Advanced Design Strategies for Optimal Thermal Performance in High-Rise Building Envelopes
Learn the technical design implications of recent energy efficiency codes—focusing on the building envelope’s critical role in enhancing thermal performance and occupant health, safety, and welfare.
About the live course
This intermediate to advanced-level course delves into the technical design implications of recent energy efficiency codes—focusing on the building envelope’s critical role in enhancing thermal performance and occupant health, safety, and welfare. Explore strategies to meet increasingly stringent energy codes, including how to quantify and mitigate heat loss through thermal bridges using the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide. Special emphasis will be placed on addressing the unique challenges of high-rise buildings with traditional unitized glazing systems, where the vertical enclosure area greatly exceeds the horizontal area. Gain the tools and insights needed to improve your material choices, design strategies, and construction practices to achieve optimal thermal performance.
- Learn the design implications of envelope backstops and thermal bridging mitigation measures in recent codes.
- Understand the unique challenges for traditional unitized glazing systems on high-rise buildings.
- Explore how to quantify heat loss through thermal bridges using the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide.
- Review recent developments to account for thermal bridging and comply with envelope backstops.
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