The research activities of the department focuses on theoretical and experimental research in the field of structural engineering, and includes the following activities:
- Sustainable building, energy-and material-efficient design of buildings
- Integrated design, comprehensive evaluation of the quality of buildings
- Static design issues of building design and construction systems and indoor multi-storey buildings
- Non load-bearing structures
- Interaction of load-bearing and additional systems and subsystems and its impact on long-term durability of structures
- Building physics problems (thermal engineering, acoustics, lighting), the use of new materials and technologies to improve the quality of indoor environment and saving energy resources, radon problematics
- Technical and physical analysis of buildings, non-force loading effects and influences
- Life of buildings and their reconstruction, diagnosis of defects and failures and degradation of structural materials, microbiology, moisture
- Reconstruction and rehabilitation of failures of masonry, concrete, steel and wooden structures, regeneration of prefabricated houses
- Use of high performance, low energy, alternative natural and recycled materials in building construction
- Research into the diffusion of open nanotextiles building construction
In January 2006, the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Prague launched an experimental solar facades and roof installation with a nominal installed capacity of 41 kWp. The system is equipped with detailed measurements of operating characteristics and marginal weather conditions. More on fotovoltaika.fsv.cvut.cz.