IV. Uluslararası Gayrimenkul Geliştirme ve Yönetimi Konferansı 2025, Ankara, Türkiye, 3 - 05 Şubat 2025, ss.260-262, (Özet Bildiri)
Climate change, population growth and the scarcity of energy resources have brought about the need for clean, renewable and low-cost energy. This need is also the focal point of sustainability discussions. In the face of changing climates and the rapid depletion of resources, in order to ensure the continuity of life and the environment and to protect against the harmful effects of the climate crisis, it is seen as a necessity to create and use alternative renewable energy opportunities in addition to general environmental management, and to realize the construction and design of buildings in an environmentally friendly manner within this framework. The first international text for the prevention of the climate crisis in the world, the “UN Framework Convention on Climate Change” was opened for signature in 1992, 197 countries became parties to the convention, and Türkiye joined this convention in 2004. Within the scope of the work carried out by the United Nations, the “Paris Agreement ” was signed by 194 countries and the EU in 2015. The Paris Agreement contributed to the prevention of the climate crisis by taking into account the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities and relative capabilities” of the parties. The Agreement aims to keep the increase in global temperature caused by greenhouse gas emissions to an ideal figure of 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrialization period and not exceed 2 degrees Celsius. Türkiye signed the Paris Agreement on April 22, 2016 and finally became a party on November 10, 2021. Within the scope of the international conventions to which Türkiye is a party regarding the prevention of the climate crisis and compliance with these conventions, the “Draft Law on Climate Change” is being prepared. The draft law emphasizes the energy efficiency of buildings, the use of building information modeling, and the construction of new buildings in a way that can use renewable energy, and determines the rights and obligations in these matters and emphasizes their importance in preventing the climate crisis. When international regulations on the climate crisis are examined, it is seen that different standards have been developed in line with various certification systems on environmental protection and energy efficiency. Although some of the commercial real estates currently operating in Türkiye have energy efficiency certificates recognized in Europe and the world, it has been determined that most of them do not carry out any activities within the scope of combating the climate crisis. There is a need to prioritize the achievement of social and institutional gains and their qualities to reduce energy cost elements without neglecting individual obligations in the fight against the climate crisis. Within the scope of the study, the legal regulations, administrative units and certification systems established in Türkiye in order to prevent the climate crisis with international conventions have been focused on; the importance of international conventions and certification systems on environmental management of buildings and commercial real estate initiatives and studies to prevent the climate crisis has been emphasized.