Accompanying programme

Note: All accompanying events are conducted in the Czech language.

15 September 2011 (9:30 - 16:30 hours) / Crossroads of architecture
Public area - architecture – investor – community

Křižovatky Architektury
3rd edition of the conference

Place of the event: National Technical Library in Prague

Topic areas:
  • Presentation of selected implementations of public areas in a wider context
  • The relation between a private investor and self-administration, support by municipalities for the entry of a developer and developer’s contribution for the municipality, legislative and legal aspects, strategy of municipalities in the field of public area creation
A part of the programme is the lecture by Martin Rajniš focused on the topic: Natural architecture and accompanying exhibition Young Architect Award 2011.

21 September 2011 (12:00 - 16:30 hours) / Transport in Prague
Specialised conference intended for representatives of implementation and designing firms and for self-administration


Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Entrance Hall I, Conference Room 1
Organisers: SPS and SD in cooperation with ABF

Topic areas:
  • Transport infrastructure in Prague from the viewpoint of the Land Development Plant
  • Construction of the transport infrastructure
Vysoké učení technické v Brně, Fakulta elektrotechniky

21 September 2011 (13:00 – 15:00 hrs) / Non-conventional resources of electrical energy
Seminar for both the professional and general public


Place of the seminar: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Conference Room 4
Organisers: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology, in cooperation with ABF

The FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair is definitely approaching and it has obtained another interesting support, this time from the International Conference “Non-conventional resources of electrical energy” which is organised by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Brno University of Technology. The 32nd edition of this international conference will take place on 5-7 September 2011 in the premises of SPORT V-Hotel, Hrotovice.

NZEE After the end of this conference, the experts specialised in non-conventional energy will move to Prague where they are to present the following matters of interest within the framework of their lectures held on the occasion of the FOR ARCH Trade Fair:
  • Petr Bača: Possibilities of accumulation of electrical energy from renewable resources,
  • Bača Petr: Global warming and influences of human activities,
  • Petr Křivík: Most frequently used accumulators for power applications.
This professional block will include also a discussion with leading experts specialised in electrical energy resources from the Brno University of Technology. You will be able to visit all these events at the FOR ARCH Trade Fair held at the Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, the professional programme will take place on 21 September 2011, from 13:00 to 15:00 hours.

22 September 2011 (10:00 - 16:00 hours) / Wood Building
Dřevěné Stavění 6th edition of the conference


Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Entrance Hall I, Conference Room 1

Topic areas:
  • Energy, CO2, economic aspects
  • Thermal insulation, aeration and diffusion of facades of wooden buildings
  • Examples of implementations (foreign experience)

22 September 2011 (10:30 – 15:00 hours) / New materials and technologies for low-energy and passive houses
TECHNOLOGICKÉ CENTRUM AV ČR Specialised workshop


Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, conference room 4
Organisers: Technological Centre of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, in cooperation with ABF

On 22 September 2011 from 10:30 to 15:00 hrs, a specialised workshop entitled “New materials and technologies for low-energy and passive houses” organised by the Technological Centre of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic will be held. The seminar will be focused especially on innovations in the field of materials and technologies for low-energy constructions, presentations will be provided by representatives of small and medium-size Czech enterprises with a significant innovative potential. A part of the lectures will be dedicated also to the philosophy of low-energy constructions and to the legislative framework of the low-energy and passive constructions in the Czech Republic. After the end of the lecture part it will be possible to hold informal meetings and discussions of all the seminar participants.

22 September 2011 (14:00 - 17:00 hours) / Barrier-free use of constructions in relation to law regulations and technical standards
Expert workshop

Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Entrance Hall I, Conference Room 2
Organisers: ČKAIT in cooperation with ABF

Topic areas:
  • Methodological assurance of accessible environment
  • Requirements for independent movement of people with impaired mobility and orientation
  • Creation of preconditions for separate and safe use and accessibility of constructions

YOUNG ARCHITECT AWARD 2011
Young Architect Award Prize for young and novice architects

The aim of the architectonic competition is to help the students and young architects (under 33 years old) to find their place on the current architectonic stage, to make the general public familiar with current architecture and to support the public discussion about architecture. And last but not least, the competition will help to map the work of novice architects.

The patron of the competition is Martin Rajniš.

Topic: Public area of communities
  • Centre and outskirts
  • Town and water
The competition terms and conditions have been drawn up in cooperation with the Czech Chamber of Architects (ČKA). The professional jury consisting of renowned Czech architects will evaluate according to the criteria: quality of the architectonic/urban development design, quality of the environment. Besides the main prizes in the categories of Idea studies and School work and Projects and implementations, also the Architect Josef Hlávka Award, Rector of the Czech Technical University (ČVUT) Award and iDNES.cz Readers Award will be handed over . The results will be announced at the festive evening party of the FOR ARCH Trade Fair held on 22 September 2011. The announcement of the results will be followed up by the travelling exhibition of the works registered, which is held in cooperation with partners, partner schools and municipalities in the Czech Republic.

