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QUICK AND RELIABLE ONLINE TOOL FOR ASSESSING THERMAL BRIDGES
Abstract
The recast of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive 844 from 2018 stipulates the need of meeting the criteria of nearly Zero Energy Buildings, at both new and existing buildings. Although that the target is starting to get embraced by the design community, the process of modelling such buildings is very time consuming. The modelling and simulation of the construction joints, known as thermal bridges implies knowledge regarding numerical simulation and also the acquisition of commercial licenses in order to model these cases. Thus, designers use atlases of thermal bridges to reduce the time needed to asses such joints. Nevertheless, the thermal bridges cases are very numerous, and is very difficult to find all needed cases in the existing atlases. In order to solve this issue, the paper presents and online modelling and simulation tool that can be used by designers in a quick and reliable way. The software can also be used by beginners in the field, without the need of having advance modelling and simulation knowledge.
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