Abstract
Certification Systems of Green Schools: A Comparative Analysis
Highlights
Excessive consumption of natural resources due to global warming, environmental pollution and population growth has necessitated a worldwide re-evaluation of the concept of development from different perspectives
It is noteworthy that World Green Building Council (WGBC), which is advancing green buildings firstly as a reaction to energy and natural resource wastage, specifies that this concept has changed over time and the Council emphasizes effective energy use more than ever (World Green Building Council, 2013)
The rules stipulating how a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificate can be obtained can be accessed from the LEED Reference Guide or US Green Building Council (USGBC)’s website
Summary
Excessive consumption of natural resources due to global warming, environmental pollution and population growth has necessitated a worldwide re-evaluation of the concept of development from different perspectives. Green buildings are defined as structures designed to remove the construction industry’s negative effects of on the environment, as well as on the state of human health (Vyas, Ahmed, & Parashar, 2014). This makes it necessary for a building to be sensitive to the environment in view of its design, construction processes, repair and maintenance, as well as the way it uses natural resources. A school building becomes “green” when it saves energy, resources and money, and creates a healthy environment that can support learning. Data generated from this study is expected to contribute to the creation of healthier school buildings in Turkey and to raising individuals who are more sensitive to the environment
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