Building biology

A regulation that came into force as of Jan. 1 ushers in a new era in energy efficiency in buildings in Türkiye.

According to the regulation, all buildings to be constructed larger than 5,000 square meters in size will be required to be B energy efficiency class and meet 5 percent of energy they consume from renewable resources.

What is the truth about this pandemic? Are the politicians being honest about this virus? No one really knows whats going to happen in the future unless a vaccine is produced soon. The vaccine will be the ultimate hammer to give the world peace of mind of this disease. Modern medical science has not been tested this aggressively since the epidemic of the AIDS virus.

Turkish construction firm Gap Insaat, a subsidiary of the conglomerate Çalık Holding, supports the country's fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic by donating air purifiers to hospitals, the company said on April 20. 

The hotel in which the two Britons who died of Legionnaires' disease stayed, is being checked. The Ministry of Tourism will inspect the hotel, together with the Food Agency, the Health Inspectorate and the Commission for Consumer Protection

In relation with information of the British tabloid Mirror about two British tourists who had passed away from Legionnaires' disease after staying at a hotel in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Ministry of Health informs that the samples for Legionnaires' disease taken from the hotel in Sunny Beach resort at the Bulgarian Black sea coast, where the British tourists were accommodated before the beginning

A 75-year-old man from Huddersfield is the latest Briton to die of a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires disease linked to a Bulgarian three-star resort, reports Daily Mail. 

Brian Taylor, 75, was admitted to hospital after returning from a week's holiday at the Hotel Kalofer on Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. 

A man from Lanarkshire has died from Legionnaires' disease after staying at a Bulgarian hotel, it has been claimed.

John Cowan, from Hamilton, died in June a week after falling ill at the Hotel Kalofer in the Sunny Beach resort.

The 43-year-old's family claim he contracted Legionnaires at the hotel and are threatening legal action against holiday firm Jet2.

The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (KEELPNO) has launched a campaign to inform citizens about Legionnaires' disease following an increase in cases reported in Greece.

According to the latest readings of the air quality monitoring station in Sofia's Druzhba residential districts, the concentration of fine dust particles in the air there is the highest in Sofia, according to Standart News. 

The information has been announced by the Executive Agency for Environment (EAE), as quoted by the Focus news agency.

The Turkish Health Ministry and the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) have begun to install "radon sensors" in Turkish homes to determine the in-house measured values of radon gas, which makes up the majority of the radiation that stems from natural sources.