Author Archives: Burak Ö., Aslınur C., Şükran O., Ahmet Ö., Amir L.

In these four weeks, I focused on how we can reduce our carbon footprint. My position with my BAT group was what are the reasons that incease our carbon footprint at home. I realized that we use water, heating, electricity and so on very excessively. I focused on the issues and produced solutions for them.Continue reading “week 4 (Şükran Oksoy)”

Humans use over half of all accessible water runoff. Of total water use less than 10% is used for domestic use. Households are the smallest consumers of water, but have a large potential impact. Daily water usage can be needed in toilets, shower, faucet, washing machine, leaks, bath, dishwasher, leaks and more. Some of theseContinue reading “WATER USAGE(BY AMIR LALE)”

In everyday phenomenon, people consume a lot of things and this leads to the increase of their ecological footprint. Our group focused on what we could change in our homes. The first thing that we should consider is identified the forms of consumptions happening in our house. We thought about 3 main consuming activities thatContinue reading “WHAT CAN BE THE SOLUTIONS?(CAT4 BAT4 )”

Problem: Overuse of electric energy by excessive usage of laundry machine, hair dryer, heater, oven, TV, bulb, a refrigerator, dishwasher, iron etc. Survey Result: Most of people use electrical devices more  in their home. For example,  the  almost 30% use of refrigerator, about 10% use of laundry machine and 12% use of television. In conclusion,Continue reading “A Blog Entry about My Commitment During the week(Aslınur Caral)”

What can we do to decrease our carbon footprint?Until now, I focused on what can we do in our homes to reduce our over consumption. This week I thought about other solutions for example transportation. When we use our cars we automatically increase our carbon footprint and we damage to the environment. What should weContinue reading “Week 3 ( Şükran Oksoy)”

                   REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT with SMALL TOUCHES at KITCHEN                     and LAUNDRY ROOM          We spend lots of time of our lives at our homes. Also, we affect carbon emissions with some devices in like kitchen, laundry room but we can lower our impacts with easy ways. Here are some suggestions about reducing carbon footprints.               Continue reading “REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT with SMALL TOUCHES at KITCHEN and LAUNDRY ROOM (Aslınur Caral)”

Last week I generally focused on to use less water and the turning of the light. In week 2, I focus on the using computers and smart phones because according to our survey result people much more use these devices than cooking devices. So that, we should focus on the devices that people use excessivelyContinue reading “Week 2 (Şükran Oksoy)”

Solar energy is the energy from the Sun’s radiation. Fossil fuels, like coal, gas, and oil, are produced by sunlight through photosynthesis over millions of years. Moreover, using fossil fuels can also cause pollution. Although the formation of fossil fuels depends on sunlight, solar energy comes directly from the sun. The lifetime of the Sun isContinue reading “SOLAR ENERGY (BY AMIR LALE)”

CDP is a nonprofit charity project that runs the global disclosure system for companies and investors to manage their environmental impacts. The organization Is based in the United Kingdom. It aims to make environmental reporting and risk management a business norm and drive disclosure, insight and action towards a sustainable economy. MOTIVE AND IMPACT WithContinue reading “CARBON DISCLOSURE PROJECT (BY AMIR LALE)”

According to Wikipedia, a carbon footprint can be described as the total spreading caused by means of an individual, event, organization, or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent. There are a lot of reasons that cause to increase the carbon footprint. Our houses are one of the place where we do some activities and consumeContinue reading “Week 1 -Problem Definition (Şükran Oksoy)”