Garay, RobertoUriarte, AmaiaApraiz, Inés2014-12Garay , R , Uriarte , A & Apraiz , I 2014 , ' Performance assessment of thermal bridge elements into a full scale experimental study of a building façade ' , unknown , vol. unknown , pp. 579-591 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.024researchoutputwizard: 11556/251Publisher Copyright: © 2014 Elsevier B.V.In this paper, an experimental and numerical approach to the characterization of thermal bridges is presented. The need for this characterization was found within an experimental study in a 2 floor high facade. This facade was constructed with 3 concrete elements which were placed in it to produce a similar thermal bridge effect to the one created by floor slabs traditional building construction in Spain. Commonly applied thermal assessments perform one-dimensional heat transfer analysis over planar elements such as the facades studied in this experiment. However, it is well known that thermal bridges are locations in buildings where one-dimensional heat transfer analysis cannot be applied. This problem was approached by creating a numerical 2D thermal model which was calibrated against experimental data from several temperature and heat flux sensors which were located at specific points in the thermal bridge elements.133282372enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessjournal article10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.024Thermal bridgeCold bridge2-Dimensional heat transferSlab-facade junctionFull scale experimentDynamic modelCalibrationThermal inertiaSIMULATIONThermal bridgeCold bridge2-Dimensional heat transferSlab-facade junctionFull scale experimentDynamic modelCalibrationThermal inertiaSIMULATIONSlab-façade junctionCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionMechanical EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringFunding InfoGovernment of the Basque CountryGovernment of the Basque Countryhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84910610039&partnerID=8YFLogxK