Utilizing GSCM for Waste Management in Green Building Operations & Analysis of Psychology Differences between Turkish and EU Rules

Abstract

From site selection to design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and destruction, green buildings are resource- and environmentally-conscious. Sometimes referred to as green construction or sustainable construction. Current environmental concerns and the need for sustainability urge the use of existing energy, water, and material resources in a more effective and efficient manner. In addition, they ensure that trash is kept to a minimum, implement environmentally responsible and eco-friendly building design, and practise environmental sensitivity throughout the construction process. The management of construction waste through green supply chain management (GSCM) has gained prominence in recent years due to environmental concerns and the expansion of the construction sector. At each stage of the project, the design team, architects, engineers, and client must work closely together. By reducing energy consumption and waste, GSCM protects against any concerns that can impact the environment or people's health. This paper combines the green building operations of architects with the green supply chain management of engineers in order to reduce material consumption, promote more effective and efficient use of the energy, water, and materials currently in use, ensure the prevention of any type of waste, perform environmentally responsible and eco-friendly building design, and be able to reuse, recycle, or recover waste. In 2008, the European Union Council issued a waste management guideline to manage construction waste and reduce its environmental impact. The amount of recycled, repurposed, and recovered building and demolition waste (CDW) will be reduced by 70% by 2020. The objective of this research is to investigate cost-benefit and social-benefit reflections by combining these two approaches. The literature review and Turkish case study examples are utilised to establish a model from which recommendations for GSCM and reverse logistics operations for green building are derived.