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WinIso is Sommer
®
FENESTRATION SOFTWARE Informatik’s solution to

calculate the thermal

performance of windows and

façades. In this article, the

company speaks about the
Sommer optimization of this software

and what it can do for today’s

construction industry.

Informatik

THERMAL INSULATION AND

BUILDING PHYSICS IN

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION

®
ware solution - WinIso nal technical consultant
PTIMIZATION - according to the revised SOFTWARE to Sommer Informatik
OF PROVEN FOR THERMAL
OSOFTWARE standard EN ISO 10077- CALCULATION GmbH) explains: “The re-
2:2017. vision of the ISO 10077-2
®
Nowadays the use of soft- WinIso is used to calcu- OF WINDOWS AND standard for the calculation
FAÇADES IS
ware for the calculation late two-dimensional heat VALIDATED BY of building physics values
of parameters of thermal and moisture vapour flows, IFT ROSENHEIM changed the methods of
performance and building isotherms, Uf and Psi val- calculation of Uf values
physics is indispensable ues with a CAD interface The optimized software significantly. In order to
in the building industry. - this provides important was validated at the begin- meet the requirements of
To meet the growing de- data to define the thermal ning of November 2017 by the revised standard, the
®
mands of lawmakers to insulation properties of the renowned European WinIso software had to
these programmes, Som- frame profiles and to inte- Notified Body ift-Rosen- be modified accordingly.
mer Informatik GmbH has grate them into the build- heim. The integrated CAD Editor
optimized its proven soft- ing design. Roland Steinert (exter- and the FEM calculation,

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