The paper defines the legislative basis for the determination of vulnerable critical infrastructure (CI) elements by the domino effects of major accidents.

The article briefly describes literary knowledges and presents an example of a possible statistical probability approach to uncertainties estimations of qualitative GC/MS chemical analyses of fire samples.The procedure is applicable to other qualitative tests used in the construction industry.

The paper deals with the issue and classification of burning processes. Basic crisis situations and situations that occur during the existence of mankind are also fires. Examination of burning processes is closely related to fires, as they pose uncontrollable and unlimited burning in space and time. Fire occurring not only in the natural environment (eg forest fires) but also in various industrial, transport, manufacturing, processing and storage technologies, in accommodation facilities and elsewhere. Controllable and controlled burning processes can be useful for humans, for example: domestic heating, cooking and others. Uncontrollable combustion processes (fires) can cause serious losses and threats to health, life, property, tangible and intangible property and the environment. Burning is a set of complex physicochemical processes in which flammable substances and materials react with oxidizing agents and change to combustion products (combustion products). Burning is accompanied by intense radiation of heat, light energy, and smoke. The combustion processes can be classified according to different criteria.

In the media, the issue of ICT convergence with other fields is mainly described only from a technological point of view. The practical impact on designing and designing buildings is however no longer mentioned. How do you perceive the words project and project documentation you?

The paper briefly specifies for flammable gases and vapors of flammable liquids: the creation and marking of flammability triangles, the possible procedure for shutting down the appliances with flammable substances out of service and, on the other hand, putting them into process in accordance with the relevant flammable triangles, the methods of estimation of the so-called Out- of -Service Fuel Concentration (OSFC) and so-called In-Service-Oxygen Concentrations (ISOC).

At present, organizational management's focus is on maximizing the effectiveness of core business in order to increase market competitiveness. This goal can also be achieved by optimizing operating costs by applying facility management to an organization.

This article is focusing on international cooperation in the field of fire investigation. Authors have analyzed approaches on fire investigation system in different countries. Main part of this article consist of summary of experiences gained from Netherlands and United States of America and option of applicating them in Czech fire investigation system. In addition it also describes contribution of Czech fire investigators for CTIF Fire Investigation Working Group both in a past and for a future.

Nature represents for people their natural environment from which they evolved and which they had to adapt to survive. People lived in synergy with nature and perceived it with all the senses from time to time. However, with the progressive development of mankind, this relationship has been ostracized - either as a result of massive urbanization, industrialization, or technological change. This has resulted to such an extent that today we spend over 90% of our time in an artificially created environment. Biophilic design as a tool to reconnect people with nature plays an irreplaceable role in view of the significant positive benefits of this link.

The paper focuses on current European trends in the application of some new and innovative types of fire safety devices, preventing the initiation of fire or explosion and detection systems. The article also deals with the issue of placing these construction products on the market.

Open-space they do not work, and they will be replaced by coffee shops in the future, says British Telecommunications futurist Nicole Millard quoted by The Daily Telegraph.

The facility management application system together with PDCA quality management for maintenance of technical and technological equipment during operation is defined by the Sustainable Building Optimization Model.

This article draws on a survey published in FlexJobs 5th Annual Super Survey where the key message not only for employers and office planners is that the flexibility of work is cited as the most important factor in the workplace in 80% of respondents to this survey.

Assessing energy performance of the building is also done from the point of view of the need for non-renewable primary energy. A common layman probably does not know what this means. At the same time, the need for non-renewable primary energy fundamentally influences the design of energy sources for heating, cooling, hot water preparation, etc. for a particular building. The need for non-renewable primary energy is one of the three main energy performance indicators of a building, and if it is assessed as too large, the building can not be validated.

If we look at man by the view of the economist, we find that people (employees) form a special part of capital. This is an important and very expensive part of the capital, unnecessarily high taxed by us, but also decisive for the success or failure of the business.

This study investigates the impact of energy renovation on the indoor air quality of apartment building during heating season. The study was performed in one residential building before and after its renovation. Energy audit was performed and energy certificate was calculated for the renovated and the non renovated condition of the dwelling. Objective measurements of CO₂ concentration have been used for the evaluation. The average concentrations was much higher after the refurbishment. The air exchange rate was calculated, which was higher in the unrenovated apartments. This study shows that energy renovation of the residential buildings in Slovakia may reduce the quality of the indoor environment in the apartments especially in winter season.
Maintaining a healthy indoor environment requires much more intense air exchange after the reconstruction of the house as it is achieved. Although this is related to energy consumption, it is otherwise endangered by the health of the user. Reducing the thermal energy consumption of the house to the detriment of the quality of the indoor environment and the health of the users of the dwellings can not therefore be considered as a saving and can not be calculated when assessing the energy savings of the building's heating system after reconstruction.

At the beginning of the new school year, we would like to draw attention to the book Ventilation Schools in Contexts. All parents want their children to be successful at school. It also depends on class ventilation. We bring a selection from the chapters of the new publication.

The definition of what is a common part of a residential building is essential especially when modifying the building structures and eliminating defects that affect both a common part and residential units. How common parts are defined affects who finances the modifications and reconstructions of such structures and parts. The definition of common parts is based on the new Civil Code (No. 89/2012 Coll.) and on the already abolished Act on Ownership of Housing (No. 72/1994 Coll.).

At present, there is growing interest in the realization of multi-storey wooden buildings. In the case of multi-storey wooden buildings, their safety, stiffness and acoustics are of key importance. The submitted paper focuses on the issue of fire safety of multi-storey wooden buildings, which is currently the subject of major discussions.

Do you have a CCTV installed in your apartment building? What will happen to you in 2018, when the new European legal framework for the protection of personal data, which is the General Regulation 2016/679, comes into force.

The parameters and characteristics obtained from the laboratory test are used to compare products in terms of performance and efficiency. The results also serve for the correct design and evaluation of the year-round behavior of the element built into the entire thermal system.