https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridgingen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridgingMon, 24 Aug 2020 09:13:46 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Shane Reganhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Shane Regan on 8/24/2020 9:13:46 AM<br /> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td width="30%" style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i (N/A)</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p>PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-18/NewLogo.png"><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SBEM, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, Thermal bridging, PartL</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/10Wed, 02 Nov 2016 17:06:48 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 10 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 11/2/2016 5:06:48 PM<br /> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td width="30%" style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i (N/A)</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p>PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <p><a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-18/NewLogo.png"><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /></a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SBEM, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, Thermal bridging, PartL</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/9Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:35:56 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Stephen Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 9 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Stephen Brown on 3/17/2015 11:35:56 AM<br /> <h1><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /></b></h1> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p>PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>For an important note on the PartL calculation, please <a href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/15986.an-important-note-on-the-partl-calculation.aspx"><span style="color:#800000;">click here</span></a></strong></span></p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/8Tue, 17 Mar 2015 11:32:25 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Stephen Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 8 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Stephen Brown on 3/17/2015 11:32:25 AM<br /> <p><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" /></b></p> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p>PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>For an important note on the PartL calculation, please <a href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/15986.an-important-note-on-the-partl-calculation.aspx"><span style="color:#800000;">click here</span></a></strong></span></p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/7Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:07:07 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 7 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 12/9/2014 5:07:07 PM<br /> <p><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" /></b></p> <table align="left" style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p>PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>For an important note on the PartL calculation, please <a href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/15986.an-important-note-on-the-partl-calculation.aspx"><span style="color:#800000;">click here</span></a></strong></span></p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/6Tue, 09 Dec 2014 17:06:39 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 6 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 12/9/2014 5:06:39 PM<br /> <p><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" /></b></p> <table align="left" style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p>PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</p> <p>Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>For an important note on the PartL calculation, please <a href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/15986.an-important-note-on-the-partl-calculation.aspx"><span style="color:#800000;">click here</span></a></strong></span></p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/5Thu, 28 Aug 2014 09:32:42 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 5 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 8/28/2014 9:32:42 AM<br /> <p><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" /></b></p> <table align="left" style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</span></p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</span></p> <h3>The issue</h3> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</span></p> <h3>The Solution</h3> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (see<a title="Alpha values" href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6171.calculating-alpha-values.aspx"> this article </a>for more information) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>For an important note on the PartL calculation, please <a href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/15986.an-important-note-on-the-partl-calculation.aspx"><span style="color:#800000;">click here</span></a></strong></span></p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/4Wed, 27 Aug 2014 15:47:53 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 4 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 8/27/2014 3:47:53 PM<br /> <p><b><img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" /></b></p> <table align="left" style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</span></p> <h1>Method</h1> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Any &quot;Metal Clad&quot; constructions set up and used in your project will be included in a PartL/SBEM calculation. For example, Hevacomp default wall type &quot;Wall Type 2 - Lightweight wall&quot; has a 3mm steel layer defined on the inside and outside of the construction. This type of wall would be classed as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when passed into the SBEM calculation engine.</span></p> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Constructions defined as &quot;Metal Clad&quot; consider increased Thermal Bridging in the SBEM calculation engine, resulting in increased heat losses across these constructions.