This case study investigates how teachers’ and school librarians’ attitudes towards L2 reading in years 1-4, as well as their perceived book access and teacher-library collaboration, influence the use and reading of English children’s literature in two Swedish primary schools. This study is motivated by the importance the English language has in Sweden for higher education, the previous research proving powerful language benefits of extensive L2 reading, as well as the recent proposition to strengthen the school library’s role in Sweden. The data collected through qualitative, semi-structured interviews suggests that the participants’ attitudes affect book access, teacher-library collaboration and finally the pupils’ reading of English children’s literature at school. The results show that a confident and positive attitude towards early L2 reading appears to result in more reading, whereas more hesitant attitudes result in less reading. Despite the positive attitudes towards L2 reading in general, most teachers still displayed ambivalent attitudes toward dedicating ample class time to the reading of English children’s literature in the earliest years, often perceiving such reading as too difficult for their pupils. This ambivalence negatively affects the teacher-library collaboration, the inadequate access to physical books catering for the youngest pupils, as well as these learners’ early exposure to English reading. The results indicate that the interpretative nature of the English syllabus has teachers perceive the urgency of reading English children’s literature differently, consequently resulting in different reading practices. In a macro perspective, an unwelcome consequence for Swedish pupils may be an unequal reading preparation for the increasing English demands ahead.

The aim of the master thesis is to design nearly zero-energy building of the municipal office in the city of Bojkovice. In the first part an architectural and constructional solution was designed. The building has three above-ground floors. It has a flat green roof with skylights and photovoltaics. First floor includes reception, break room, archives, offices, meeting room, kitchenette, sanitary facilities and boiler room. Second floor consists of break room, archives, storerooms, offices and sanitary facilities. External load-bearing walls, internal load-bearing walls and partitions are made of ceramic blocks. Columns, girders, floor slabs and roof slabs are made of monolithic reinforced concrete. Cladding is insulated with ETICS. In the second part HVAC was designed. Heating is provided by gas condensing boiler. The building is mechanical ventilated by AC units situated in technical room in the third above-ground floor. Cooling is air-conditioned by fan-coil units designed in offices and conference hall, chillers are situated on the roof. The third part of the master thesis focused on design and comparison of various AC units. Drawings are processed in SW AutoCAD, calculations were made in Excel, the design of air-conditioning system and unit was made in SW Atrea DUPLEX 9.10, Aerocad and CLIMACAL.

The aim of my master ‘s thesis is to elaborate the project documentation of kindergarten as nearly zero – energy buildings. The project consists of three parts. The first part (main part) presents the civil engineering design of the building. Kindergarten is single storey-building. The vertical load-bearing structures are designed from lime-sand blocks (above - ground floor) and the hollow concrete blocks filled with C20/25. Horizontal load-bearing structures are designed from the prestressed Spiroll floor panels. The roof consists of a flat roof with extensive greenery. The second part presents technical equipment of buildings. The third part presents acoustic assesment outside Kindergarten. The building site contains also an outdoor playground. I am using AutoCad software for drawing and Deksoft to calculate Energy Performance Certificate. All structures comply with the regulations and valid standards.

The subject of this diploma thesis is design documentation of a kindergarten building. The structure is situated in Velká Bíteš on Lánice street in Žďár nad Sázavou district. The building consists of two above ground floors and partial basement. The second floor is only above the central part of the building. The first floor is divided into three sections. On the left and on the right side there are classrooms for children with capacity of 20 children. On both sides there are staff facilities. These two sides are connected to the rectangle in the middle, where there is a staircase that connects all the floors and the basement. In this part there is also a school canteen where the meals are going to be prepared, storage and staff facilities. The structure can accommodate up to 40 children aged 3-6. The building plot which is flat is situated among detached houses and buildings for public services. The external wall in basement is designed from concrete blocks covered with concrete. The external wall above the ground is designed from Porotherm clay blocks. The floor structure is designed from prestressed concrete floor slab Spiroll. The structure is roofed with a flat roof.

The aim of the master´s thesis is to design a Residential care home as smart building. It is situated in the centre of Křenovice near Brno. The master´s thesis is divided into three parts, first part presents design documentation, second part is focused on building services and the final part presents noise control in building. Residential care house is designed as two-storey building without basement with flat roof. On the first floor there is utility area for senior house and healthcare facility and on the second floor there are flats for seniors. Residential care house is built on footing. Load-bearing and non-load-bearing walls are designed from hollow bricks type THERM. External walls are insulated with mineral wool. The roofing of residential care house is made up of extensive green roof. The building services of the building includes two ground-water heat pumps with boreholes for heating and cooling, photovoltaic panels, HVAC, hot water cylinder and rainwater storage tank. The final part is focused on noise control in building. It is about acoustic in construction. Noise study is also included.

