New standard has been developed at SPGASU

On 1 July 2022, Russia will introduce the interstate standard GOST R ISO 10077-22, which will make it possible to calculate the heat transfer coefficients of window and door units without measurements in laboratories. The author of the new standard is Tamara Datsyuk, head of the Centre for Physical and Technical Testing of Structural Units and professor at the SPbGASU Department of Physics and Chemistry in Construction.

✔ The modern construction market offers many different types of translucent constructions, but their thermal and technical characteristics do not always comply with the Russian standards. The operating range of window units and facade structures, which is determined by the climatic conditions, is usually evaluated by laboratory tests.

The Centre for Physical and Technical Testing of Structural Units at Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering is developing normative documents or amending existing standards based on the results of experimental work. For example, GOST R 59149-2020 'Windows and doors. Method for determining the thermal characteristics in full-scale conditions" has been in effect since 1 July 2021. It was developed jointly with the Research Institute of Building Physics of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Construction Sciences.

"We continue developing new and amending the existing standards. Two more state standards have been developed together with the Research Institute of Building Physics of the Russian Academy of Architecture and Building Sciences that relate to the testing of translucent facade structures," told Tamara Datsyuk.

Text: Tatyana Petrova

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