Professional sponsor: ČKA
Auspices: ČKAIT, MŠMT, MPO, MMR, MK, MŽP, FA and FSv ČVUT in Prague, FA VUT in Brno, FAST VŠB-TU Ostrava, FUA TU in Liberec, FA STU Bratislava
Partners: MŽP - Revolving Fund of the Ministry of the Environment (“MŽP”), Foundation “Nadání Josefa, Marie a Zdeňky Hlávkových“, CEGRA (ARCHICAD), FOR ARCH
Media partners: iDNES.cz, ERA21, ASB, ARCHITEKT, Interiér veřejných budov, Střechy, fasády, izolace, KONSTRUKCE, Fasády, Stavební fórum, eStav.cz, Development news, STAVITEL, arch-info.eu, CPM
Responsible Manager: Eva Pácaltová

21 - 23 September 2011 / COMPETITION PRESENTATION OF CRAFTS AND TRADES - SUSO
SUSO Final round of the 15th edition

Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Hall 1

This in a non-commercial project which has been organised by the ABF company in cooperation with its partners for the long period of fifteen years. Local selection rounds of the competition are held in the course of the school year all over the Czech Republic, within the framework of accompanying programmes at building trade fairs and exhibitions. Young bricklayers and joiners of the second years of building technical schools compete and present their crafts and skills in the environment of an international competition. Practical as well as theoretical assignment of competition tasks are prepared by experts from practice, especially from the number of partner firms and guilds. The winners of individual rounds go to the final round which takes place every year at the FOR ARCH Trade Fair. The announcement of the competition winners is accompanied by the speech of the competition patron - Actor Jan Antonín Duchoslav alias Viki Cabadaj from the film “Sněženky a machři”.

Project aims:
By popularisation and media promotion of building branches to increase the interest of both the public and future craftsmen in building apprenticeship branches on the one hand, and to get the business sphere involved on the other hand, while building up a wide base of skilled craftsmen together with schools all over the Czech Republic.

General partner: Wienerberger, cihlářský průmysl, a.s.
General partner of the tile-setter branch: SIKO KOUPELNY, a.s.
Main partners: Xella CZ, s.r.o., Schiedel, a.s., LB Cemix, s.r.o., KB Blok systém, s.r.o. and Würth spol. s r.o.
Partners: STANLEY, DeWALT, D.Z.P. Praha, s.r.o.
Main media partner: magazine “Stavebnictví”
Responsible Manager: David Surmaj

23 September 2011 (10:30 – 14:30 hrs) / Energy saving houses and the newly introduced EPBD Directive
Seminar for both the professional and general public


Place of the seminar: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Conference Room 4
Organisers: Passive House Centre in cooperation with ABF

Prague will again host expositions, advisory events and seminars focused on passive houses. Interesting lectures on energy saving wood constructions are prepared for both the general public and experts at the FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair for 23 and 24 September. The general public and experts can look forward to the seminar entitled “Passive houses – Why and how”, where they can learn how to build a high-quality passive wood construction, why and how to ventilate in buildings, how to deal with air-tightness of passive houses and comparison of prices of passive and classical houses.

During the Friday morning seminar “News from the field of passive houses” you will have a possibility to see presentations of the firms from the Passive House Centre Association. Each of them will introduce, in a 15-minute presentation, its area of activities and the most important innovations which you can meet at the Trade Fair.

During the entire time of the Trade Fair the visitor will be able to see the exposition of the Passive House Platform which is operated by the Passive House Centre Association. You will find there not only the exhibiting members of the Association - Saint-Gobain Isover CZ, VELOX-WERK, ATREA, VALA DŘEVOSTAVBY, Knauf Insulation, RECIFA and their products suitable for construction of passive houses – but also an advisory place with experts who can advise you with your projects of energy-saving houses. We are looking forward to seeing you at the FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair which provides you with the information – All about low-energy building.

Lecture time Speaker Company Lecture topic
Friday 23 Sep. 10.30 - 11.30 Akad. arch. Aleš Brotánek AB DESIGN STUDIO Why is a wood construction suitable for a passive house?
11.30 - 12.15 Martin Jindrák ATREA s.r.o. Experience from seven-year living and using the technical systems (TZB) in an energy-passive wood construction
12.15 - 12.30 Break
12.30 - 13.15 Ing. Dalibor Skácel Technical University of Liberec Importance of thermal solar systems for passive houses
13.15 - 14.00 Ing. Michal Čejka PORSENNA, o.p.s. Economic evaluation of operation of a passive house

23 September 2011 (14:00 - 17:00 hours) / Solar heat for residential buildings
Professional seminar held within the framework of For Arch 2011

Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Entrance Hall I, Conference Room 2
Organiser: Czechoslovak Solar Energy Society
Partner: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University (FS ČVUT) in Prague, Alternativní energie, Regulus, a.s., Energy Benefit Centre, Thermosolar Žiar nad Hronom

This specialised seminar is focused on the use of solar energy in the systems for hot water preparation and heating in residential buildings.

