ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN BUILDINGS

Everyone will be able to access the “Energy Performance Label” of their buildings.

British Council, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation,carried  out a project, “Tend Your Building, Save Money,” for public awareness raising on energy efficiency in buildings.

Through this project, British Council, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation, aimed  to inform the building owners of the “Energy Performance Label,” which has become compulsory for the new buildings and which needs to be attained until 2017 for the existing buildings. The project, took  the UK model as its foundation, aimed to facilitate everyone to acquire information on their buildings, as well as provide suggestions for proper and effective improvement.

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A Software Programme:

A software programme, accessible to everyone,  by entering simple and basic data into this programme, you will be able to obtain the unofficial “Energy Performance Label” for your building, and see the suggestions on how you can improve your building’s performance.

You can now access the Energy Efficiency in Buildings Self Certificate Software Programme here

What is the Energy Performance Label?

It is a document containing the minimum energy requirement, energy consumption classification, insulation details and the efficiency of heating and/or cooling systems of the buildings, in accordance with the “5627 No. Law of Energy Efficiency” and the related “Energy Performance Regulation in Buildings,” initiated for using energy and the energy sources efficiently and effectively, preventing energy waste and protecting the environment.

“Public Awareness Raising Meetings” in 7 cities

PUBLIC AWARENESS RAISING MEETINGS’ IN SEVEN CITIES

Public Awareness Raising meetings organised in seven cities in order to demonstrate how the software programme will be used, and provide information on the importance of energy efficiency, short-term and long-term reflections on the budget, and answer questions from the participants. The meetings facilitated by trained representatives from the Ministry Province Directorates.

A two-day training was held on December 2011 in Ankara for representatives from 20 Ministry Province Directorates for providing information on the software programme, and general information on energy efficiency, climate and environment that would serve as the basic content for “Public Awareness Raising Meetings.” The seven cities were also determined in this meeting.

Stakeholder meetings were held in Afyon, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bursa, Çanakkale and Kahramanmaraş in January, which helped established a platform for collaboration with potential stakeholders. Under the facilitation of representatives from each city, and with the support of such stakeholders as universities, non-governmental organisations, media and local governments, Public Awareness Raising Meetings were held in Artvin, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Bursa, Çanakkale and Kahramanmaraş in February.

Presentation facilitated by representatives from the Ministry Province Directorates can be viewed here

Photos of the Public Awareness Raising Meetings can be viewed here

Photos of the Project Closure Meeting Antalya can be viewed here

Please find more about the meetings

You may find below the details of the of the Public Awareness Meetings

BURSA
Venue: TMMOB Mühendisleri Odası
Adress: BAOB Yerleşkesi Odunluk Mahallesi. Akademi Caddesi N0:8 A! BLOK   Nilüfer Bursa
Date: 16.02.2012     Time: 14:00

ÇANAKKALE
Venue: Çanakkale İl Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü Mehmet Akif Ersoy Toplantı Salonu
Address: Kayserili Ahmet Paşa Caddesi
Date: 24 02.2012  Time: 14:00

ANTALYA
Venue: AKM Perge Salonu
Date: 28 Şubat 2012    Time: 15:00

ANKARA
Venue: IMO Insaat Mühendisleri Odası
Adress. Necatibey Caddesi No:57 Kızılay / Ankara
Date: 29 Şubat 2012   Time: 14.00

AFYON
Venue:Afyonkarahisar  Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık İl Müdürlüğü Binası
Address. Ali Çetinkaya Mahallesi, Ali Çetinkaya Bulvarı Merkez / Afyonkarahisar
Date. 01 Mart 2012  Time: 14:00

KAHRAMANMARAŞ
Venue: Esnaf ve Sanatkarlar Odası Birliği  Binası 5. kat toplantı salonu
Address: Menderes mahallesi Veysal Karani caddesi / Kahramanmaraş
Date: 2 Mart 2012  Time. 14:00

ARTVİN
Venue: Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar Kültür Merkezi
Address. İnönü Caddesi
Date: 8 Mart 2012   Time: 10:00

For further information about the project, please contact esra.saruhan@britishcouncil.org.tr

COMPETITION!

Our competition “PROJEMiZE iSiM ARIYORUZ; SiZLERDEN ONERi BEKLiYORUZ !”(Suggest a Name for Our Project!) ended on 12 December 2011

A total of 322 proposals were evaluated, and the winner was Sami Melih Yıldızoğlu, joining from Ankara, with his proposal to name the project “BİNANI GÖZET, ENERJİDE TASARRUF ET” (Save Your Building, Save Energy). You will be able to see this new project title on posters, brochures and all other printed and online project materials.

We thank all the contesters who have participated in our competition.

INFORMATION

For further information about the project , please contact  esra.saruhan@britishcouncil.org.tr