• Department: Civil Engineering
    • Position: Assistant Professor
    • E-mail: [email protected]
    • Telephone: +90 (216) 6815100
    • Room: C-134
    • Research Group: Civil Engineering: Climate Change Group
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  • Research Areas

Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure, Sustainable Communities, Green Business Certification Systems, Circular Construction, Green Finance (Mortgage), Zero Waste, Ethics
 
 
  • Education

Executive Program School of Public Health Harvard University 2014
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering Rutgers University 1994
M.Sc. Civil and Environmental Engineering Rutgers University 1990
B.Sc. Civil Engineering Boğaziçi University 1988
 
 
  •  Academic Work Experiences

Assistant Professor İstanbul Medipol University April 2015 – present
Adjunct Professor Boğaziçi University Oct 2013-June 2015
Adjunct Professor University OF Southern California (USC) June 2000 – June 2003
Teaching/Research Assistant Rutgers University Oct 1989– Oct.1994
Research Assistant Princeton University Oct 1988– Oct.1989
 
 
  • Industrial Work Experiences

Clinton Climate Initative Project İstanbul, Türkiye 2007-2009
Sustainability Consultant (İstanbul-London-Los Angeles) 2009-2015
Energy Efficiency Expert TC Minister of Energy and Natural Resources 2015
Green Building&Communities Certification Expert TC Ministry of Environment and Settlements 2016-17
Municipality Consultancies Küçükçekmece, Sarıyer, Zeytinburnu, Gaziantep, IBB, Santa Monica Municipality 2016
Short-term consultancy services Türkiye Müteahitler Birliği, Rönesans GYO, Eczacıbaşı, Tüpraş,Turkcell, Multi, ECE, THY, UNDP,UNEP,USAID,GIZ 2016
 
 
  • Offered Undergraduate Courses

Construction Management Spring 2021
Waste Management Spring 2021
Introduction to Green Engineering 2019-2020 Fall
Sustainable Construction 2019-2020 Fall
Computer Aided Technical Drawing 2018 Fall
 
 
  • Offered Graduate Courses

Waste Management Spring 2021
Green Finance (Homes) Spring 2021
Scientific Research Tech.& Publishing Ethics Fall 2020
Sustainable Construction Fall 2020
Green Hospitals 2018 Spring
Sustainable Design and Construction 2018 Spring

 

 
  • Funded Research

2019-2021:Project Manager -Buildings and Waste: National GHGs:Capacity Building and Monitoring Project: Funding Institution:TC Ministry of Env.& Urbanization
2019-Senior Researcher: Smarter Finance for Green Homes-Funding Institutions: H2020 Grant Agreement No. 847141
2016-2017:Senior Researcher: SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR YEŞİL BİNA İLE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİR YERLEŞMELERİN BELGELENDİRİLMESİNE İLİŞKİN TEMEL  DEĞERLENDİRME KILAVUZU
DEĞERLENDİRME KILAVUZU VE ULUSAL YEŞİL BİNA BİLGİ SİSTEMİ BÜYÜK VERİ YÖNETİM MODELİ PROJESİ
2012:Senior Researcher:FP7 OPEN HOUSE Project:OPEN HOUSE – a European methodology for assessing the sustainability of buildings
 
 
  • Selected Publications

Erten D.(2021)  Author of Chapter 5 entitled: Single-Family Home Rainwater-Harvesting Systems,  Handbook of Water Harvesting and Conservation (WILEY).
Erten D.& Şen Z.,(2020) Smart Home Innovative Heat Test Analysis for Heat Storage and Conductivity Coefficients, Sustainability, MDPI, Open Access Journal, vol. 12(4), pages 1-11, February.
Camilo P., Gonzalez A. G., Bouillard P., Erten D., Cristoforetti S.  Apprising Value of Sustainable Architecture – Key Indicators & Assessment of Green Building for (EU) Market Uptake, 35th PLEA Conference, Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design, Planning Post Carbon Cities, 1st-3rd September 2020, A Coruña, Spain
Erten D., Parlayan C., Soysal S., (2019), Biophilic design: case studies from Turkey, 6th International Congress, LIVENARCH VI-Replacing Architecture, 25-28 September, Proceedings Volume II p. 586-608 ISBN 978-605-2271-17-9 (1.c), Trabzon, Turkey
Erten D. (2019), Towards Zero Waste in Construction: A Case Study Using GreenBuilding Certification Systems, DUJE (Dicle University Journal of Engineering, 2020
Erten D. (2017), Insights into Hotels with Green Building Certifications: Case studies from Turkey, World Sustainable Built Environment Conference- Hong Kong
Erten D., Cradle to Cradle Zero Waste: Turkey case, 9 th Turkish National Conference on Solid Waste (KAKAD), 9-11 May, Konya, Turkey (En iyi bildiri ödülü)
Erten, D. (2018). A Roadmap for Localizing and Harmonising Existing Green Building Rating Tools. Journal of Current Researches on Engineering, Science and Technology, 4 (2), pp 179-194. DOI: 10.26579/jocrest-4.2.16
Erten D., Z.Yılmaz, (2010), “Comparison of Energy PerformanceEvaluations for LEED and BREEAM Certification Systems” 10. National HVAC Congress-13-16 Nisan 2011, İzmir, Turkey
Erten D., (2010), Contributing Author: “United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Green Economy: Green Buildings” Section, Coordinated by London School of Economics (LSE)
Erten D. (2010), “Green Buildings”, Published by Regional Environment Center (REC) and Turkish Ministry of Environment and Settlements, Sürdürülebilir Üretim ve Tüketim Yayınları – V.
Bardet JP, Erten D., (1999). Will it Happen Here?” ASCE Civil Engineering, 69 (12), 39-43.
Erten, D. and Maher H. A.,  (1995) “Cyclic Undrained Behavior Silty Sand,” Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, SDEE 14/2, pp. 115-123 DOI: 10.1016/0267-7261(94)00035-F
 
 

Dr. Erten is LEED Faculty (Licenced LEED trainer), LEED AP BD+C, BREEAM AP, BREEAM Fellow, DGNB Auditor, C2C Assessor

Member of ULI Europe (Sustainability Committee, Member of ASCE (Fellow), Construction Institute, Member of BRE Academy (Fellow), Member of International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)

Co-founder of Construction Club at Boğaziçi University and Advisor of Construction Club at IMU

President of Green Schools Committee, EU taxonomy Committee Member 2019
Professional Engineer (P.E.) Civil in US