Cities adaptation to the climate change by using green building principles

Abstract

The paper will analyse some of the concepts and principles of green building in the context of cities adaptation to climate change, which could be applied more in Serbia in the future. Having in mind the problem and their impact on the adaptation, mitigation and resilience of cities to the new changes two different approaches have being considered. The first approach considers the city area as an environment defined through plans on a different level that integrates defining rules and tools for adapting to climate change. The second direction is focused on the impact of independent projects, which can be the initiators of adaptation to climate change on a wider scale. The paper will present two case studies from Belgrade, Serbia. The first one is the “Study of the possibility of installing solar photovoltaic panels on a flat roof of the market in Blok 44 in New Belgrade", whose investor is “JKP Gradske pijace” (PE City markets), The second study analyses the competition entry for the former Beobanka building in Zeleni venac, Belgrade. The project’s aim was to determine the possible ways of integrating the principles of green building in the processes of adaptation of existing buildings to new uses.