The aim of my thesis is to design new Guest house in Čeladná. First part is focused on building design and construction. Second part is focused on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) design and renewable energy sources. Third part is focused on detailed solution of noise and vibration from the environment around building. Guest house is three – storey building but there is one more underground storey for technical facilities. Ground floor contains staff facilities, restaurant, entrance hall with stairs and office. On the second floor we can find four guest rooms with terrace and corridor. On the third floor we can find three guest rooms. Heating in the building is secured by gas condensing boilers. Ventilation is provided by two air condition units. Each guest room has radiators and cooling distribution units and ventilation. Cooling is secured by one cooling unit on the green roof. On the gable roof we can find 75 photovoltaic panels. Third part is focused on detailed solution of noise, vibration from the environment around building and spatial acoustics of guest room. The thesis is carried out in AutoCAD, Sketch up, Lumion and DEKSOFT software. All structures comply with the valid standards and regulation.

The task of the master project is to design a single-storey kindergarten with flat extetensive green roof in Chvalčov. The building contains entrance hall, utility room, locker rooms, toilets, kitchen, school canteen, staff rooms, storage room and play rooms. The Building is divided into two similar parts. The vertical loadbearing structure is designing from ceramic blocks. The horizontal loadbearing structure is designed from reinforced concrete. The building is heated by a ground source heat pump supplying heat to floor heating. Another source of heat for the preparation of hot water and heat exchanger in the air handling unit is a gas condensing boiler. The heat pump in reverse operation cool the building via Fan-coil units. For air distribution is designed galvanized ducts and air handling units. The building uses photovoltaics to produce electricity for safe environment when using a renewable energy source and safe money when they no need buy energy from elektricity distribudion networks. The designs were elaborated in Revit, autocad and thermal assessment in Deksoft and similation 2018

The subject of the diploma thesis is the elaboration of project documentation for the construction of a kindergarten in Brno. The main entrance to the building is oriented to the north. The building is L-shaped and is designed as a two-storey, partly basement. There are 3 classes with a total of 72 children. External and internal load-bearing masonry of the above-ground floors is designed from ceramic blocks of thickness 300 mm. The basement masonry is then made of concrete blocks th. 300 mm cast in concrete. Internal non-load-bearing masonry made of ceramic blocks th. 115 mm. The insulation of the building is designed as a certified contact insulation system of EPS material. The horizontal load-bearing structures are designed as a ceramic prefabricated rib-and-filler floor with concrete grout. The stairs are designed as reinforced concrete monolithic. The roof is warm flat roof with an extensive vegetation layer.

The subject of this master’s thesis is a project documentation for development of a nursery school. The nursery school is situated on the outskirts of the city Příbor. The school is designed as a two-storey building and includes 4 classrooms, with total capacity reaching 60 pupils. The perimeter wall consists of Porotherm clay block walling system. The ceiling framework uses a combination of two systems; the prestress hollow core slabs Spiroll and reinforced concrete monolithic blocks. The roof is designed as a single skin cladding with a flat, green roof. The external thermal insulation composite system (Etics) is proposed for the insulation of the building. The outer walls are partially cladded with timber. Additionally, the combination of white rendering and timber cladding will form a modern looking building that fits within a new housing development. Furthermore, the plan includes an outside playground, with allotments and parking spaces on the premises for the use of a nursery school.

The aim of the diploma thesis is processing of the design documentation for realization of the construction of a kindergarten in Havlíčkův Brod. It is a detached single-storey building that is functionally divided into three basic parts – the middle one, that contains a canteen with a preparation area and a serving hatch of food, and two connected side parts, left one and right one, each one of them is used as a classroom of the kindergarten with capacity up to 20 children for each class. The structural system of the building is created by a masonry system made of hollow bricks. The floor structure is designed of prefabricated prestressed concrete floor slabs, the roofing of the building is made of warm flat roof with extensive green vegetation covering. The external wall is supplied by ventilated facade which one is created by contact thermal insulation and by facade cladding of cement-bonded particle board. The building is set in a lightly sloping terrain.