CEEE has actively participated in many “Sustainability” and “Sustainable Development” related events held in Turkey and overseas since its early days. Many projects completed by CEEE has contributed to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNDPSDG) directly. The tab le on the following pages shows which CEEE proje cts are related to these goals.
Pinar Mengüç is a member of Özyeğin University Sustainability Platform and he worked as a Board Member at the UN Sustainable
Development Sustainability Network, which is ad ministered by Bogazici University in Istanbul. Also, with its 11year long efforts, CEEE has played an important role on Özyeğin University’s 81st place ranking for the 2019 Clean and Alternative Energy (SDG7) Category of the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings.
Özyeğin University Sustainability Platform (SP) and SDSNTurkey formation under Boğaziçi University are actively working to make the Sustainability Goals embraced by the society.
Some of the more than 30 keynote and invited lectures presented by M. Pinar Mengüç as related to the United Nations Sustainabilty Goals are listed below.
“Radiation Heat Transfer and Climate Change”, Solar Future 2010, Istanbul, Turkey. February 14, 2010.
“Zero Istanbul 2050,” Özyeğin University Workshop, Istanbul, May 25, 2010.
“Green Buildings,” TOKI Housing Conference, Istanbul, 21 October, 2010,
“The crucial role of sustainable logistics in the development and planning of resilient cities”, 3rd Global Forum on Urban Resilience & Adaptation, Bonn-Germany, May 12-15, 2012.
“Engineering and Climate Change,” Sustainable Development and Climate Change Policies, Yıldız Technical University, May 16, 2012.
“Integrated Engineering and Architecture Principles for Sustainable Buildings”, Kadir Has University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, November 16, 2012.
“Green Buildings’, Green Business 2013, Organized by Sustainability Academy of Turkey, Istanbul, September 17-18, 2013.
“Sustainable Building Management,” Turkish Green Building Congress and Summit, Istanbul, Turkey, 4-5 February 2016.
“Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Buildings,” METU, Northern Cyprus Campus, Girne, Cyprus, 16 May 2016.
“Innovation for Buildings: From Science to Comfort,”, at the Smart Metropolises: Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Buildings and Cities Conference, Organized by IMSAD Istanbul, October 14 2016.
“Pursue of Low-Carbon Engineering: From Combustion Chambers to Sustainable Buildings,” CleanAir’2017, 13th International Conference on Energy for a Clean Environment, “Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal, July 2-6 2017.
“Bringing Sustainability to the Heart of a University through Teaching, Research and Service,” Fourth Greenmetric Workhop, 2018; Semarang, Indonesia, April 10 2018.
“Advanced Energy Solutions for Complex Buildings,” EU Sustainable Energy Days Event, TurkeyBuild 2018 at Yapi Fuarı, Istanbul, May 10 2018.
“Social-Behavioral Aspects of Energy Consumption,’” EU Sustainable Energy Days Event 2, TurkeyBuild 2018 at Yapi Fuarı, Istanbul, May 10, 2018.
“Sustainable Development and the Missing Piece” 2nd Ilgaz Energy Workshop, Ilgaz, Çankırı, 12 May 2018.
“Energy Efficiency as a Transdisciplinary Concept: Research and Applications,” New York University, Abu Dhabi, ’ Abu Dhabi, 27 October 2019.
COP25, 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Madrid, Ispanya “Scaling up Climate Action in Turkey / Key Opportunities for Transitioning to a Zero Emissions Society”, WWFTurkey Side Event, 9 December 2019.
– “Impact of Public, Private Sector and Academia Trilogy for Energy Efficiency Policies and Applications”, Energy and Natural Resources Ministry Turkey Side Event (Moderasyon), Madrid, 10 December 2019.
Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP’25), Moderator and a Speaker at a panel at Turkish Pavillion, ‘Impact of Public, Private Sector and Academia Trilogy for Energy Efficiency Policies and Applications,’ with Oğuz Can, Karsten Lindloff, Onur Ünlü, and Özlem Ünlüer, organized by Turkish Republic, Madrid, December 2019.
“Towards Near-Zero Energy Buildings by Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Approaches,” Zero Build Forum’20 International Conference, Istanbul,On-line; 24 September 2020.
