The Impact of Various Factors on the Energy Performance of Selected Types of Family Houses

Abstract

The tightening of requirements for energy performance of buildings (EPB) during the period of 2013 to 2021 gradually results in designing buildings with requirements four times lower than we were accustomed to design and construct for many years (U-values, demand of heat for heating). It is necessary to pay increased attention to this topic due to the aforementioned reasons and gradually preparing the laic public, but mainly the professional public for designing, assessment and construction in accordance with the development of EPB requirements. The objective of this paper is to point out the actual requirements for the construction of single storey family houses. Theoretical assumptions, legislative and normative environment are stated for assessment of their thermal insulation properties. The paper contains comparison and analysis of calculated EPB values of the selected representatives of single-storey family houses representing a large portion of their construction in the practice at the present time.