Description:

Service systems form the technical infrastructure of settlements and urbanised space. They supply by mass and energy and carry out their transport as well as the transmission of information. They also remove wastes and ensure their recycling and final disposal.
In addition, the energy systems are enriched by alternative resources of energy and the principles of sustainable development are discussed.

Contents:

1. Character and structure of service systems, their territorial reach. Centralised systems. 2. Service systems and types of coverage, public utilities, local services. 3. Typology of service systems. Underground lines, overhead lines. Collectors. Joint line of underground pipes and cables. 4. Transport parts of service systems, interaction with parts of city, street, locality, building. 5. Water supply systems. Resources, criteria for water quality. 6. Transport of water, accumulation reservoirs, consumption of water. 7. Drainage of settlements, combined system, storm drainage, foul sewer, separate sewers, pressure pipe systems, evacuation systems. Basic hydraulic calculation. 8. Types of waste water, purification of sewage, sewage treatment plants. 9. Integrated systems of solid waste material management. Recycling, utilisable used raw material. 10. Energy and cities, settlements, human consumption, resources, distribution systems. 11. Electric power systems. Resources, capacity, transport. 12. Territorial central heat distribution systems, transport media, transforming stations. 13. Natural gas, resources, transport nets. Renewable energy resources, sustainable development. 14. Systems of transport of information.

Recommended literature:

1. Medek, F.: Technical infrastructure of cities and settlements, Lecture notes, CVUT Press, 1997.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar