Course detail

Sustainable Building

FAST-NHB046Acad. year: 2025/2026

Sustainable building represents a progress of building industry towards the achievement of sustainable development of society in terms of ecology, social-economy and culture. The basic principles and aims of sustainable construction are presented in the Agenda 21 document. This course deals especially with ecological and energy aspects of building and possibilities of environmental-friendly and recycled material use in building constructions. Students will become familiar with the multi-criteria assessment methodology SBToolCZ.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Milan Ostrý, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Structures (PST)

Offered to foreign students

Of all faculties

Entry knowledge

Good theoretical knowledge of building physics and fundamentals of building construction designing are the assumption for an understanding of the course content. General knowledge of common construction materials is necessary as well.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the conception of sustainable development and sustainable building. Indivisible part of the course is the issue of energy demand during realization and use of a building. Students are acquainted with alternative material and construction designs with application of recycled construction materials.
Student will know philosophy of sustainable building and he will
know the principles of life cycle assessment of building object.
Student will be able to use the natural and recycled matrials during
design phase of building object.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ADAMOVSKÝ, Daniel et al. SBToolCZ pro bytové domy. Praha: Univerzitní centrum energeticky efektivních budov a Fakulta stavební, ČVUT v Praze, [Online] 2022. [Citace 31.10.2022] https://www.sbtool.cz/online/bd/ (CS)
ADAMOVSKÝ, Daniel et al. SBToolCZ pro rodinné domy. Praha: Univerzitní centrum energeticky efektivních budov a Fakulta stavební, ČVUT v Praze, [Online] 2022. [Citace 31.10.2022] https://www.sbtool.cz/online/rd/ (CS)
CHYBÍK, Josef. Přírodní stavební materiály. Praha: GRADA, 2009. ISBN 978-80-247-2532-1 (CS)
KOČÍ, Vladimír a kol. LCA a EPD stavebních výrobků. Posuzování životního cyklu a environmentální prohlášení o produktu jako cesta k udržitelnému stavebnictví. Praha: Česká rada pro šetrné budovy, 2012. ISBN 978-80-260-3504-6 (CS)
KOČÍ, Vladimír. Posuzování životního cyklu Life Cycle Assessment - LCA. Chrudim: Vodní zdroje Ekomonitor, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86832-42-5 (CS)
MINKE, Gernot. Příručka hliněného stavitelství. Materiály – Technologie – Architektura. Bratislava: Pagoda, 2009. ISBN 978-80-969698-2-1 (CS)
ZDAŘILOVÁ, Renata. Bezbariérové užívání staveb. Metodika k vyhlášce č. 398/2009 Sb., o obecných technických požadavcích zabezpečujících bezbariérové užívání staveb. Praha: Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2011. ISBN 978-80-87438-17-6 (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme NPA-SIS Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPC-SIS Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional
  • Programme NPC-MI Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory
  • Programme NPC-SIS Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Milan Ostrý, Ph.D.

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.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. Milan Ostrý, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Conditions for obtaining credits, semester work task.
  • 2. Multi-criteria assessment by SBToolCZ methodology – Criteria E.
  • 3. Multi-criteria assessment by SBToolCZ methodology – Criteria E.
  • 4. Multi-criteria assessment by SBToolCZ methodology – Criteria S.
  • 5. Multi-criteria assessment by SBToolCZ methodology – Criteria C.
  • 6. Multi-criteria assessment by SBToolCZ methodology – Criteria L.
  • 7. Credit.