Advanced Thermal Bridging Course

Drawing the thermal bridge in THERM or Flixo or some other tool is pretty easy; the important bit is understanding what to draw and when you need to.

Understanding what to draw:

The thermal bridge concept and understanding the outputs available from a heat flow calculation.

How to set up a thermal bridge calculation for specific connection details; PHI and PHPP fundamental concepts you need to understand for window connections and ground connection details.

The standards used to setup TB calculations and why you should read them.

Psi-values and fRsi values what are the correct boundary conditions to be used.

fRSI limits and changes in PHPP 10.

Worksheet lessons calculating Psi-values and fRsi values from details with known dimensions, component qualities and heat flow results

Understanding when you need to:

1. Does a connection detail requires a thermal bridge calculation or not;

2. How to reduce heat losses by thermal bridge connections (linear and punctual);

3. Use of an atlas, references to several, and developing an understanding of the typical ranges of thermal bridge coefficients for assemblies.

4. Where on a building do I need to look/count these bridges?