YeS-Int Green Certification requires coordinated management of design decisions, completed work and supporting evidence for public buildings within its scope. An authority should first establish whether its project is covered, then translate the target and responsibilities into design and tender documents.
Which public buildings are covered?
Article 57/A(6) of Türkiye’s Planned Areas Zoning Regulation addresses publicly owned healthcare, education, dormitory and service buildings requiring a new building permit, with a total building construction area of 10,000 m² or more. The provision took effect on 1 January 2026. Its area test concerns total building construction area rather than net usable floor area. Official amendment, Articles 6 and 10.
| Check | Information to include in the initial file |
|---|---|
| Ownership and use | Public ownership and the relevant healthcare, education, dormitory or service use |
| Area | Project information establishing total building construction area |
| Permit | Whether a new building permit is required and the application date |
| Procurement and contracts | The relevant works tender decision, tender date and contract records |
| Transitional provisions | Assessment under Provisional Article 3(7) |
Area and use alone do not settle applicability. The amendment includes a transitional provision for earlier permit applications and specified procurement and contract circumstances. Assess the project against dated documents. Transitional provision, Article 8.
Plan the process through five stages
- Preparation and planning: Consider the brief, site conditions and intended certification level together. Plan early YESU involvement and define the service scope.
- Design and integrated design: Assign responsibilities across disciplines, identify studies and evidence, and incorporate target criteria into the design tender specification.
- Construction procurement: Align selected solutions, product requirements, testing and handover documents with the works tender.
- Construction: Track design changes and implementation evidence. Coordinate measurements, tests and the submission file with the construction programme.
- Operation: Assign responsibility for maintenance, use and performance records.
These stages follow the Ministry’s March 2026 guide. Early YESU involvement is recommended by that guide; this recommendation should be distinguished from statutory duties and application requirements. Implementation guide, printed p. 12.
Define deliverables in the YESU appointment
An appointment should describe more than “certification consultancy”. Identify responsibility for the target criteria list, design meetings, specification review, evidence tracking, submission coordination and responses to missing information. State who provides each analysis and when each document is due. These are headings for a project-specific service scope.
Examples to address in specifications
| Criterion | Topic to address in the technical documents | Scope distinction |
|---|---|---|
| EKV 01 K1 | At least energy performance class B on the Energy Performance Certificate, calculated using BEP-TR | A minimum condition; track the certificate and underlying design information together. |
| SAY 01 K3 | Water metering and consumption records | Identify meter locations and responsibility for records during design. |
| YMD 03 K1 | If the radon measurement pathway is selected, annual average concentration must not exceed 300 Bq/m³ | A criterion pursued for credit; do not describe it as universally mandatory. |
The energy and radon examples were also checked against the official annexes dated 28 October 2026. The radon criterion includes an alternative assessment pathway, so specifications should identify evidence for the selected method. Current annexes: energy, PDF pp. 98–99; radon, pp. 86–87.
What should the initial meeting produce?
The initial decision file should bring together applicability, the target level, the YESU appointment and deliverables allocated across disciplines. Completing this file before procurement makes clear how design commitments will be evidenced during construction.
Our YeS-Int Green Certificate consultancy can help assess your project stage, area and available documents.