Category Archives: Architecture

SUNNY PASSIVE HOUSES

An example of a house with "zero" demand for conventional energy for heating.
The house with terraced houses has perfect thermal insulation of walls and roof. The heat demand is covered by the heat recovery system from the forced ventilation system. Windows …

A fire breaks out in buildings

A fire breaks out in buildings, especially in high-rise and high-rise buildings that are appearing more and more often today, carries a great danger for their users. The smoke generated in the combustion process poses the greatest risk, which is spreading at tremendous speed in …

Built-in wardrobe – sliding doors

The best way to have as much storage space as possible is to make built-in wardrobes. Here is our proposal to make such a wardrobe in the attic.

The purchased ready-made cabinets and shelves can be placed in any place and rearranged, however, they do not make the best use of space. …

Fire resistance of buildings

Buildings of high category of human risk ZL I, ZL III and ZL V should have the fire resistance class "B", while high-rise buildings of the same categories of danger to people – fire resistance class "A".

Basic elements of high and high-rise buildings, according to theirs …

Escape routes of the building

From rooms intended for people to stay, it should be possible to evacuate to a safe place outside the building or to an adjacent fire zone, directly or via general communication, called escape routes.
In the premises of fire zones ZL, from the farthest place, wherein …

Building fire zones

The basic assumption for the division of the building into fire zones and the resulting requirements, is to isolate the part of the building affected by the fire, in order to limit the possibility of fire spreading.

For tall and high-rise buildings, the fire zone is a building or a part of it, separated from …

Fire shut-off dampers

Cut-off fire dampers are used in places where ventilation or air conditioning ducts pass through building partitions, which are elements of fire separation. Under normal conditions, all hatches are open – remain in the waiting position. Fire dampers in the event of a fire, close in …