Determination of Sustainability Criteria for Building Renewal Applications: A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis

Abstract

Urban transformation practices aimed at reducing disaster risks provide many improvement opportunities besides disaster safety. Among these opportunities, ensuring the sustainability of the built environment gains importance due to the negative environmental, social and economic effects of the buildings. A considerable amount of literature has been published around the world on providing sustainability in the built environment. However, sustainability needs to be handled according to the specific local context of the country and the region. In this context, criteria for creating sustainable buildings in Turkey should be determined which considers the local context, market dynamics, law and regulations, environmental, economic and social dimensions. This study aims to identify the sustainability criteria to be used within the scope of the method that will be developed for the design phase of building renewal applications at parcel scale. Accordingly, articles published between 2009-2018 were systematically reviewed, then the criteria proposed by 22 articles and five building assessment systems for residential buildings were analyzed. In the study, a set of criteria through systematic literature review and meta-analysis has been created that can be used in building renewal applications. A total of 68 criteria were obtained in nine categories including the environmental, economic and social pillars of sustainability. This study provides a framework and input for the method to be established for providing sustainability in building renewals carried out at parcel scale in the context of Turkey's conditions for urban transformation.