Workshop Overview

This half-day workshop teaches participants how to perform code-compliant 3D thermal bridge modeling.

The session combines code fundamentals with hands-on simulation using professional software tools.

Code & Standards Overview

We begin with a review of current international thermal bridging codes, with a particular focus on U.S. standards.

Participants will explore:

• How thermal bridge effects are expressed
• The relationship between different performance metrics
• Code requirements relevant to U.S. compliance

Hands-On Modeling with SOLIDO

Participants will work directly with the Physibel SOLIDO software package to model common 3D thermal bridges.

During this session, you will:

• Import provided geometries (STL format)
• Create a computational mesh
• Run a thermal simulation
• Interpret simulation outputs

Calculating Compliance Metrics

Using calculated heat flow results, participants will learn how to determine key derived properties, including:

• Equivalent thermal transmittance (U-value)
• Linear thermal transmittance (ψ-value)
• Point thermal transmittance (χ-value)

These calculations will be used to generate a report compliant with U.S. standards.