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- Described the method of incorporating thermal bridges in whole building energy simulation.
- Described the method of incorporating thermal bridges in whole building energy simulation.
- Look at a three typical buildings from US DOE commercial reference buildings in four cities in different hygrothermal regions of the United States.<br />
- Look at a three typical buildings from US DOE commercial reference buildings in four cities in different hygrothermal regions of the United States.<br />
- Heating climates (cold regions): Showed that the space conditioning requirments increases with colder temperatures, decreased floor space, and increased glazing ratio. Higher R-value decreases heating requirements (exponential decay). By not accounting for thermal bridges the heat loss may be up to 84%.<br />
- Heating climates (cold regions): Showed that the space conditioning requirments increases with colder temperatures, decreased floor space, and increased glazing ratio. Higher R-value decreases heating requirements (exponential decay). By not accounting for thermal bridges the heat loss may be up to 84%.
- Cooling climates (warm and hot regions): Showed that the space conditioning requirments increases with warmer climates, incresed floor space, and increased glazing ratio. Higher R-value decreases cooling requirements (exponetial decay). Cooling shows similar results to heating but not as dramatic.<br />
- Cooling climates (warm and hot regions): Showed that the space conditioning requirments increases with warmer climates, incresed floor space, and increased glazing ratio. Higher R-value decreases cooling requirements (exponetial decay). Cooling shows similar results to heating but not as dramatic.
- States that increasing the insulation thickness becomes less effective if Thermal bridges are not accounted for. There is a point at which increasing the R-value has little effect as shown in the results from the results from the whole building energy simulation.
- States that increasing the insulation thickness becomes less effective if Thermal bridges are not accounted for. There is a point at which increasing the R-value has little effect as shown in the results from the results from the whole building energy simulation.


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