</span></p> <h3>The issue</h3> <p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;">Thermal properties for a fabric can be fixed within Design Database, including the U-value of a construction to meet Government requirements. However the SBEM calculation engine will still consider these constructions to be &quot;Metal Clad&quot; resulting in higher heating demand results. For example, the &quot;Energy consumption be End Use&quot; may be considered excessive when compared with&nbsp;the notional building.</span></p> <h3>The Solution</h3> <p style="text-align:justify;">Care must be taken ensuring that construction components are selected correctly. Modifying Thermal Properties alone will not ensure that a surface is treated correctly, if it is in fact &quot;Metal Clad&quot; when a non-clad surface is required.</p> <p style="text-align:justify;">The Alpha Value (the percentage of the buildings heat transfer coefficient due to thermal bridging) reported on the Technical Data Sheet should be checked to ensure the value is not excessive for the Actual Building compared to the Notional Building.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <p style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#800000;"><strong>For an important note on the PartL calculation, please <a href="/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/15986.an-important-note-on-the-partl-calculation.aspx"><span style="color:#800000;">click here</span></a></strong></span></p> <hr style="width:100%;" /> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/3Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:44:00 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Elisabeth Pryhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 3 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Elisabeth Pry on 6/26/2013 7:44:00 PM<br /> <p><b><img style="border-width:0px;" alt="" src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" width="189" height="60" /></b></p> <table style="border:0px solid #dce5f0;width:500px;background-color:#dce5f0;" border="0" align="left"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>&nbsp;</b></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><b>Applies To&nbsp;</b></span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Product(s):</strong></td> <td>Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Version(s):</strong></td> <td>V8i</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Environment:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Area:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Subarea:&nbsp;</strong></td> <td>N/A</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>Original Author:</strong></td> <td>Bentley Technical Support Group</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td style="text-align:right;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</span></p> <h1>Method</h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">For an explanation of these methods, click <a href="/products/building/performance/m/building_performance_gallery/204703/download.aspx">here</a></span></p> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: SELECTservices, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, TechNote</div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/2Tue, 17 Jul 2012 09:15:53 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 2 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 7/17/2012 9:15:53 AM<br /> <p><a href="http://selectservices.bentley.com/en-US"><img border="0" src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" width="175" height="56" alt="" /></a></p> <h1>Document Information</h1> <blockquote> <p><strong>Document Type:</strong> TechNote</p> <p><strong>Product(s):</strong> Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</p> <p><strong>Version(s):</strong>&nbsp;V8i</p> <p><strong>Original Author:</strong> Bentley Technical Support Group</p> </blockquote> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</span></p> <h1>Method</h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">For an explanation of these methods, click <a href="/products/building/performance/m/building_performance_gallery/204703/download.aspx">here</a></span></p> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div> https://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging/revision/1Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:29:11 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a0df3190-d54b-4f9e-b376-b2968f243a03Duncan Brownhttps://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/6277/excessive-thermal-bridging#commentsRevision 1 posted to Hevacomp Wiki by Duncan Brown on 7/16/2012 1:29:11 PM<br /> <p><a href="http://selectservices.bentley.com/en-US"><img border="0" src="/Other/Old_Site_Files/Bentley_Folders/m/support/17560/download.aspx" width="175" height="56" alt="" /></a></p> <h1>Document Information</h1> <blockquote> <p><strong>Document Type:</strong> TechNote</p> <p><strong>Product(s):</strong> Hevacomp Mechanical Designer</p> <p><strong>Version(s):</strong>&nbsp;V8i</p> <p><strong>Original Author:</strong> Bentley Technical Support Group</p> </blockquote> <h1>Overview<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting metal clad constructions can appear to generate excessive thermal bridging.</span></p> <h1>Method</h1> <p><span style="font-size:small;">For an explanation of these methods, click <a href="/products/building/performance/m/building_performance_gallery/204703/download.aspx">here</a></span></p> <h1>See Also</h1> <p><a href="/Products/w/Products__Wiki/product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Product TechNotes and FAQs</a></p> <p><a href="/Products/Building/w/Building__Wiki/building-product-technotes-and-faqs.aspx">Building Product TechNotes And FAQs</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1>External Links</h1> <p><a title="Bentley homepage" href="http://www.bentley.com/">Bentley homepage</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/Hevacomp+Mechanical+Designer/">HevacompMechanical Designer</a></p> <p><a href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/">Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase</a></p> <p><a href="http://lms.bentley.com/">Bentley LEARN Server</a></p> <h1>Comments or Corrections?</h1> <p>&nbsp;Bentley&#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please confine any comments you have on this Wiki entry to this &quot;Comments or Corrections?&quot; section. THANK YOU!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>