NEW YORK, NY — Thermal bridging is a characteristic of some materials, such as steel studs, to transmit temperature differences through a wall assembly, short-circuiting the insulation that abuts it. The Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings (CARB) uncovered such a thermal bridging problem in the design of Melrose Commons, a development of attached, three-family townhouses in the Bronx, New York.
The 90-unit project was established and is funded by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development under its New Homes Program, and developed by the New York City Housing Partnership and the Seavey Organization.