17 august 2022When information about a new erupting volcano arrived from Iceland on 3 August, geologist Lukáš Krmíček did not wait a minute. He contacted his foreign colleagues and a week later, they were already p
26 july 2022Tiny particles from tyres, clothing and other plastic products are now found in the air, food and water. Researchers from the Institute of Municipal Water Management at FCE BUT are focusing on water.
17 july 2022The energy of the Earth can serve as a renewable source of heat and cold. This is thanks to its year-round stable temperature. This is utilised through energy piles, sometimes called heat-exchanger pi
22 june 2022With summer approaching, most people in large cities look forward to leaving for water, cottages or mountains. And there’s no reason to blame them. Heated squares and radiating housing estates are not
20 june 2022Get rid of mould on the walls with an ordinary aluminium sheet. Miloš Kalousek from the Faculty of Civil Engineering BUT came up with this simple but very effective solution. He has even obtained a pa
28 april 2022Concrete with a carbon admixture that can conduct electricity and heat. This could be a simplified description of the principle of five new grounding materials developed and tested by a team of resear
4 april 2022Construction doesn't mean hours spent at the drawing board with a ruler anymore. As in other areas of human life, more and more professionals are turning to computers to design and build. That is also
15 february 2022To most people, bricks are a regular, if almost unavailable, building material right now. Researchers from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the BUT (Brno University of Technology) know that behind