Pellet heating systems are a fairly new technology. Consequently there may be problems caused by the lack of experience with this technology. This also applies to pellet storage installations. Pellet stores have to fulfil a number of requirements to make sure that the pellet quality is maintained and safe operation is guaranteed.
The ENplus storage guideline describes the requirements to preserve fuel quality and provide safe storage of pellets for both professionals (such as installers) and consumers. It covers the technical properties of pellet stores as well as information on safe and adequate operation of these stores. They do not replace installation guidelines and instructions from pellet boiler/storage manufacturers but do take precedence over advice from installers/distributors. Planning aids and filling regulations from manufacturers of pellet storage, extraction systems and pellet boilers must be followed.
Professional practices are the cornerstone of successful market development.

Demands on the technical level of newly manufactured small boilers designed for burning solid fuels in a relatively short time fundamentally changed. The constant tightening of legislative requirements on emission limits and the effectiveness of these heat sources lead to finding new ways to be in residential boilers cleanly and efficiently produce heat from coal and biomass.

Methods of cost allocation in apartment buildings have undergone significant changes in recent years. The article offers a comprehensive overview of cost allocation methods in multi-dwelling units according to applicable regulations. It is intended mainly for owners of residential units, board members of homeowners associations, managers of housing cooperatives or individuals and companies managing residential buildings.
Cost allocation in apartment buildings is currently governed by two laws: Act No. 67/2013 Coll. and the new Civil Code No. 89/2012 Coll. These laws governed cost allocation in calendar year 2014 and apply also for 2015. The heating and hot water supply costs in MDUs from 2016 onwards will be allocated pursuant to the new decree No. 269/2015 Coll. and the amended Act No. 67/2013 Coll.

The article presents a technical solution designed for domestic boilers. The purpose of the invention is to enable comfortable and especially regular removal of solid deposits on heat transfer surface of boilers by pneumatic pulses generated in a shockwave generator. The shockwave generator is a source of pressurized gaseous medium that is through one or more nozzles directed to the heat transfer surface of the boiler. Dynamic stream of gaseous medium leads to erosion of deposits on the surface and helps to maintain high efficiency of a boiler.

In a previous article we described current problems of district heating. Their creation is shared by all stakeholders - customers, suppliers and the state. The only difference is that while consumers and suppliers are more or less at the mercy of events, the state is the one who will decide on the future success or failure of the sector. And in this role still failing. The state should support the heating industry, but instead he openly harms.

This paper describes the controller functions, types of control units and from which all components can be composed. Next part is about explaining how to program the controllers can take place, what are the types of controlling and communication protocols that are most frequently used for connection to field devices and supervisor. The whole interpretation is conducted through first theoretical introduction followed by practical example. The whole paper is written exclusively on control units, which are used in building automation and belonging to the group DDC (Direct Digital Control) systems. These controllers are most often used to HVAC systems (Heat, Ventilation and Air Condition). The aim of these systems is to achieve thermal comfort in buildings. The whole industry is then called Measurement and Control. Specific application is e.g. controlling of Air handling unit according to pre-defined project.

The amount of heat consumed by households for heating will continue to decline. The causes of this trend, we can identify more, but they all have one common feature - the growing cost of heat. It is growing because of rising prices of inputs (raw materials, technology, labor) but also due to decreasing consumption of heat (climate change, saving measures).

The heating period 2014/2015 in Prague based on the observation of Prague-Karlov station was with 222 days, a little shorter, and with an average temperature of 6,4 °C, slightly warmer than the long-term average. Basic characteristic of heat demand for heating is 2803 D°(19) degree days, heat demand is much lower than the long-term average of 3227 D°(19). It's the second lowest number of degree days of the heating period since the beginning of the century.

In today's systems are often also used reflective film. Let us below focus on the physical principle and experimental results. We were interested in saving heat, differences in thermal performance and time to achieve operational status.

The last time we meet with the requirement to improve energy efficiency practically every step, as a result of the implementation of Directive 2012/27/EU into our legislation. The purpose of this regulation is to cause such changes in society and in the energy sector to increase energy efficiency in 2020 by 20% and created the conditions for its further growth in the longer term. The most important area in terms of energy consumption includes heating of buildings.

Owners of residential buildings and their tenants must ensure the implementation of some activities on the technical and fire safety devices in order to ensure their safety and functionality in use. Inspections and checks are therefore not just binding on the applicable regulations, but also may prevent damage to health and property.

The article deals with the change of the basic standard for flue gas of heating appliances. It draws attention to the illegality of technically unjustified distances between flue outlets on the facade and windows or other building openings. The specified distances lead to practical ban on installation of considerably cheaper gas boilers with the flue gas outlet through the facade.

The new Civil Code recognizes contribution to the management of the house and land, contribution to its own administrative activities and deposit services.

Application of heat pumps in particular water heating and space heating systems for buildings is evaluated by seasonal coefficient of performance determined by calculation procedure based on the design or from the field monitoring of installed system. Primary energy ratio PER is used for comparison of heat pump system with another heat generator from the point of non-renewable primary energy as a measure for environmental impact.

The new rules replace the TPG 605 02 from 9. 9. 2008. A brief abstract of the law contains only general requirements and building part.

A number of evaluation parameters has appeared for electrically driven heat pumps in last decade to show their energy performance quality. Text is focused on two parameters which serve for comparison of heat pumps as products – devices for heat supply.

The new rules replace the TPG 609 01 of 9. 12., 2009. A brief abstract of the law contains only general requirements and building part.

The paper introduces the energy labelling and ecodesign of heat pumps in accordance with the new European legislative requirements for water and space heaters. This text shows the energy labelling in legislation context and it is followed by next two papers which describe the procedures of heat pumps evaluation for energy labelling in more details.