Course detail

Building Services (E)

FAST-BTA011Acad. year: 2025/2026

Introduction to the subject, principles of sanitary equipment design. Drainage systems inside buildings. Water sources for buildings, water supply systems. Domestic hot water supply systems. Gas installation for buildings. Electrical equipment.
Problems of thermal comfort in buildings. Types of water heating systems. Heat losses for buildigs and heat balance. Type of radiators. Heat sources and their space arrangement. Boiler rooms of the central heating. Hydraulics of heating systems.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Jakub Vrána, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Building Services (TZB)

Entry knowledge

Basic knowledge about constructional systems of buildings, fundamentals of hydromechanics, fundamentals of water supply and sewerage, basic theoretic knowledge of direct and alternating current, fundamentals of heat transfer.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

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

Aims

Overview of plumbing systems. Bases of electrotechnics. Bases of heating systems.
Student obtains overview of plumbing systems, electrical equipments and heating systems of building.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bárta, L.- Doležalová, J.- Maurerová, L.: BT51 Technická zařízení budov I (S), AT01 Technická zařízení budov I. a technická infrastruktura. Návody do cvičení se vzorovými úlohami. VUT v Brně, FAST 2015. (CS)
Bárta, L.: TZB I (S), modul 03 Zásobování budov vodou (CS)
Bárta, L.: TZB I (S), modul 04 Zásobování budov plynem (CS)
Čupr, K.: TZB I (S), modul 1 Hygienická zařízení v budovách (CS)
Čupr, K.: TZB I (S), modul 2 Odvádění odpadních vod z budov (CS)
Dvořáček, K. a kol.: Elektroinstalace v bytové a občanské výstavbě I.II. IN-EL, Praha 1996. (CS)
Počinková, M.: TZB II Vytápění budov, modul 1 Tepelné ztráty budov (CS)
Počinková, M.: TZB II Vytápění budov, modul 2 Otopná tělesa (CS)
Počinková, M.: TZB II Vytápění budov, modul 4 Tepelné soustavy budov (CS)
Počinková, M.: TZB II Vytápění budov, modul 5 Zdroje tepla - kotelny (CS)
Počinková, M.: TZB II Vytápění budov, modul 7 Zařízení a prvky tepelných soustav (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-SI Bachelor's

    specialization E , 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jakub Vrána, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Principles of sanitary equipment design.
  • 2. Sorts of waste waters and designing of drainage systems inside buildings.
  • 3. Water sources for water supply for buildings. Water supply systems and their designing.
  • 4. Domestic hot water supply systems. Equipment for fire-water supply.
  • 5. Fuel gas properties. Gas installation for buildings.
  • 6. Building electric wiring installation, artificial lighting.
  • 7. Electrical service connections, lightning conductors.
  • 8. Problems of designing of thermal comfort in building, overview of heating systems, choice and design.
  • 9. Heat losses of buildings and heat balance.
  • 10. Determination of type and size of radiators.
  • 11. Heat sources and their dispositional arrangement.
  • 12. Equipment of boiler rooms.
  • 13. Pipes sizing of heat systems.

Exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jakub Vrána, Ph.D.

Syllabus

  • 1. Assignment. Site plan. Drainage – plan of typical floors, section view of fixture drains and stacks.
  • 2. Drainage – plan of basement, pipes sizing.
  • 3. Water installation – plans of typical floor and basement.
  • 4. Water installation – pipe sizing. Gas installation - plan of typical floor.
  • 5. Gas installation – plan of basement, axonometric scheme, pipe sizing.
  • 6. Plan of electrical lighting circuits and electrical service connection.
  • 7. Plan of electrical socket circuits.
  • 8. Heat losses of buildings and heat balance.
  • 9. Overview of heating systems, choice and design.
  • 10. Determination of type and size of radiators.
  • 11. Heat sources and their dispositional arrangement.
  • 12. Equipment of boiler rooms.
  • 13. Submitting of design, credit.