Ecem Edis

• Istanbul Technical University

Machine learning models have become a potential alternative for building energy performance studies since they provide fast and reliable prediction results. However, decisions in the modeling process are sometimes made without knowing their possible impact on the results, which may lead to unstable process management. Therefore, this study aims to...

Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of the Earth's climate system, typically characterized by changes in global temperature, precipitation patterns, sea levels, and weather events. This changing climate is expected to have a significant impact on the built environment, particularly on the durability of buildings. The question of how t...

Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of the Earth's climate system, typically characterized by changes in global temperature, precipitation patterns, sea levels, and weather events. This changing climate is expected to have a significant impact on the built environment, particularly on the durability of buildings. The question of how t...

Climate change refers to the long-term alteration of the Earth's climate system, typically characterized by changes in global temperature, precipitation patterns, sea levels, and weather events. This changing climate is expected to have a significant impact on the built environment, particularly on the durability of buildings. The question of how t...

Building envelope serves to protect users and structures, and supply insulation, among other purposes, such as giving an identity to a building. However, due to adverse environmental conditions and physical factors, various deteriorations may occur in the components and materials constituting it. In order for the buildings to have a long service li...

Purpose Living walls (LWs), vegetated walls with an integrated growth layer behind, are being increasingly incorporated in buildings. Examining plant characteristics’ comparative impacts on LWs’ energy efficiency-related thermal behavior was aimed, considering that studies on their relative effects are limited. LWs of varying leaf albedo, leaf tran...

In passive thermography, where natural boundary conditions are used to trigger surface temperature variations, thermographic data is usually analysed qualitatively, and thus accuracy issues may arise, and defects cannot be characterised exactly. On the contrary, in active thermography applications where artificial heat sources are used, quantitativ...

Moisture-related building envelope problems such as condensation, damp, delamination of coatings, unsatisfied user’s comfort requirements usually arise from the unexamined/unforeseen interactions of materials with ambient environment, and with other system components during design. Today, it is possible to estimate the in use performance of buildin...

Due to the effects of a building's whole life cycle processes on the environment and economy, there is an increasing interest in sustainability assessment of new and existing buildings. In Turkey, there is a large building stock constructed before legislative measures on energy efficiency were implemented. This article defines an environmental and...

Tile detachment is a common durability problem of adhered ceramic claddings causing safety risks. Passive infrared thermography using solar heat gain can be used to detect delamination leading to detachment, and is advantageous especially in the inspection of middle to high-rise buildings envelope although it is qualitative by nature. In this paper...

Adhered ceramic façade claddings are susceptible to defects, of which increasing moisture content is one of the causes, and infrared thermography can be used to detect this phenomenon before visible signs occur. Moisture detection procedures by thermography are not standardised. Research based on in situ inspections was undertaken to adapt present...

Adhered ceramic tiles are one of the most commonly used exterior cladding materials in Portugal. However, various durability problems are also noted by the researchers. A research study was therefore designed to identify in situ inspection techniques that can be used for detecting moisture-content increase and delamination problems of this type of...

An important amount of the environmental impacts based on building energy consumption in post-construction period is resulting from facade. Hence investigating these impacts and developing some measures are necessary to create a sustainable built environment. This issue is examined in a research project, which is being conducted to develop a sustai...

External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS) have entered the Turkish market in late 1990s. However, there is no information regarding their durability. This study presents the field inspection results conducted to assess the durability of extruded polystyrene (XPS) based ETICS, when exposed to degradation agents originating from atmospher...

Sustainable building and construction with respect to environmental and economic considerations are becoming more and more important because of high energy and resource consumption in the building and construction sector. In Turkey, residential buildings are mostly built with in-situ reinforced concrete structural frame and infill external walls ma...