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    Green preservation for historic buildings in the scope of leed certification system : St. Pierre Han
    (Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü, 2015-01) Vural, Dila; Uluengin, Mehmet Bengü
    Istanbul is a historical and cosmopolitan city, which consists of various historic buildings. These architectural, cultural and historical heritages of Istanbul play a major role in terms of city’s cultural and urban identity. The influences of globalization have fostered the rise of heritage conservation as a growing desire to think about the longterm survivability of existing buildings and how they can be carefully maintained, innovatively reused by future generations. Istanbul has many historic buildings, which build a specific extent in terms of their production techniques due to the climatic factors and their urban context. In order to apply green building certification systems to the existing historic buildings in Istanbul, smart and original approaches are necessary. As a result of the rising awareness of building energy consumption and sustainability, numerous means of predicting performance and rating sustainability are developed. There are many methods to evaluate a building in terms of sustainability. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is one of the most populously used Performance Rating Systems. In this study, LEED 2009 for New Construction and Major Renovations (LEED-NC) is the guideline for greening St. Pierre Han in Galata as the case study building. The purpose of this research is to investigate potential advantages and problems of green adaptive re-use of historic buildings in Istanbul. Through a case study, this research not only explores a process for the sustainability evaluation and the certification of a historic building, but also aims to provide wellreasoned and evidence-based strategies for sustainable preservation of historic buildings based on LEED certification system.