Seminar 42 -- Why Did the Heat Cross That Thermal (Dynamic) Bridge?

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Many energy standards, heat loss calculations and whole building simulations overlook thermal bridging or use simplified building envelope details when calculating the overall thermal performance of a wall. This often neglects significant contributions to heat loss such as intersections between building envelope components, window to wall connections, floor interface and others that have thermally conductive materials bypassing the thermal insulation. This seminar will show through the presentations: 1) the importance to include dynamic thermal bridging in building energy and hygrothermal simulations, and 2) examples of buildings with different types of thermal bridges.