Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guides

Thermal Envelope GraphicThis web-based thermal calculator helps construction industry professionals determine thermal envelope performance quickly and easily when designing and building homes. It promotes the development and adoption of net-zero ready building codes and standards in the industry.

Thermal Bridging Database Access

 

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Mitigating Thermal Bridging at Roofs and Decks Guide

This guide provides insight into the design of thermally efficient roofs and decks in modern multi-unit high-residential buildings with decks and roofs on multiple floors. It is an example of how to apply the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging (BETB) Guide.

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Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide

 

This guide aims to help the B.C. construction sector realize more energy-efficient buildings by looking at current obstacles and showing opportunities to improve building envelope thermal performance. Version 1.6 adds 26 new details and 95 new scenarios of generic details and assemblies. The updated version includes new assemblies such as precast-concrete, wood-framed, and roofing systems. Details have been also been added for mitigating thermal bridges at interface details, including the window to wall transition, intermediate floors, roof penetrations, and base of wall details at foundations.