Building professionals are commonly concerned about thermal bridging because it contributes significantly to heat loss, via building envelopes. We can cut energy use and avert condensation problems by lowering heat transfer through a building’s thermal exterior. Building rules now mandate more “continuous insulation” without thermal bridging in building enclosures. Across the building envelope, thermal break materials can be employed to minimise heat loss in wall assemblies, transitions, and structural connections. They can reduce building energy loss and enhance the efficiency of the building envelope.

This course will give an overview of thermal bridging and cover its causes, consequences, and prevention. In order to emphasise how crucial it is to ascertain precise values of thermal transmittance, this course will also contrast building details with and without thermal break solutions.