The presented article describes the basic introduction into building automation systems. The overview of main standards and protocol used in building automation systems are described in detail.

The report contains elaboration about make of electrical equipments in the bathroom, in the kitchen and residential as well as non-residential spaces. There are described general charakteristics segmentation of spaces into 3 zones (0,1 and 2). It is including option of equipments into these zones. This report also treat of electrical equipments position in the wash spaces and spaces with massage baths. The report is leaning on present standards with experience context and scientific remarks from different seminars and conferences.

One of ways how to utilise higher amount of energy from solar irradiation is conversion of energy of incident photons to a level close to band gap of the semiconductor material. This is the main idea of thermophotovoltaics. Light from the Sun (or heat from another source) is absorbed in emitter which is heated to a temperature much lower then the temperature of the surface of the Sun. Heated emitter then emits photons with lower energy. The goal is to manufacture selective emitter which emits photons in narrow band only slightly above to bandap of used photovoltaic cell.

Elementary principles of the most significant and the most perspective types of fuel cells are presented (AFC, PEFC/PEMFC, PAFC, DMFC, MCFC, SOFC). For every of the fuel cells the main operational characteristics, chemical reactions, advantages and disadvantages are presented.

The report is focused on analysis earthing of mains and earthing like unit including building services engineering. Safety function of earthing, requirements, practic application and realisation supported by ČSN (Czech Technical Standard). It shows earth electrode project and bonding protection of services engineering in buildings. Function, principles including bonding realisation is supported by Czech Technical Standard and pictures. Report is supplemented description of additional protection – complementing bonding protection internal water supply systems.

This contribution summarizes utilizing of co-generation and tri-generation systems for effective electricity, heat and cool production. A co-generation and a tri-generation offer more effective utilizing of primary energy sources in comparison with separate production of different kinds of energy. This contribution describes actual state in the Czech Republic in year 2009.

Today, many air handling units are supplied with integrated control system. Integration of those controls into a building management system may bring along lots of questions in the design and specification phase. If the parties involved are able to exchange relevant information in time, they avoid delays and problems in supplies and commissioning. AHUs and other components with integrated controls are changing the role of the control system suppliers who have to become system integrators. However, the mechanical part suppliers will have to increase their know-how on communicative controls.

Nowadays, the support for the production is renewable energy is growing. Biomass is among the important sources of renewable energy. It can be used in biogas plants as a raw, organic material of various origins, or as a “dry” biomass with low moisture, which is suitable for the production of energy through incineration. Both electricity and heating can be produced with biomass. And that is actually the problem. Whereas the production of electricity is supported, support for the production of heat is still missing.

The aim of the diurnal lightning proposal is to rectify rooms' access to sunlight, which is dispersed in the atmosphere, and to rectify the visual comfort of the users of the interior during daylight hours; i.e. the appropriate lightning conditions for visual work carried out in the interior. The specifications of diurnal lightning are formulated in IEC-730580-1 to 4. These specifications are binding because the relevant articles mentioned in the standards are determined as binding laws and decrees 268/2009 on the technical requirements for construction, 258/2000 on Public Health, 410/2005 on hygiene requirements for educational facilities and the education of children, Government Decree 361/2007 on sanitary conditions at work. In situations where controls of calculations of measurements are not possible or too difficult, it is then necessary to maximise the transparency of computational procedures. In particular, it is necessary to include all the variables that enter into the calculation (factors of brightness shading barriers, factors of transmission and reflection of light). When assessing the accuracy of the calculations, it is also necessary to require detailed descriptions of the computational models used in determining the individual components of the diurnal lightning factors.

In the 1970's the interest in renewable energy sources increased considerably due to the energy crisis. At that time, the fist extensive and reputable studies were published, which talked seriously about the fact that conventional energy sources are exhaustible. The Czech republic adopted its first energy policy in 1992 in agreement with the regional environmental limits of coal.