Solar systems in residential buildings
Tomáš Matuška, FS ČVUT in Prague, 30 min.

Possibilities of integration of solar systems into residential buildings
Bořivoj Šourek, Siemens, 30 min.

Design and implementation of a solar system in residential buildings, step by step
Jiří Kalina, Regulus, 30 min.

Experience from implementations of large solar systems
Alfréd Gottas/JH Solar, Thermosolar, Žiar n. Hronom, 30 min.

Economy of solar systems for residential buildings
Libor Novák/Lukáš Emingr, Energy Benefit Centre, o.p.s., 30 min.

Seminar sponsor: Československá společnost pro sluneční energii

Contacts:
Tomáš Matuška, FS ČVUT, tomas.matuska@fs.cvut.cz, tel.: +420605570354
Zdeněk Kučera, Alternativní energie, kucera@alen.cz, tel.: +420603459821

24 September 2011 (10:30 – 14:30 hrs) / Presentation of passive house owners and their experience
Seminar for both the professional and general public


Place of the seminar: Exhibition Centre Prague Letnany, Conference Room 1
Organisers: Passive House Centre in cooperation with ABF

Prague will again host expositions, advisory events and seminars focused on passive houses. Interesting lectures on energy saving wood constructions are prepared for both the general public and experts at the FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair for 23 and 24 September. The general public and experts can look forward to the seminar entitled “Passive houses – Why and how”, where they can learn how to build a high-quality passive wood construction, why and how to ventilate in buildings, how to deal with air-tightness of passive houses and comparison of prices of passive and classical houses.

Saturday 24 September 2011 is dedicated to future investors and builders of family houses. Aleš Brotánek in his presentation held from half past ten at the seminar “How people live in a passive house” will make the interested visitors familiar with general issues and will speak about the basic aspects of the passive standard, including a presentation of the houses already built. The final part of the event will be focused on passive house owners who are to share their experience with living in a passive house with the seminar participants. They will compare the situation with conventional houses, will describe the advantages of such a living style as well as any possible problems which they could meet during the construction process or during the use of the house.

During the entire time of the Trade Fair the visitor will be able to see the exposition of the Passive House Platform which is operated by the Passive House Centre Association. You will find there not only the exhibiting members of the Association - Saint-Gobain Isover CZ, VELOX-WERK, ATREA, VALA DŘEVOSTAVBY, Knauf Insulation, RECIFA and their products suitable for construction of passive houses – but also an advisory place with experts who can advise you with your projects of energy-saving houses. We are looking forward to seeing you at the FOR ARCH 2011 Trade Fair which provides you with the information – All about low-energy building.

Lecture time Speaker Company Lecture topic
Saturday 24 Sep. 10.30 - 11.30 Ing. arch. Josef Smola Josef Smola - Projektový a inženýrský atelier (Design and Engineering Atelier) How to design a high-quality passive house
11.30 - 12.15 Ing. arch. David Křeček Brno University of Technology Builder’s ideas and realistic possibilities while designing a passive house
12.15 - 12.30 Break
12.30 - 13.15 Mgr. Stanislav Paleček RADION - Mgr. Stanislav Paleček Diagnostics of passive houses - Blower Door test
13.15 - 14.00 Ing. Jan Schwarzer, Ph.D. Czech Technical University in Prague Experience with a hot-air ventilation system and hot-air heating system with recuperation features

24. - 25. 9. 2011 / Construction of a Family House through the Eyes of a Lawyer
Seminar focusing on administrative proceedings relating to construction, contractual prevention of potential risks, financing and subsidies

Place of the event: Exhibition Centre Prague Letňany, Conference Room 4
Organiser: Ueltzhöffer Balada, advokátní kancelář

Programme:

Saturday 24.9.2011 (11.00 – 12.00)

CONSTRUCTION OF A FAMILY HOUSE – CONTRACT FOR WORK
  • Preparing construction (construction project, building permit)
  • Contents of the contract
  • Price, payment terms
  • Warranty, penalties
  • Financing (public subsidies)

Sunday 25.9.2011 (11.00 – 12.00)

LEGAL GUIDE TO CONSTRUCTION OF A FAMILY HOUSE
  • Purchase of a construction plot
  • Preparing construction (zoning and building permit proceedings)
  • Contract for work
  • Construction financing
  • Public subsidies – Green Savings programme (“Zelená úsporám”)
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