Thermal insulation (TI) under the building foundations prevents the thermal bridge on the contact between the building and supporting terrain and reduces the energy consumption in modern energy efficient houses. In the paper the seismic behaviour of buildings with different heights, floor plan dimensions, on different soil conditions and on different TI layers have been analysed. The results of simplified seismic analyses have shown, that the potentially negative influences of inserting the TI under the foundation plate could be expected only for buildings with more than 2 or 3 storeys.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2866052
A passive house is a energy-efficient building that can manage throughout the heating period, due to its specific construction design, with more than ten times less heat energy than the same building designed to standards presently applicable across Europe. In this study, In order to determine the advantages and disadvantages of the most common construction materials, different constructions types for passive houses, such as solid wood, wood-frame, aerated concrete, and brick, were compared with each other. The analytic hierarchy process (AHP), a widely used multi-criteria method, was applied to quantify the comparison. The analysis of different construction types based on quantifying different criteria for passive houses was performed on a case study. The analysis revealed that the highest-ranking criteria came into play here, notably well-being, the psychological aspect, and functionality in the wood construction considered as one of the most suitable options for passive houses.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2108297
The paper deals with the applicability of the extended N2 method to base-isolated mass-eccentric RC frame building isolated with lead rubber bearings. The results are presented in terms of displacements and amplification factors of the isolation system and of the superstructure. The results of the extended N2 method are compared with the average results of nonlinear dynamic analyses. It was concluded that the extended N2 method could provide a reasonable prediction of the torsional influences in minor to moderately asymmetric base-isolated structures.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2472324
Architects from all artistic periods have often sought inspiration in structural logic. However, beside vertical loads, the earthquake as a loading on buildings has only been dealt with scientifically in approximately the last 100 years. Before that, builders took certain measures to ensure the horizontal stiffness of buildings mainly intuitively or by eventual experience gained from the previous earthquakes. The paper examines the development of earthquake resistant design in relation to architecture in earthquake prone areas, from the first mainly intuitive measures for ensuring horizontal stiffness of buildings up until the 20th century, when influences of earthquakes on buildings began to be included in standards and regulations for the design of contemporary earthquake resistant structures. Through the prism of earthquake resistance the paper studies and chronologically presents the influence of building structural systems on architecture from the period of the labour division of architecture and engineering until today.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2557316
In the past decade a variety of measures has been implemented in the EU to improve the energy performance of buildings: tightening legislation, awareness-raising, education and promotion, state financial aid and demonstrating above-standard quality of components and buildings through certificates. In Slovenia the active promotion of increased energy efficiency in buildings began in 2008. The National Action Plan 2008-2016 was a basis for the allocation of subsidies for the new construction of energy efficient buildings. The new Rules on the Efficient Use of Energy in Buildings served to tighten up national legislation. Running parallel to this was the education of experts and lay persons. The results of the research show that in Slovenia, legislation, environmental education, public information and awareness-raising in the area of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in buildings, and state financial support are having a positive effect on the energy performance of buildings.
COBISS.SI-ID: 2828164