• 1. Introduction to the course; surveys and diagnostics in building renovations; historical development of buildings in the Czech Republic.
• 2. Energy savings in retrofitting of external walls – part 1: fundamental overview; variants of thermal insulation applications; design criteria and methods of implementation; specific approaches for different wall material solutions.
• 3. Rehabilitation of selected building structures and improvement of their thermal performance: ceilings, floors, partitions, windows and doors.
• 4. Energy savings in retrofitting of external walls – part 2: protection of birds and bats on the construction site; local repairs of ETICS; occurrence of algae on ETICS; rehabilitation of ETICS. Summary of legal and standardized requirements on design documentation of building renovations; the most common defects and failures in the implementation of energy saving measures.
• 5. Renovations of flat roofs: defects and failures, recovery of function and improvement of thermal performance.
• 6. Renovations of pitched roofs: defects and failures, recovery of function and improvement of thermal performance.
• 7. Introduction to pre-cast concrete buildings: historical development of standardized construction systems and their envelope walls. Energy savings in retrofitting of pre-cast concrete buildings, defects and failures of envelope walls, modifications of balconies, loggias and parapet walls. Practical examples of the implementation of energy saving measures.
• 8. Energy savings in retrofitting of curtain walling: unitised construction and stick construction, glazed facades, historical curtain walling. Wood-based structural systems.
• 9. Energy savings in retrofitting of building equipment: fundamental overview, spatial requirements, related construction works (placing of pipes and wires, rehabilitation of chimneys, installation of heat pumps, HVAC, etc.).
• 10. Energy savings in retrofitting of historical and heritage buildings: contemporary legal requirements and other regulations in the Czech Republic, conservation versus interventions. Final exam instructions.

1^st – 3^rd week: Introduction to practice classes; requirements; assignment of input documents for semester work. Consultations of the assignments and individual field work:

• field sketches and photodocumentation, collection of necessary background information;
• preliminary building survey, including a preliminary assessment of the current state;
• technical drawings of the existing state of the chosen object (M1:50).

4^th– 8^th week: Design of the building retrofit (emphasizing energy savings), individual consultation:

• retrofitting of selected building structures and improvement of their thermal performance: external walls, plinth, ceilings, floors. Including assessment in terms of building physics;
• retrofitting of windows and doors and improvement of their thermal performance;
• design documentation of the external thermal insulating composite system (ETICS), including a technological work procedure;
• renovation of flat or pitched roof: recovery of function and improvement of thermal performance;
• design documentation of building retrofitting (M 1:50), including the solution of selected assembly details.

9^th week: Individual consultation; presentation of the results.

10^th week: Submission of semester work; credits.