Examination and proposals on Turkish applications of LEED and BREEAM as criteria based assessment and certification methods

The study with a subject ?Examination of Energy Efficient Housing Codes in Foreign Countries and Adaptation in to Turkey Conditions? conducted through four chapters.In the first chapter; the study was described through the purpose, the coverage and the method used for the study.In the second chapter; under the heading of `The Concept of Sustainability and Constructıons? Sustainability?, the definition of the concept of `Sustainability? was made by referring the arising period of it. And also the methods used to measure the sustainability of the constructions were mentioned through the cited sustainable construction principles. The mostly used ones of the `Assessment and Certification Methods through Criteria?; BREEAM and LEED were compared by surveying them in the frame of their basis and operating process.In the third chapter; the available samples of BREAM and LEED applications were examined and some advices on a method possible to be evaluated for Turkey were given through the applications, in the content of studies going on in Turkey on constructions? sustainability.In the fourth chapter; assessment and conclusion parts are included.Keywords: Sustainability, sustainability of constructions, criteria based assessment and certification methods, BREEAM, LEED