Thermal Bridging and Airtightness (Passive Design)
Added: 12 Aug 2016
Contributor:
Tomás Callanan
Resource type:
Guide/notes
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Presentation
This document goes into a deeper knowledge of Thermal Bridging and Airtightness, This document looks at all the areas where air loss or heat loss (thermal bridging) may occur and comes up with solid solutions to stop this from happening. This is a very visual document, it translates a lot of big terms very easily.
How it maps to the curriculum
- SC
- Construction Studies
Strand: Heat & Thermal Effects in Building
Strand unit: Thermal Resistance & Conductivity of Material
Suggestions for use: Teachers can use this document to describe the complicated term of Thermal Bridging. Students can be given a copy of this document so they can gain a deeper understanding of heat loss and the main areas it happens
