Ensuring the Energy Efficiency of Buildings through the Simulation of Structural, Organizational, and Technological Solutions for Facade Insulation

• DOI: 10.3390/app14020801
• Publication Date: 2024-01-17T13:57:32Z
• Authors: Zeljko Kos; Ihor Babii; Iryna Grynyova; Oleksii Nikiforov
• Keywords: Technology; QH301-705.5; temperature fields; T; Physics; QC1-999; bonded thermal insulation systems; duration of insulation; 0211 other engineering and technologies; modeling; Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); means of paving; Chemistry; high-rise buildings; TA1-2040; Biology (General); optimization; QD1-999; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

The article presents ways of selecting effective designs and technological and organizational solutions for the bonded thermal insulation systems of complex-shaped facades based on thermal field and flow modeling using the SolidWorks Simulation Xpress 2021 software and experimental–statistical modeling using the Compex program. Determining optimal insulation parameters at the design stage will help eliminate the negative effects of thermal bridges at balcony junctions and reduce the cost of implementing bonded thermal insulation systems for facades with complex shapes. It has been established that the most effective approach is to insulate not the entire perimeter of the balcony slab, as required by normative documentation, but rather to insulate a sufficient portion of the exterior wall, which is equal to 750 mm, with a 30 mm insulation thickness on top of the slab and 50 mm beneath it. This insulation technology is economically feasible for modern multistory buildings with nonstandard volumetric and architectural solutions, constructed using frame–brick, frame–monolithic, or monolithic schemes without thermal breaks between the balcony slab and the monolithic floor slab, with open-type balconies, bays, or uncovered loggias.