The article describes floor surfaces and form of their determination in construction and other fields, such as services, real estate, valuation, facility management and more. In Europe, each country has a different technical standard. This means that when we are determining the type of floor area for buildings with these technical standards, we can conclude that they differ by up to 30 %. Therefore, we chose a sample idea of building on which we symbolized each floor type. We tried to make clear, which constructions and types of floor are creditable and which are not. To demonstrate the importance of correct identification of floor surface we give an example calculation of cleaning services where savings could be seen in the correct determination of the floor surface.

This article aims to grab the wear of buildings in terms of significant quantities by the scheme, which will be shown that the essential quantities affecting the problem on the object.  Wear of buildings is an important concept in real estate valuation, because every building has its use and degrades over time due to aging and the degradation or wear is reflected in the final determination of the value of construction and plays an important role in calculating valuation and especially cost method valuation. Wear of buildings closely related to the life expectancy of a particular type of construction provided routine maintenance and life expectancy of the individual structures and equipment.

The paper deals with complex solution of heating and economy measures regarding ecology of heat sources and preservation of architectural values of the Volyně college-complex. This solution also includes padding warm and exchange of windows in all complexes. New technology in boiled room was installed with application of boiler for fytomass-burning, gas condensation boilers, thermal pump in system air/water and cogeneration unit for supply electric energy.

The effort is most builders to get the cheapest project documentation and stamp for start of construction. Little attention has been paid to its proper location. Construction practice is to sit as close to the fence with a neighbor to remain more space for the garden. It should be noted that, under the refers to the construction of any building works that arise construction or assembly technology, regardless of their technical construction design, used in building products, materials and construction, the purpose and duration of use. Under construction is also considered to be a product performing the function of the building. It does not matter if the building is connected to the ground as often by professionals and lay people hear.

Part I of the article is a general discussion of the current laws covering the institution called “smlouva o dílo” (the “contract for a work”). It discusses the issue of defining the work, which has changed relative to the old Civil Code in that the work no longer needs a material expression. It also discusses the options for setting a price for the work, as well as the concluding of such a contract without setting a price. There is a detailed section on budget-based price determination, which is especially useful in the construction industry.

Facility management belongs to one of the most important methods, significantly contributing to enhancing the competitiveness of organizations in the European Union. But only if, facility management services are performed efficiently. To assess the effectiveness of facility management exist within the EU common methodology or standardized methods for data collection for evaluation. To achieve the evaluation of products and services Facility Management was created – European standard 15221-7 Guidelines for benchmarking performance.

According to the statistics of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, fires in apartment houses are among the most frequent tragedies. Therefore, it is necessary to pay them due attention. Their cause is often the incorrect execution of building construction disrespecting fire safety aspects.

The article describes a questionnaire survey for mapping the state of school buildings, with a focus on the indoor environment.

The paper deals with measurement of high surface temperatures by thermography method. The author verified by several experiments the theoretical assumptions of usability of contactless measurement of high temperatures. The experimental verification is focused on spectral sensitivity range of contactless devices and on application of special coating on measured surface. The ending of the paper is devoted to the influence of boundary conditions on the accuracy of the measurement.

The european standard 15221-6 STN EN 15221-6 Facility management – area and space measurement in facility management provides a constructive framework with clear terms, definitions and principles for measuring floor areas and spaces in buildings, not least a common language amongst all stakeholders in the entire construction industry.

Since the oil crisis of the seventies, the interest given to buildings physics, indoor climate and energy use has strongly increased. Outside air quality in the cities in developed countries has improved significantly in recent decades. During the same period, also the quality of indoor environment has reduced. It is the impact of energy savings, reduced ventilation and the introduction of many new materials and sources of indoor pollution.

The indoor environment of buildings is that part of the environment in which the person is immediately acted on by the construction of the building, its technical equipments, including environmental equipments and a whole set of factors of internal environment. Comfortable indoor environment is essential to productivity, happiness and satisfaction of building users. European standards provide guidelines for what should be comfortable in terms of indoor climate. However, there is often a contradiction between the theory mentioned in these instructions, and real comfort for the user of the building.

