To achieve national greenhouse gas reduction in the building sector, heating and cooling energy in buildings should be reduced. The government has strengthened regulations on insulation performance. Especially, a metal panel curtain wall comprises of ...
To achieve national greenhouse gas reduction in the building sector, heating and cooling energy in buildings should be reduced. The government has strengthened regulations on insulation performance. Especially, a metal panel curtain wall comprises of a number of thermal bridges at joints between the panels and the fixed units. Thus, the overall thermal performance tends to be lowered. To reduce building energy, it is necessary to reduce thermal bridges in building envelopes. In this study, the building energy needs of an existing and improved metal panel curtain wall were evaluated. The purpose of this study is to analyze the possibility of energy savings from reducing thermal bridges.