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

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Kyriaki Goulouti, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest
2014
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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 psi

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Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Kyriaki Goulouti, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest
2014
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