<html><head><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;"><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica;">Hello,</span></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica;"> </span></div><div id="bloop_customfont" style="margin: 0px;"><div lang="RU" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: 'helvetica Neue', helvetica;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Could some of you more experienced folk help me understand thermal bridging modeling for LEED compliant energy simulation?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I use “MH Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide” for modeling thermal bridges in proposed design. However, there are couple of points I`m not sure about. I use clear field values from Appendix A as Appendix A already accounts for thermal bridging present in clear field envelope assemblies.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span> <span lang="EN-US">Should I include Floor Slab Linear transmittance values in my proposed model? Even if floor slab edge is fully insulated on exterior, there will be some thermal bridging effect due to shelf angle use. However, this seems unfair for the proposed design as baseline design doesn`t take into account floor slab edge thermal bridging effect.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span> <span lang="EN-US">Similarly, baseline model doesn`t account for “Glazing Transition Linear Transmittance”, “Parapet Linear Transmittance”, and “Corner Linear Transmittance”. Do I have to model these 3 thermal bridging effects on my proposed model, it seems rather unfair compared to baseline model?</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span> <span lang="EN-US">Did you ever receive any comments from LEED reviewers about thermal bridging, could you share your correspondence?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Already now thanks for help,</span></p></div></div><div id="bloop_sign_1448990601732604928" class="bloop_sign"><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial;">-- <br>Volkan Ozdemir</div></div></div></body></html>