Abbreviations used in a YeS-Int assessment help the project team track different topics within a shared structure. For investors, the value lies in understanding which information will support each design decision. Reading criteria codes provides a starting point; preparation aims to connect objectives with architectural and engineering decisions. The submission can then become a consistent set of information explaining how the project has been addressed.
What do the assessment topics cover?
The building assessment modules cover integrated building design, construction and management; building materials and life-cycle assessment; indoor environmental quality; energy use and efficiency; water and waste management; and innovation. The Ministry’s public building implementation guide uses the respective Turkish abbreviations BBT, YMD, İOK, EKV, SAY and İNO. Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change — Public building implementation guide.
These topics can make different teams’ contributions visible at project meetings. The relationship between an energy decision, operating needs and indoor conditions can also be discussed. Rather than treating each topic solely as one discipline’s file, it is useful to consider information flows between teams. This makes it easier to identify who needs to be informed when a decision changes.
How should a criterion code be read?
A code helps locate the relevant module and theme or criterion in the guide. The scope, method and required evidence should be assessed alongside the relevant text. An abbreviation alone should not be used to decide that an analysis is sufficient or that a requirement applies identically to every project.
A useful project record describes the issue to resolve alongside its code. If a drawing, product information or calculation report is needed, for example, the record can show who will provide it and when. This approach helps turn a long criteria list into a preparation plan that can be used at meetings. Marking unconfirmed information separately also prevents early assumptions from being treated as completed implementation.
Connect requirements with design decisions
Preparation should clarify how the relevant requirement applies to the project. Available information, necessary analyses and implementation evidence can be considered together. Understanding which drawing or product selection underlies a calculation makes it easier to connect the result with a design decision.
For example, discussing façade options may benefit from examining energy needs alongside daylight distribution. For a water-use solution, the connection between product selection and project calculations can be made visible. Such relationships explain why an option is being considered. Which criterion a particular solution fulfils and how it contributes to points must be verified separately against the applicable requirements.
The specialist and project team prepare together
The Ministry’s public building guide addresses the relationship between criteria and design and construction stages, supporting early planning of specialist input. It should be used alongside the applicable legislation and assessment guide. Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change — Public building implementation guide.
It is useful for the Green Certificate Expert, known as YESU, and project teams to discuss responsibilities at the outset. Those preparing calculations, supplying implementation information and coordinating documents can use the same record structure. Seeing which document is current and which study a change affects helps teams prepare more consistently. Evidence preparation and application assessment should also be treated as distinct responsibilities.
Continue preparation throughout implementation
If a product or system selected during design changes later, the related calculations and documents should be reviewed together. Recording information as it is confirmed keeps differences between initial assumptions and implementation visible. This makes it clearer which matters need to be completed before assessment.
AECO’s YeS-Int consulting can consider project stage, certification objectives, necessary technical studies and document coordination together. Share the building use, available drawings and preparation status to discuss priorities. Our public building YeS-Int guide also provides a preparation resource for an initial scope review.