A thermal bridge occurs when there is a gap between materials and structural surfaces. The main thermal bridges in a building are found at the junctions of facings and floors, facings and cross walls; facings and roofs, facings and low floors. They also occur each time there is a hole (doors, windows, loggias…). These are structural thermal bridges. These thermal bridges vary in importance according to the type of wall or roof (insulated or not). In a building that is not properly insulated, thermal bridges represent low comparative losses (usually below 20%) as total losses via the walls and roof are very high (about >1W/m2K). However, when the walls and roof are very well insulated, the percentage of loss due to thermal bridges becomes high (more than 30%) but general losses are very low (less than 0.3 W/m2K). That is why in low energy consuming buildings, it is important to have very high thermal resistances for walls and roofs to have low heat losses via the junctions.
Qu'est-ce qu'un pont thermique?
A thermal bridge occurs when there is a gap between materials and structural surfaces. The main thermal bridges in a building are found at the junctions of facings and floors, facings and cross walls; facings and roofs, facings and low floors. They also occur each time there is a hole (doors, windows, loggias…). These are structural thermal bridges. These thermal bridges vary in importance according to the type of wall or roof (insulated or not). In a building that is not properly insulated, thermal bridges represent low comparative losses (usually below 20%) as total losses via the walls and roof are very high (about >1W/m2K). However, when the walls and roof are very well insulated, the percentage of loss due to thermal bridges becomes high (more than 30%) but general losses are very low (less than 0.3 W/m2K). That is why in low energy consuming buildings, it is important to have very high thermal resistances for walls and roofs to have low heat losses via the junctions.