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Terminated in academic year 2021/2022

Sustainable building

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 225-0946/01
Abbreviation UV
Course title Sustainable building
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Building Constructions
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Darja Kubečková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Literature, basic concepts, legislation, the concept of sustainable development and sustainable construction.
2. Agenda 21, the context and scope, the objectives of Agenda 21 for sustainable building.
3. The principle of multi-criteria assessment of buildings.
4.-5. Multi-criteria assessment of buildings by use the methodology SBToolCZ.
6. The life cycle of the product, life cycle assessment.
7. Environmental labeling, eco-design.
8. Ecology in building, industrial wastes utilized in the construction, recycling means, recycled materials properties and their applications in building construction.
9. Environmental criteria for the selection of building materials, alternative materials and construction design based on renewable resources and recycled materials, overview, basic physical properties.
10. Thermal stability of the rooms and the use of passive cooling in buildings civil engineering.
11. Energy performance of buildings, ways to reduce energy consumption, low-energy and passive houses, design principles and examples.
12. Energy sources and their impact on the environment, alternative energy, solar energy, wind, biomass, heat pumps.
13. Disabled use of buildings - requirements and examples.

Literature

Zákon č. 406/2000 Sb., o hospodaření energií. 2000. (CS)
Agenda 21 pro udržitelnou výstavbu. ČVUT v Praze, 2001. (CS)
ČNI Praha: ČSN 73 0540-1 až 4 Tepelná ochrana budov. ČNI Praha, 2005. (CS)

Advised literature

Vonka, Martin et al.: Metodika SBToolCZ. Manuál hodnocení bytových staveb ve fázi návrhu.. CIDEAS, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04664-7 . (CS)
www.tzb-info.cz. 0. (CS)