Thermal Bridge Breakage Capsules in Modular Building Envelopes
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Solution Overview
Problem
The challenge lies in developing affordable, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly building solutions that achieve Zero-Energy status, as current methods fail to balance energy efficiency with cost-effectiveness and sustainability, particularly in residential and commercial construction.
Innovation Solution
A bio-climatically adapted modular building system utilizing prefabricated modules with a relocatable load-bearing structure, integrated renewable energy generation, and a layered building envelope with thermal bridge rupture capsules, optimized through Calculation Methods like K-Max and No-Condensation to minimize energy consumption and emissions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Use of energy by stationary object
If traditional building construction methods are used, then initial construction costs are lower, but energy consumption and operational costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The building is divided into modular units that can be prefabricated and assembled, allowing for standardized energy-efficient components while maintaining cost-effectiveness through规模化 production
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs multi-layered building envelopes combining different materials (insulation layers, thermal bridge breakages, weather-resistant membranes) to achieve superior thermal performance at reasonable cost
2Use of energy by stationary object
If advanced energy-efficient building systems are implemented, then energy independence is achieved, but initial investment costs become prohibitively high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements energy-efficient features to the extent necessary to achieve practical energy independence without over-engineering, balancing performance with cost by selecting appropriate insulation levels and renewable energy capacity
Solution Approach 2:
The modular building design incorporates multi-functional components that serve both structural and energy-efficient functions, reducing the need for separate specialized systems and lowering overall costs
3Loss of energy
If thermal bridge breakages are integrated into the modular building envelope, then energy efficiency improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The building envelope is segmented into discrete modular units, each with integrated thermal bridge breakages at connection points, allowing complex thermal management to be achieved through standardized repeating components
Solution Approach 2:
Thermal bridge breakage elements act as intermediary components between structural elements and insulation layers, disrupting heat flow paths without requiring complete redesign of the building envelope system
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach enables the creation of cost-effective, energy-efficient, and sustainable Zero-Energy buildings that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs, while ensuring thermal comfort and minimizing water condensation risks.
Implementation Method 1
A bio-climatically adapted modular building system utilizing prefabricated modules with a relocatable load-bearing structure, integrated renewable energy generation, and a layered building envelope with thermal bridge rupture capsules
Implementation Method 2
optimized through Calculation Methods like K-Max and No-Condensation to minimize energy consumption and emissions
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AI summary
Methods for designing a bio-climatically adapted affordable Zero-Energy prefabricated modular building such as for housing, in which a Layered disposition of Envelope elements—including Structural Insulated Panels and Thermal Bridge Breakage Capsules—in the wall, floor and roof sections, provide a highly energy-efficient Building Envelope, which together with a modular building Support Structure including Aeriated Frames, and an adequately sized renewable energy power generator system, inexpensively achieves the energetic independence of the building. The Thermal Bridge Breakage Capsules have a PVC spherical cap with a hole and a flat plaque around it and are filled with a high insulation material. When inserted at a distance “L”, they improve and make more efficient the thermal transmittance of building envelopes, limiting energy losses in thermal bridges to a maximum of 12%.