Open BIM Schöck: better understand thermal bridge breakers upstream of projects

Developed in partnership with the publisher and distributor CYPE, Open BIM Schöck allows design offices, structural and thermal, to size, implement and optimize the treatment of thermal bridges with the floor breakers of the Rutherma © range from the phase of design of projects (no longer at the time of their execution).

The key for project owners: a reliable response to the requirements of RE2020 and perfect control of the budget envelope upstream of the works since the line of switches to be implemented is determined from the outset according to the desired performance.

Available for free download on the platform BIMserver.center

Facilitate the technical and economic optimization of construction projects

"It is necessary to build with ever greater efficiency, to acquire new work habits" postulates Rémi Wirth, Schöck France Product Manager. In this sense, Open BIM Schöck allows the sizing, installation and optimization of the treatment of thermal bridges upstream of any project requiring the integration of Rutherma© floor breakers.

Input is very simple, from 2D base plans or the digital model of the project in IFC format, by installing, on each level, the thermal breaks at the floor or balcony supports to be treated. The software then performs the structural selection of the ideal contact breaker reference with the associated thermal performance, in order to optimize the line of thermal breakers according to the objectives set by the user (RT2012, RE2020, or higher). At the end of the study, the software produces a calculation note, plans and offers the possibility of integrating the switches selected in the 3D digital model of the project. Thanks to this refined modeling obtained by the structural and thermal design offices, the contracting authority has all the maps from the outset of the project, by combining objectives set in terms of energy sobriety and control of the budget envelope of the treatment of thermal bridges.

It should be noted that Open BIM Schöck notably includes the latest Schöck contact breaker in ITI, Rutherma© type DFi, claiming more than 10 times less kg of CO2/Ml than the value indicated on the INIES database for an untreated thermal bridge. With the high points: shear forces increased by 22% as well as the recovery of moments up to 83% and an even greater thermal performance (thanks to the reduction in the number of stainless steels over its length of 1 meter, knowing that less steel translates into less thermal conductivity and a more competitive breaker price).

Note also the possible interoperability between Open BIM Schöck and RE2020 regulatory study software (including CYPERTHERM RE2020) or other CAD/BIM software.