Standards and guidelines for estimating the required minimum ventilation rates that we have today are not completed. The objective is to be able to calculate a straight the required ventilation rate, such as calculations for cooling and calculations for heat loads.

This paper is devoted to the assessment of the indoor environment of the building based on the individual components of the microclimate.

The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the field of outsourcing as an appropriate tool facility management and the reasons for their choices. In conclusion, the research will be conducted through a questionnaire survey on the use of this method among medium and large Czech construction companies.

The directive 2002/91/EC (EPBD, 2003) of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Energy Performance of Buildings (“Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive”, EPBD) was adopted after a lively discussion at all levels and with the full support of all Member States and the European Parliament on 16^th December 2002 with the entry into force on 4^th January 2003. The EPBD is considered a very important component of the legislative activities of the European Union aimed at energy efficiency, which is designed to meet the Kyoto Protocol and satisfies the requirements arising from the Green Papers on security of energy supply.

A recent European Commission Concerted Action focuses on energy performance (“Delivering potential”, October 2006) provides for energy efficiency in the building sector as a top priority. It foresees a key role in the implementation of the EPBD savings potential in the building sector, which is estimated at 28 %, and which may reduce the overall energy consumption in the European Union by about 11 % [2].

This paper is devoted to the various parts of the energy evaluation of buildings according to current European standards.

Pool water treatment is associated with a dose of disinfectants. Chlorine is the most common disinfectant, which is used for treatment of swimming pool water. Nowadays chlorine-free disinfections are tested, however chlorine is used in various forms for swimming pool water disinfection about 100 years. The article discusses the use of chlorine preparations for swimming pool water disinfection and giving practical examples of water disinfection in six swimming pool campuses.

European standard 15221-5 Guidance on processes of facility management provides guidance to FM organisations on the development and improvement of their processes to support the primary processes. This will support organisational development, innovation and improvement and will form a foundation for the further Professional development of FM and its advancement in Europe.
The standard also sets out basic principles, describes high-level generic facility management processes, lists strategic, tactical and operational processes and provides examples of process workflows.

From the perspective of building manager is not enough that the water flows. In addition to economic and operational problems in terms of impacts on the health and life of people and there is also a need to focus.

The essential data needed for the calculation of the Certificate of energy performance (PENB) are the data arising from the documentation of the construction. Providing that there is no documentation available, it is necessary to draw it up. The specialist makes a simplified electronic documentation containing all the necessary information to calculate the PENB. The gathered data from the drawing is stored in the database of the CAFM system ARCHIBUS. The data from the 3D BIM model can be placed into the same charts, therefore this database can gather this data independently of whether it was created based on electronic documentation in 2D or 3D models. The creation of the certificate is automatic.

We have been paying attention to the Issues of energy consumption and energy savings for many years. Due to discussion of global warming and its impacts in the last decade it is expected to implement procedures relating to energy efficiency in buildings and its evaluation in practice faster. The paper deals with the relationship between the photometric parameters and energy intensity lighting and discusses possible directions in search for energy-efficient lighting systems.

The published paper summarizes the crucial information about the actual topic – garage ventilation in the Czech Republic. The contribution is divided into three parts, due to the broad scope of the matters. The series of the papers is based on the legal and normative enactments. It reflects the new situation of natural gas powered vehicles parking possibilities and it discusses every ventilation system which can be found in garages. It deals with design principles of service ventilation, definition of emergency ventilation and basics of fire ventilation. The paper also deals with related issues such as control systems, operating regimes, detection and monitoring of pollutants, explosive atmosphere risk assessment and protocol determining external influences. The contribution is aimed not only to HVAC designers, but also to architects and designers of all related construction fields. Valuable information can be found also by the other interested groups such as investors, developers, suppliers, operators, building authorities, involved state administration bodies, etc.