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Abstract
Integrated design measures at the top and bottom of a building are required as structural engineers meet the industry's increasing need to reduce operational energy losses and monetary costs, mitigate harmful environmental effects, and safeguard the public's health. Designs that incorporate insulative or even less conductive material in the load path provide measurable improvements in building energy and air quality performance. Breaking a highly conductive energy loss path through the roof and foundation structure with simple insulative materials, designed for load using common mechanics, can have a significant effect on operational energy savings that offsets the embodied energy of the insulation used.
Integrated design measures at the top and bottom of a building are required as structural engineers meet the industry's increasing need to reduce operational energy losses and monetary costs, mitigate harmful environmental effects, and safeguard the public's health. Designs that incorporate insulative or even less conductive material in the load path provide measurable improvements in building energy and air quality performance. Breaking a highly conductive energy loss path through the roof and foundation structure with simple insulative materials, designed for load using common mechanics, can have a significant effect on operational energy savings that offsets the embodied energy of the insulation used.
Date
2/2025
2/2025
Author(s)
Russ Miller Johnson
Russ Miller Johnson
Page(s)
19-27
19-27
Source
Structure Magazine
Structure Magazine
Keyword(s)
structural; insulative; energy; costs
structural; insulative; energy; costs