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BS EN ISO 6946:2017

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Building components and building elements. Thermal resistance and thermal transmittance. Calculation methods

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BSI 2017 56
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This document provides the method of calculation of the thermal resistance and thermal transmittance of building components and building elements, excluding doors, windows and other glazed units, curtain walling, components which involve heat transfer to the ground, and components through which air is designed to permeate.

The calculation method is based on the appropriate design thermal conductivities or design thermal resistances of the materials and products for the application concerned.

The method applies to components and elements consisting of thermally homogeneous layers (which can include air layers).

This document also provides an approximate method that can be used for elements containing inhomogeneous layers, including the effect of metal fasteners, by means of a correction term given in Annex F. Other cases where insulation is bridged by metal are outside the scope of this document.

NOTE Table 1 in the Introduction shows the relative position of this document within the set of EPB standards in the context of the modular structure as set out in ISO 52000‑1 .

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PDF Pages PDF Title
2 National foreword
8 Foreword
9 Introduction
13 1 Scope
2 Normative references
14 3 Terms and definitions
15 4 Symbols and subscripts
4.1 Symbols
4.2 Subscripts
5 Description of the method
5.1 Output
16 5.2 General description
5.3 Detailed calculation method
5.4 Simplified calculation method
6 Calculation of thermal transmittance and thermal resistance
6.1 Output data
6.2 Calculation time intervals
6.3 Input data
17 6.4 Principles of the simplified calculation procedure
18 6.5 Thermal transmittance
6.5.1 By detailed calculation method
6.5.2 By simplified calculation method
19 6.6 Thermal resistance
6.7 Total thermal resistance
6.7.1 Thermal resistance of homogeneous components
20 6.7.2 Total thermal resistance of a building component consisting of homogeneous and inhomogeneous layers
24 6.8 Surface resistances
6.9 Thermal resistance of air layers
6.9.1 Applicability
25 6.9.2 Unventilated air layer
6.9.3 Slightly ventilated air layer
26 6.9.4 Well-ventilated air layer
6.10 Thermal resistance of unheated spaces
6.10.1 General
6.10.2 Roof spaces
27 6.10.3 Other spaces
28 Annex A (normative) Input and method selection data sheet — Template
31 Annex B (informative) Input and method selection data sheet — Default choices
34 Annex C (normative) Surface resistances
37 Annex D (normative) Thermal resistance of airspaces
41 Annex E (normative) Calculation of the thermal transmittance of components with tapered layers
46 Annex F (normative) Correction to thermal transmittance
52 Bibliography
BS EN ISO 6946:2017
$198.66