Which buildings can receive grants from the Green Savings Programme, amount of the grants and what technical details cover the energy audit? Part A in this article covers the specific questions (building’s envelope rennovation). A sample of 16 family houses that comply with all the required conditions of the New Green Saving Programme from 2013 is further described in this article.

The airtightness measurements of building are important for construction of low energy and passive houses nowadays. It is very effective method to control quality of building envelope and look up for air leakages. These defects of building envelope is a source of wasted energy, because conditioned air heated or cooled is what is leaking out. It is better to find and seal the air leaks, and keep that conditioned air inside.
This study deals with investigation of research sample – 69 family single wooden houses. This amount includes multiple measurements. The construction method of building envelope is based on timber frame. Family single houses are located in Slovakia and border Lower Austria. The year of construction varies from 2011 till 2013. Airtightness measurements were conducted according standard STN EN 13829 (2011). For this investigation, there was Q 46 Blower Door Test equipment used, manufactured by Retrotec Inc., USA. The investigation of airtightness measurements of building was processed by statistical methods. Outcomes are the expressed value air change rate at 50 Pa. The results are divided to a few parts by significance. The first part describes air change rate at 50 Pa dependdant on number of storey and shape of the tested buildings. In the next part of investigation there is significance of difference between method B and A compared. The most interesting part is presented by percentage frequency of air leakages through building envelope. Analysis confirmed improving requirements airtightness of building.

In October 2013 in Orange County Great Park in city of Irvine, California, took place the sixth edition of the prestigious international competition of universities U.S. Solar Decathlon 2013. This round took part also Team Czech Republic from the Czech Technical University in Prague, which finished at overall third place. The article describes in detail building services used in the AIR House.

In October 2013 in Orange County Great Park in city of Irvine, California, took place the sixth edition of the prestigious international competition of universities U.S. Solar Decathlon 2013. This round took part also Team Czech Republic from the Czech Technical University in Prague, which finished at overall third place. The article describes in detail rules of competition and technical solutions used in the AIR House.

New Civil Code enacts special type of solidary obligation to remedy the defects of building constructed under contract for works. All subcontractors (suppliers) of constructor, investor`s technical supervisors or construction project designer are solidary responsible together with the constructor in case the defect can be attributed to the performance they provided. However, these parties need not to be the parties to the contract for works itself (and usually are not) as their obligation arises by law.

The remedies that the investor can claim on these co-debtors, however, are limited to right to demand the repair of the defect. Investor may demand remedy on any of the co-debtors and all the co-debtors are obliged to perform the remedy in full.

The investor has to give notice to the debtor within a reasonable time. The notice can be sent to any of the co-debtors but we advise all investors to give notice always to the constructor first or together with the other co-debtors.

Only properly designed windows or doors with matching parameters and their proper building in the construction are a prerequisite for long-term trouble-free operation of them. Design of the windows and their parameters are topic of the fifth part of the series about windows and doors.

Comparison of calculations of Certificate of energy performance of buildings according to three methods:

1. before revision of regulation ČSN 73 0540-2
2. based on Decree No. 78/2013 Coll. and
3. as curiosity is added Opinion for subsidy programme ‘New Green for Savings’.

In the cold season flows rain drain pipe cold rainwater posed pulls cold outside air. It is necessary due to heat loss and to prevent condensation on the outer surface of pipes, rainwater pipes led inside thermally insulate buildings?

This paper deals with the time period of condensation on the inner surface during the day and the severity of this phenomenon. Condensation on the surface structure occurs when the surface is cooled to or below the dew point temperature, which is a function of temperature, relative humidity and atmospheric pressure.

Measurement of short term water absorption and thermal conductivity was carried out on samples of traditional insulation and the insulation samples from natural fibers. Further, the measured change in thermal conductivity after soaking and subsequent drying of the original weight.
The results showed that the thermal insulation of natural materials retain their original properties – thermal conductivity, shape, compared to conventional insulation.

From the 1^st January 2013 new legal and technical regulations are coming in force, which have an impact on higher requirements on energy use for heating and this way also on energy use for heating and cooling. These requirements are stricter not only on the new, but also on major renovated buildings. Proposed measures must fulfil hygienic and energy requirements set by STN 73 0540-2: 2012. Calculated thermal protection properties of building structures are influenced by the properties of used components. Conformity of achieved real properties with the design of building depends from the accuracy of components properties, their real quality and quality of the installation. The design values for construction materials (products) are set in STN 73 0540-3: 2012.

This paper compares energy performance certificate of specific residential building according to Decree No. 148/2007 Coll. and according to Decree No. 78/2013 Coll. The calculations are also compared with real energy consumption of the building.

Existing procedures for determining heat transfer in the soil. Temperature measurements in the soil under the floor of the experimental house MSDK at the Technical University in Ostrava. The difference between the calculated temperatures and actually measured. Theoretical and real temperature field in the soil.

The real energy savings potential in the buildings in the Czech Republic study presents two main ways of energy savings development in heating in the residential buildings in the C.R. and informatively also energy savings development in heating in the buildings for education.

Blocks for masonry with integrated insulation material are known over 30 years. Especialy hollow clay bricks have low U value due to optimalization of their geometry with low thermal conductivity of ceramic body. Finaly integrated insulation material into the holes in bricks results to increasing of thermal insulation properties. Article is focus on behavior of hollow clay bricks with and without integrated insulation material in dynamic heat load.

The development of "national plan for increasing the number of nearly zero energy buildings" is a major task of the European Parliament and of the Council Directive 2010/31/EU of 19 May 2010 On the energy performance of buildings, which was transposed by Act no. 300/2012 Coll that amends and supplements Act no. 555/2005 Coll. On the energy performance of buildings, and amends and supplements Act no. 50/1976 Coll. Planning and building regulations (Building Act).

The heat transfer coefficient is an important parameter in the energy rating of buildings. It is certainly interesting to the influence of this parameter on the energy rating. In this article, this is calculated on a real house. This is designed as passive.

Energetics of structures in construction is a developing discipline that we nowadays encounter every day. Each structure rises and ends at its own life cycle period. In this article, the author evaluates an impact of the zoning plan and its studies on energetics of structures – lets save power from the beginning.

Turbulent but often incompetent discussions about more stringent building-energy requirements are accompanied by calculations proving - often biased - what is needed. The article deals with the problem of reliability of building-energy calculations, especially when combined with financial evaluation. The stochastic calculation of energy performance of a large sample of buildings is used. Costs increase of low-energy solutions is discussed.

Of course, the social order is low-energy buildings to be also effective. However, this objective cannot be only declarative nature, but must be supported by correct results showing that the investment plan will generate real economic effect in the form of profit or positive cash flow for an investor or user for the period considered.