Operational Life Planning in Green Buildings

Green buildings are defined as structures that are environmentally friendly, energy-saving and designed in accordance with sustainability principles. Among the most important features of green buildings are energy efficiency, water saving, use of environmentally friendly materials and a healthy indoor environment. However, a regular maintenance and management strategy should be implemented throughout the operational life in order to maintain the sustainability and environmental friendliness of green buildings.

It is important to make operational life planning in order to maintain the performance and energy saving potential of green buildings throughout their operational life. Operational life planning is the planning of the maintenance, repair and renovation processes required to keep the building systems' performance at the highest level throughout the building's use.

When planning the operational life of green buildings, the life of building systems and components is taken into consideration. In this way, the end of life of building systems and components can be predicted and maintenance and renewal processes can be planned accordingly. In addition, taking into account the energy efficiency of building systems and components, energy-saving renovations can be planned as a priority.

In order to make operational life planning in green buildings, first of all, building systems and components must be determined. For this determination process, it is necessary to have information about the properties, ages and lifetimes of building systems and components. In order to have this information, it is necessary to periodically check and maintain the building systems and components.

In order to make operational life planning in green buildings, a planning calendar should also be created. In this calendar, it is determined when maintenance, repair and renewal operations will be carried out, taking into account the life of building systems and components. In this way, before the end of the life of building systems and components, maintenance and renewal processes are carried out and building performance is kept at the highest level.