and Regional Planning / Şehir ve Bölge Planlama
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Article Citation - WoS: 5Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure Techniques for Sustainable Campus Design(Gazi Üniversitesi, 2011) Saygın, Nicel; Ulusoy, PelinThis study focuses on sustainable water resources management among extensive sustainable campus design principles. Water is a non-renewable asset for our increasingly arid geography due to reasons such as global warming. The sustainable approach to water resources consists of reclamation and capture of rainwater/stormwater, treatment and reuse of wastewater, protection and enhancement of groundwater quality and natural water bodies (creeks, streams, rivers, lakes and others) and creating water-efficient landscapes. Green infrastructure systems provide natural drainage and infiltration, prevent floods, improve water quality, and enhance ground water. In this study rainwater/stormwater is treated as a non-renewable resource instead of wastewater. This water resource can be captured and reused for different purposes such as irrigation, groundwater recharge, green corridors and landscape amenity by integration of rainwater/stormwater features into the site design. This study develops strategies for use of green infrastructure systems and recommendations to guide the implementation of these strategies. As a case study, first the current state of stormwater sustainability at Izmir Institute of Technology (IYTE) Campus, located in Gulbahce-Urla (Izmir), is discussed. Then, to improve and sustain the hydrologic balance, green infrastructure best management practices (BMPs) for IYTE School of Architecture grounds are developed as a pilot study of an ongoing masters thesis.Article Economic Impact of Exergy Efficient Building Block Design(IJCEAS, 2017) Mert, Yelda; Saygın, Nicel; Mert, Süha OrçunEven after the end of 20th century, the details of connection between energy especially energy production-and the environment were not fully understood. The population growth in last thirty years, undeniable climate changes and the starvation of non-renewable energy source reserves leaves no room for doubt, however: energy and environment share a strong and significant connection. This perspective is especially important in the world of economics, considering the cost of energy for end users. This study covers the economic impact and gain of applying exergy efficient planning to a building block. The study hereby undertakes a case study to show that an efficient planning can help save energy, and thus money. The existing blocks of the chosen case had 2% energy efficiency, while the designs proposed in the study have 10-11%. The findings in this study show that an 8 % improvement in the exergy efficiency of the building block results in 780.05TL saving for a single housing. This sums up to 54.603,49TL for the building block annually.Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Exergy Analysis of Mass Housing Areas: Mavişehir I and Ii, Izmir(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2015) Mert, Yelda; Saygın, NicelIn this study, in terms of urban design, an exergy analysis of Mavişehir mass housing area in Izmir, Turkey is carried out based on spatial properties, shadow effects, wind effects and local climate to understand the importance of design strategies. The exergy analysis is applied with broad consideration covering the heat loads of the separate buildings for winter and summer. When the exergy results of Mavişehir I and Mavişehir II are compared it is found that Mavişehir II has less exergy by fuel and exergy load values. This may result from different design strategies in Mavişehir I where the same buildings and villas between residential buildings are located according to sea view, whereas in Mavişehir II, there is a heterogeneous pattern with various forms and heights of the residential buildings. It was also discovered that exergy efficiency of the area is 4.20% and the exergy flexibility factor is 19.3%.