Influence of Thermal Break Element Applied in Balcony Slab on Internal Surface Temperature

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English

Reduction of energy use in buildings is an important measure to achieve climate change mitigation. It is essential to minimize heat losses when designing and building energy efficient buildings. For an energy-efficient building in a cold climate, a large part of the space heating demand is caused by transmission losses through the building envelope. To achieve this, it is necessary to have processed a detailed design of buildings. Thermal bridges have to be eliminated in the design of buildings. Thermal bridges occur as point ones or linear. One of the specific details that create thermal leakage is located in balcony slabs. The balcony is one of the main reasons of the increased heat loss of buildings. The presence of thermal bridge in constructions of balcony envelopes influences the energy consumption, durability of the building envelopes, and also the thermal comfort of occupants. This paper is focused on advanced analysis of thermal performance of thermal break element applied in balcony slab with parametric correlation to the thermal properties of wall building envelope.

Thermal losses, thermal bridges, thermal conductivity, balcony slab, Isokorb, Simulations

BUDAY, P.; INGELI, R.; ČEKON, M.

2014

1. 12. 2014

Trans Tech Publications

Switzerland

1022-6680

Advanced Materials Research

1057

II

Swiss Confederation

79

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