MAIN PAGE› TECHSTA 2010› Introductory word

Introductory word

Motto: How should building react to the requirements of the permanently sustainable development?

doc. Ing. Pavel Svoboda, CSc.Our decision to organize the international meeting TECHSTA 2010 comes from the suggestion that meeting of the partners - people of the same interest - is the best occasion for building experiences exchange and an important factor of development.

Building is a branch exhibiting a substantional impact on the environment starting from the selection of the building locality. Any building consumes an enormous quantity of materials most of which have to be mined. That all contributes to landscape devastation. Transport, which is necessarily connected with building, represents a significant part of energetic consumption of the society. The building process itself very much influences the quality of live in its surroundings. From the viewpoint of the permanently sustainable development every building in fact represents a burden for the future, because it will have to be removed once in the future and this will consume further energy and money. Predictable expenditures can of course be reduced by using recyclable materials. Nevertheless, this process will always be further energetically demanding. Therefore in the case of any more significant building a careful expenditure balance covering its whole lifecycle - from the construction design through the realization, maintenance up to the removal of the building - has to be carried out.

In some countries we can meet with a different view of the common buildings lifetime. For example in Spain or in the USA, building of detached family houses with lifetime covering the active period of maximally one generation is usual. Also in the case of many other buildings we can say that their ?social? lifetime is substantially lower than the physical one. Application of this new approach in the building design, for example in that of the concrete construction, should not only save a lot of money but, moreover, it should positively influence the environment.

We can see that it is necessary to promote the principles of the sustainable develompent as a general attitude in building. All possibilities by which we can influence not only the technical public and building experts but also the legal sphere and the general information level of the society can serve this purpose. I think impact of building on the environment can be reduced and significant savings can be achieved if we succeed in persuading not only engineerings and investors but generally all public that the building costs should cover not only the design and the realization. A good balance should reflect the whole lifecycle of the building including the expenses on supervising, maintenance, repairs, reconstructions and finally also the expenses connected with the removal of the building and potential recycling of the material used. Building managers, investors and developers are generally not in favour of this view probably increasing the starting building costs. But what we should keep in mind is the effort to cut down the expenditures as a whole and to reduce the environmental impacts.

All the organization committee is looking forward to meeting you, expect your attendance and wish all of us to spend pleasant meeting days together in lovely September Prague.

Opening speech of TECHSTA 2010 Meeting - doc.Ing. Pavel Svoboda, CSc.

 

Object of the conference

International Conference in an area sustainable building "TECHSTA 2010" brings for all who are interested in the issue space for the presentation of your findings, results, establish cooperation and transfer of contacts.

  • Presentation of PhD students and young researchers from universities in the European Union.
  • Presentation of results and academic researchers from universities in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland and the European Union.
  • Discussion with experts from companies.
  • Exchange of views on science, research and practice.
  • Meeting of people interested in technological processes.
  • Establishment international scientific cooperation.