Thermal breaks / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...thermal breaks slows the transfer of heat through conduction and convection, and a radiant barrier is how you control the heat transfer of radiation. Firstly, it is worth noting that there is research to support the theory that radiant barriers in attics can be beneficial in hot climates to help reduce cooling loads. T...

...thermal envelope is in terms of window quality. Having an extremely well-insulated wall is great, but if you blew the budget on insulation and had to put in low-quality windows, they become the weak link in the chain and you can effectively undo all your own efforts to reduce heat loss. So in the case of a super-insula...

...thermal bridging Thermal bridging around windows and doors results in loss of energy, cold spots, condensation points and potential wall damage. To demonstrate the importance of window and door placement relative to the wall's exterior, we ran some thermal transmission tests with the following results.    Images like t...