Wood and the materials on its basis fulfil the requirements of an ever-evolving and accelerating society. In addition to naturally grown wood, wood-based materials are frequently used as a basic material for production of furniture and for building constructions as well. Looking at changes in waste management, a significant shift from the waste to the circular economy can be observed. The valuable raw materials are kept in the production cycle instead of landfilling or burning. Wood and wooden products can be efficiently separated in waste management, reused and recycled. The so-called wood waste – old furniture, wooden pallets, window and door frames, demolition wood, used lumber, bark and other wood residues can be reused in particleboard production. Particle board manufacturers in the Czech Republic have adopted progressive waste management and currently use 60% of recycled wood into particle boards. A completed life cycle analysis (LCA) of OSB demonstrates that replacing of 50% of natural fibres with recycled wood has significant environmental benefits. The objective is to push furthermore on effective legislation to promote waste material utilization and thus lead to a more sophisticated waste wood collecting.

When deciding on energy investments, consultants and designers often rely on data listed in the technical data sheets provided by manufacturers. This can lead to a very unpleasant surprise for operators - fuel consumption is often significantly higher than assumed by the assessment. Especially in terms of smaller heat sources, this approach leads to errors and consequent significant economic losses.

The use of the Stirling engine and fuel cells in micro-cogeneration units is not yet very extensive, so the facilities of the University of Žilina have been in a long-term test run. This article aims to compare the gaseous emissions produced in the operation of the given micro-cogeneration units compared to conventional micro-CHP units and heat sources and, in particular, to popularize the equipment of such types among the broad professional public.

One of the most well-known and most important greenhouse gases is carbon dioxide (CO₂), which arises from natural processes, but the burning of carbonaceous fuels, especially fossil fuels, contributes significantly in the last century. This text focuses on CO₂ emissions associated with energy transformations for the supply of energy to buildings.

The aim of this paper is to compare BaP emissions from domestic heating, industrial emissions of BaP and BaP emissions from transport within the scope of the Czech Republic and individual regions of the Czech Republic using current balance approaches that are used for reporting BaP emissions for the Czech Republic under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP).

The European Union is changing its RES support system. From the 1st January 2017, aid granted by the Member States should be in the form of tender procedures as required by the State Aid Guidelines for the Environment and Energy 2014-2020.

In the area of existing thermal energy supply systems, the processes of disconnection of existing heat consumers have been ongoing for a long time. The key point is correctness of the Energy Certificates. The article provides an example of a specific assessment of disconnection from central source heat supplier.

The paper presents a summary of achieved parameters of Wave – a cogeneration plant that received the E.ON Globe Energy Award in a category “Idea” in 2015. Operation experience and modifications of WAVE from the ceremonial baptism in 2016 to the end of November 2017 are described.

Assessing energy performance of the building is also done from the point of view of the need for non-renewable primary energy. A common layman probably does not know what this means. At the same time, the need for non-renewable primary energy fundamentally influences the design of energy sources for heating, cooling, hot water preparation, etc. for a particular building. The need for non-renewable primary energy is one of the three main energy performance indicators of a building, and if it is assessed as too large, the building can not be validated.

Another of several articles dealing with thermal losses evaluation of heating networks is focused on the numerical modeling of the temperature field in the immediate and distant surroundings of the pipe insulation surface. In connection with the difficulty of solving the analytical methods and in particular with the inaccuracy of their results, especially in less typical but not rare operating regimes, a two-dimensional model of the thermal field generated during the operation around the heating pipeline is offered as a suitable path for describing the whole process. The presented numerical model uses the growth of computational capacities in recent years, so that the size of one segment of the calculation grid is 10 x 10mm, which is, for example, to determine the suitability of the location of another pipe network or cable, near the hot-water pipe, the fineness is already sufficient. The resulting numerical model is being prepared, unlike a substantial part of the analytical methods, to calculate the full range of possible operating conditions of the hot-water and climatic conditions on the Earth's surface.

Another of several articles dealing with thermal losses evaluation of heating networks is focused on the numerical modeling of the temperature field in the immediate and distant surroundings of the pipe insulation surface. In connection with the difficulty of solving the analytical methods and in particular with the inaccuracy of their results, especially in less typical but not rare operating regimes, a two-dimensional model of the thermal field generated during the operation around the heating pipeline is offered as a suitable path for describing the whole process. The presented numerical model uses the growth of computational capacities in recent years, so that the size of one segment of the calculation grid is 10 × 10 mm, which is, for example, to determine the suitability of the location of another pipe network or cable, near the hot-water pipe, the fineness is already sufficient. The resulting numerical model is being prepared, unlike a substantial part of the analytical methods, to calculate the full range of possible operating conditions of the hot-water and climatic conditions on the Earth's surface.

The article deals with the measurement of temperature field around the underground pipeline and compared heat losses derived from the measured values, the values calculated by different methodologies and its content fits into a several-cycle of articles on the topic of heat transfer in the field of underground pipeline in terms of quantifying heat loss and the extent and the intensity of the thermal field generated in the vicinity of the pipeline network.

Explosion parameters are currently published mainly for pure substances under standard laboratory conditions (20 °C and 101 kPa according to IUPAC). No values for the explosion characteristics of biomass and airborne gas mixtures are covered in the literature to cover non-standard conditions. In this paper, maximum explosion pressure, p_max, maximum explosion pressure rise rate (dp/dt)_max, and deflagration index, K_G, mixtures of hazardous chemicals from biomass gasification and measured at 25 °C, 45 °C, 90 ° C and 50 kPa, 75 kPa and 100 kPa.

The article deals with the measurement of temperature field around the underground pipeline and compared heat losses derived from the measured values, the values calculated by different methodologies and its content fits into a several-cycle of articles on the topic of heat transfer in the field of underground pipeline in terms of quantifying heat loss and the extent and the intensity of the thermal field generated in the vicinity of the pipeline network.

The article describe the communication and cooperation of urban projects stakeholders. Inadequate communication can raise conflicts which could obstruct project realization.

The natural radioactivity lives mankind throughout its development. The effects of radiation to some extent they can influence the evolutionary history of life on Earth. It is therefore important to determine what values the natural radioactivity would reach different locations of the world.

The article introduces a brief history of gasification and gasification equipment located at the premises of Energy Research Center at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava. Gasification at the Energy Research Center has a ten-year tradition. The beginnings date back to 2006, when cooperation was initiated with the Ostrava company TEMEX, spol. s.r.o. by the construction of the first version of the gasifier with autothermal generator.

Total cost of heating energy typically consists of two items. The former is the payment for consumed energy while the latter is the payment for reserved power capacity or reserved energy capacity in given period. If the customer pays for the reserved power capacity, he/she should address two questions: what is the most suitable level of reserved capacity and how to control the heating system so that the reserved capacity limits are not exceeded. Both questions can be readily solved with the aid of model based predictive controller.