Editorial
PF 2014
Realization and Quality of Buildings, their use
If anything, properly said – a progressive solution for changing windows in a panel residential building reconstruction and a passive standard for historical buildings
Juraj Hazucha
Impact on measures, securing a water-resistance of openings and on their thermal performance
Michal Pexidr
The structure – geometry, inserted insulation and structural elements – of window functional joint – has a major impact on the final quality of the product and on its parameters. This article focuses on events, that take place in so called decompression chamber. The chamber is located in a functional joint, at the most close to the outer face of the structure (in a single-level insulation ystem is the decompression chamber replaced by the only chamber, extended through entire depth of the frame). The decompression chamber is always partly connected with the exterior.
Its main goal is to rid of rain water the kinetic energy and through gravitation, take it back to the exterior. As the measurement evidence shows [1], negligible but neglected is the impact of the compression chamber on the thermal parameters of the window. Both aspects – the structure rain water-resistence, and the structure thermal parameters – yet are singificantly influenced by the way of connection of the decompression chamber to the exterior, through design of drainages and ventilation holes in particular.
Energy Savings, Economy, Efficiency
Intervention and price inputs outlook
Milan Cikánek
Today's economic condition in the Czech Republic – stagnation and reduction of the gross domestic product, intervention announcement, impact of events on further economic evolution in construction.
Materials and Products for Buildings
Modern, certified system of doubling ETICS STX.THERM® SANA
Jiří Klásek
Programme Simulation 2011 introduction
Pavel Šála
Programme Simulace 2011 presentation, a suitable solution for a normative evaluation of a summer thermal stability in a room and is good for the New Green Savings Programme documentation.
The Green Savings programme
New Green Savings programme 2013 in practice
Jakub Hrbek
Summary of the main information about the New Green Savings 2013 programme, together with all required documents, most frequent shortages in recent practice and in field of application requirements and administration in view of the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic (SFŽP ČR).
Polemic
The year of change of Energy efficiency management law. Act no. 406/2000 Sb., an actual version act no. 318/2012 Sb.
Miroslav Čermák
Legal act amendment no. 406/2000 Sb., caused number of discussions at the beginning of 2013 – some negative, some positive. Is this legal act being successful after about a year?
Projection, Theory, Surveys
Building glasswork and birds
Lukáš Viktora
Clash with transparent or reflective materials in construction are about the most frequent reasons for a bird kill, caused by a human kind. In the world, there are 500 millions to 1 billion such kills yearly. Nearly one half of these clashes results in an immediate kill, almost always a clash ends with a wound – a brain concussion most frequently. A disoriented bird is then an easy catch for any predator.
Indoor Climate Quality of Buildings
A concise evolution of evaluation methods for an interior thermal condition
Jaroslav Řehánek
A concise evolution of evaluation methods for an internal thermal condition of buildings. These evaluation methods are divided into thermal conditions, evaluation of optimal working, production operation and acceptable conditions for employees working in these processes.
Architecture and Energy Savings
First passive administrative building in the Czech Republic
Radim Václavík
Description of the building refers further to Ing. Jan Neuwirt's article: "Construction and operation experience with a passive administrative building OTAZNÍK" (transl. A QUESTIONMARK), published in a magazine Thermal insulation of buildings no. 4 and 5/2013. This times, we will look at the building's construction from the point of an architect.
Support and motivation
Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic Tomáš Jan Podivínský enforced the Green Savings programme
Common memorandum of Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic and Ministry of Regional Development CZ
Education – Conferences – Reviews
International Rosenheim Window & Facade Conference – Conclusion
Conference Smart Cities
What has a january exhibition ROOFS PRAGUE 2014 to offer?
Info Service
Exhibitions and fairs in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak Republic – January-June 2014
International exhibitions and fairs – January-June 2014
Foreign magazines – selected topics
Information of CZB
Regulation for doubling ETICS – ensuring fire safety
Milan Machatka
Increasing the thermal insulation properties of ETICS, possible solutions and a procedure for a correct option selection. Needed fire safety conditions a doubling ETICS preparation – diagnosis and requirements. Selection of the solution depends mostly on a correct assessment of the needed security and its evaluation.
Information of OZ ZPZ
Extent of carying out buildings' renewal and solution of SOBD 2011 in the Slovak Republic
Anton Novotný