A Model for Testing the Performance of Building Products in Conjunction with Environmental-Ecological and Legal Obligations using the Systems Approach in Building Production

• Published in: Megaron (Istanbul, Turkey) Turkey), 2014-12, Vol.9 (4), p.255-270
• Main Authors: Çiğdem ÇAĞNAN, Harun ÖZER
• Format: Article
• Language: eng ; tur
• Subjects: ER (Evaluation Report); systems approach; building product
• ISSN: 1309-6915; 1309-6915
• DOI: 10.5505/MEGARON.2014.29491

In the construction process, building materials are the structural and constructive elements which make it possible for humans to realise one of their most vital survival needs; shelter. This study reviews the process of how construction products are obtained and used, looks at how these processes impact on nature and environment, and reviews the need for a control mechanism in order to minimise those impacts.
In obtaining construction products from nature, either organically or inorganically, the damage caused to the environment, energy used in the production process and pollution by waste products are major ongoing environmental-ecological and legal problems that need to be resolved. In order to do so, the systems approach is used to analyse building production and develop a model on how to inspect and test construction products in line with environmental-ecological and legal obligations. The proposed model takes as an example the existing ER (Evaluation Report) system on the systematic properties of the construction product and the standards it complies with, and explains how the products could be tested to comply with the environmental-ecological and legal obligations. Construction product ise analysed in accordance with the proposed model, evaluated and the results reported.