Foreword to the book ‘External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems (ETICS)’, Prof. Dr. Petar Nikolovski, Eng. Arh.
I was glad to accept the invitation to review this
exceptional book, written by a renowned expert Dr. Petar Nikolovski, a thermal
insulating facades expert, with probably the longest experience of a top expert
in this field in our former common country. It was a great pleasure to go
through such an excellent professional book, which represents an effective
basis for maintaining and raising the quality of façade designs, both in the
field of design as well as implementation.
The greatest contribution of this book is that so far, nowhere in literature,
the problems of design, implementation and maintenance of contact insulating
façades have been comprehensively covered, so carefully and successfully. From
the interpretation of basic concepts, examples from building physics, review of
domestic and European legislation, including minimum requirements. Façades with
thermal insulation of expanded polystyrene (EPS), mineral (glass, rock or
stone) wool, as well as advanced insulating materials (vacuum insulation
panels, transparent insulation, etc.) are presented. The procedures for the
implementation of façades, resistance and impact of fire, as well as execution
of details, are described in detail. Particularly welcome and carefully
collected is the material of mistakes in the implementation, supported also
with photographs. The problems of the formation of thermal bridges in cases of
different crossings of structural assemblies, at contacts of building
constructions with window frames and the like, are also included. We have to
know that in the process of education at all levels (in schools, colleges,
education of architects, investors, constructors and other users), cases of
errors are very much important, although not exclusively.
Macedonian builders, constructors, especially irreplaceable bricklayers, also
stone makers, have been recognized for centuries, not only in our country, but
also throughout the whole of Central Europe and beyond. They have participated
in the construction of all Central European cities, like Vienna, Budapest,
Prague, Ljubljana, to name a few. The mission of this book can also be to
extend the reputation of internationally renowned builders to the façade
implementation process.
To conclude, I wish to congratulate to Professor Petar Nikolovski, Doctor of Science, on such an extraordinary book. I am sure that the book on contact isolation façades will be a hit in the Macedonian speaking area. At the same time, I regret that it has not been (yet) translated into
Link to book’s presentation video:
Z veseljem sem pristal na recenzijo pričujoče knjige priznanega strokovnjaka dr. Petra Nikolovskega, izrednega poznavalca toplotno izolacijskih fasad, z najverjetneje najdaljšim staležem vrhunskega strokovnjaka na tem področju v naši nekdanji skupni državi. V veliko veselje mi je bilo pregledovati odlično strokovno knjigo, ki predstavlja učinkovito podlago za vzdrževanje in dvig kakovosti izvedb fasad, tako na področju izvedbe, kot tudi projektiranja.
Največji doprinos knjige je, da do sedaj nikjer ni tako skrbno in uspešno zajeta vsa problematika načrtovanja, izvedbe in vzdrževanja kontaktno izolacijskih fasad. Vse od razlage osnovnih pojmov, primerov iz gradbene fizike, pregled domače in evropske zakonodaje, vključno z minimalnimi zahtevami. Zajete so izvedbe fasad s toplotnimi izolacijami ekspandiranega polistirena (EPS), mineralne (kamene) volne, kot tudi z naprednimi izolacijskimi materiali (vakuumsko izolacijskih panelov, transparentne izolacije…). Natančno so opisani postopki izvedbe fasad, odpornosti in vpliv ognja, kot tudi izvedbe detajlov. Posebej dobrodošlo in skrbno zbrano je gradivo napak pri izvedbi, kar je podkrepljeno tudi s fotografijami. Vključene so tudi problematike nastajanja toplotnih mostov v primerih različnih križanj konstrukcijskih sklopov, ob stikih stavbnega pohištva in podobno. Priznati si moramo, da so primeri napak še kako pomembni, ne pa tudi edini, v procesu izobraževanja na vseh nivojih (na šolah, fakultetah, izpopolnjevanje projektantov, investitorjev, izvajalcev in drugih uporabnikov).
Makedonski gradbeniki, stavbeniki, posebej nenadomestljivi zidarji, tudi obdelovalci kamna, so vedno, že več stoletij priznani, ne samo pri nas, temveč na celotnem področju Srednje Evrope in tudi širše. Saj so sodelovali pri gradnji vseh Srednjeevropskih mest; Dunaja, Budimpešte, Prage, Ljubljane, če jih naštejem le nekaj. Poslanstvo te knjige je lahko tudi, da se s pomočjo neprecenljivih informacij razširi sloves mednarodno priznanih izvajalcev tudi na proces izvajanja fasad.
Da zaključim, gospodu profesorju doktorju znanosti Petru Nikolovskemu čestitam k tako izredni in vseobsegajoči knjigi. Prepričan sem, da bo knjiga o kontaktno izolacijskih fasadah uspešnica na makedonsko govorečem prostoru, pri tem pa obžalujem, da (še) ni prevedena v Slovenščino. Najbolj bom pa vesel, prepričan sem, da spoštovani avtor te knjige tudi, če bodo napotki podani v pričujoči knjigi preprečevali napake, nezadovoljstva investitorjev in posledično nastalo gospodarsko škodo zaradi malomarnosti ali pomanjkljivega poznavanja stroke izvedb fasad.
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