Thermal performance evaluation of fiber-reinforced polymer thermal breaks for balcony connections

The potential effects of high-performance fiber-reinforced polymer thermal breaks for balcony connections on the thermal losses and heating needs of a typical residential building in Switzerland were investigated. In an optimized form, these new thermal breaks have a linear thermal transmittance of ψ ≤ 0.10 W/mK. The reduction of the total transmission losses via these optimized thermal breaks through the building envelope remained modest. If...