More Eco-friendly!

Our world is being polluted faster and its resources are exhausting. Construction, due to its nature, can cause destruction or interference in nature and ecosystems. Akşan Construction, being aware of its responsibilities towards humanity and the world and by paying importance to the “green build” which has become crucial all over the world, is pioneering the production and notion of “Green Build” in Turkey. Describing any building as a “green build” needs to include an overall mentality. Production of green build needs to meet all the requirements concurrently such as the site selection, material selection, construction technique, appropriate climate, and natural and renewable resources utilization; it must not waste the resources and areas more than needed, and also must be careful about sustainability during green building construction. And also it is a matter having a number of parameters such as having widespread greed build awareness, sustainable construction, the mentality of investor, the knowledge of architect, public awareness, reasonable material prices from the manufacturer, and its success is dependent on such infrastructure components. Turkey has to revise its related infrastructure in this subject and architecture and engineering faculties must internalize the green build concept; moreover, one has to comprehend that green build can be designed and constructed without higher costs compared to conventional reinforced concrete buildings.

Green Build and Akşan Light Steel Structural Systems

Green build (environment friendly/sustainable product of architecture) concept means positively increasing the effect of resources that are used in construction as energy-water-materials on human health and nature in a period to be identified as design-production-utilization and end of utilization. As for the environmental benefits of green build design, it preserves the ecosystem and diversity of living organisms; it increases the quality of air and water, and preserves natural resources. The green build concept is decided at the beginning of the design. The structural members must support the environment friendly design concept. Once a design is decided to be built, the characteristics of the structural members to be used in the construction will be a considerable step towards the environment friendly build concept. The most suitable structural member for this concept is predominantly the steel. Steel is a material which can be recycled up to 90%. Its quality and resistance are of first priority in terms of sustainability. It is a recyclable and reusable material. With regard to sustainable light steel constructions, Akşan Construction is the first, pioneering and the biggest foundation in Turkey. Akşan Light Steel Construction System is sustainable in terms of the efficiency of its materials, the effectiveness of energy and its being recyclable, and also its flexible design possibility. With its production and paneling in the factory, its being of high quality and durable with galvanization, its creating the possibility of dry manufacturing and construction, and completion of the construction with little waste, Akşan Light Steel Construction System is environment friendly when it is considered in terms of sustainability. When the sustainability is considered from the point of user, primarily its cost is less compared to conventional systems; it is durable; it allows flexible use and energy saving, thus it provides efficiency. As it is demountable, re-installable or recyclable, light steel is suitable for green build design as a structural member. In terms of this suitability, Akşan Construction is a foundation still pioneering in Turkey and has taken a step in the process of certification about green build construction.