"A LEED of One's Own: New Green Building Certification in the Works for Turkey
by Jennifer Hattam, Istanbul, Turkey on 01. 8.10
Design & Architecture
While American readers are used to seeing the LEED label attached to eco-friendly buildings, such structures are identified in other countries by an alphabet soup of certifications -- from BEES and BREEAM to LCAid and SBtool. Next up may be a similar certificate a la Turca that takes Turkey&'s climate, culture, geography, and energy consumption into consideration, giving a boost to the country's nascent green-building sector."
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