Building Services Department

The department participates in the education at the bachelor and engineering degree level with its subjects focused on non-stationary processes of heat and mass exchange in buildings with a focus on the optimization of the design and operation of heating and air-conditioning systems with regard to the energy balance and the risk of microbiological pollution in systems of technical equipment of buildings.

The research activity of the department focuses on the theory and technology of the built environment with an emphasis on the energy performance of buildings in relation to architectural structures and systems of technical equipment of buildings, on research and development of renewable energy sources and their synergy with „green“ building structures, on research and development of new sustainable technological units and their combinations depending on the efficiency of the systems and its elements. Significant attention is paid to non-stationary heat and mass transfer processes in buildings, with a focus on the optimisation of the design and operation of heating and air-conditioning systems with regard to energy balance and the risk of microbiological pollution in systems of technical equipment in buildings.

Within the scope of activities for the building practice, the department focuses on:

• processing of projects for technical building equipment professions - health engineering, heating and ventilation

• measurement possibilities and processing of measurement results of hydraulic circuits, elements of heating systems

• assessment of the environmental and economic suitability of using alternative sources of water supply for buildings

• proposals and assessments of solutions for water retention measures in the building and its surroundings

• preparation of energy certificates and audits of buildings

• Internal grant pilot project of efficient use of HVAC systems in the premises of the Faculty of Science and Technology of TUKE with different purpose of use: feasibility study of progressive heating and cooling systems based on RES, Transfer of knowledge and experience from the laboratory into practice, Pilot project of efficient use of HVAC systems in the premises of the Faculty of Civil Engineering TUKE with different purpose of use, principal investigator: doc. Ing. František Vranay, PhD., 2016 - 2018

• Study of the use of rainwater in the building: Multifunctional complex Centrum 1, Tatry mountain resorts, a.s. Demänovská Dolina, investigator: prof. Ing. Prof. Zuzana Vranayová, CSc., December 2021

• Projektovanie budov vo svete udržateľných miest – Administratívne budovy 2021 (textbook), ISBN 978-80-553-4189-7, team of authors: prof. Ing. Zuzana Vranayová, CSc., prof. Ing. Silvia Vilčeková, PhD., prof. RNDr. Adriana Eštoková, PhD., doc. Ing. Danica Košičanová, PhD., doc. Ing. Anna Sedláková, PhD., doc. Ing. Peter Kapalo, PhD., doc. Ing. Eva Krídlová Burdová, PhD., doc. Ing. František Vranay, PhD., Ing. arch. Dušan Burák, PhD., Ing. Richard Nagy, PhD., Ing. Veronika Merjavá, Ing. Martin Kováč, PhD. (online access - PDF format) http://www.svum.6f.sk/2-uncategorised/68-page-68

• Projektovanie budov vo svete udržateľných miest – Budovy na bývanie 2020 (textbook), ISBN 978-80-553-4189-7, team of authors: prof. Ing. Zuzana Vranayová, CSc., prof. Ing. Silvia Vilčeková, PhD., doc. Ing. Danica Košičanová, PhD., doc. Ing. Anna Sedláková, PhD., doc. Ing. Peter Kapalo, PhD., Ing. Katarína Kováčová, PhD., doc. Ing. Eva Krídlová Burdová, PhD., Ing. arch. Zuzana Miňová, PhD., Ing. František Vranay, PhD., Ing. arch. Dušan Burák, PhD., Ing. Richard Nagy, PhD., Ing. Gabriel Markovič, PhD., Ing. Marek Kušnír, PhD., Ing. Martin Kováč, PhD. (online access - PDF format) http://www.svum.6f.sk/2-uncategorised/37-page-37