Publications by Kyriaki Goulouti

Aramid/glass fiber-reinforced thermal break - thermal and structural performance

Thomas Keller, Kyriaki Goulouti, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest

Energetically weak points in thermally insulated building envelopes are formed by thermal breaks that are implemented to structurally connect external balconies to internal slabs. Current thermal breaks comprise stainless steel bars that penetrate the insu ...

Elsevier2016

Aramid/glass fiber-reinforced thermal break - Structural system performance

Thomas Keller, Kyriaki Goulouti, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest

Energetically critical points in thermally insulating building envelopes are caused by penetrations of building interior concrete slabs through the envelope insulation layers to create external balconies. A new highly insulating balcony thermal break eleme ...

Elsevier2016

Thermal and structural performance of a new fiber-reinforced polymer thermal break for energy-efficient constructions

Kyriaki Goulouti

The thermal bridges constitute critical regions in building envelopes and they are created due to the interruption of the insulation layer. One of the many structural thermal bridges in building envelopes is created in balcony junctions because of the requ ...

EPFL2016

Thermal performance evaluation of fiber-reinforced polymer thermal breaks for balcony connections

Thomas Keller, Anastasios Vassilopoulos, Kyriaki Goulouti, Julia De Castro San Roman Fest

The potential effects of high-performance fiber-reinforced polymer thermal breaks for balcony connections on the thermal losses and heating needs of a typical residential building in Switzerland were investigated. In an optimized form, these new thermal br ...

Elsevier2014