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How to increase energy efficiency with your pass door
Pass doors are made to be opened. Designed to facilitate the easy flow of people and goods, they allow workers and visitors to walk through the door opening without having to open the entire overhead sectional door.
When it comes to pass doors, its critical to have three elements in place: stability, safety and thermal separation. With the last element becoming more important than ever. Rising energy costs and a greater focus on sustainability are having a critical effect on business performance. Faced with ever-growing demands within industry, businesses must not only find solutions that better protect workers and offer improved stability but also increase energy efficiency.
So, how does the design of a pass door increase energy efficiency?
Breaking the bridge
First, we should recognise a common problem for industrial doors when it comes to energy loss – thermal bridges, also known as cold bridges.
A thermal bridge is an area of a door, or building, that has a higher thermal conductivity than the surrounding material, so it creates a path of least resistance for heat transfer. This impacts the amount of energy required to heat or cool an area and can lead to condensation or ice formation.
To solve this issue, a thermal break or separation, is designed into the door to reduce the thermal bridge to a more acceptable level. A thermal separation creates a barrier against heat loss. It does this because we ‘separate’ the aluminum frame of the door into two pieces by inserting an element of low thermal conductivity. A broken cold bridge solution saves energy, reduces costs, and dramatically minimises condensation to improve the indoor climate for comfort and convenience.