Thermal mass / Discussions

...thermal bridging into the concrete core of the wall allowing energy stored in the thermal mass to bleed into the soil below If you are looking to eliminate ther...

...thermal mass and good overhangs would double or triple glaze Argon filled windows be appropriate without the Low E coating? The Low E coating does reduce the so...

...thermal mass walls. I.e if the sun only reaches 2 metres into the living space, then is there a point in placing thermal mass 5 metres into the living space ? ...

...thermal mass for catching winter sun rays in this situation? Could we potentially have 4 foot deep thermal mass on the southern side of the house half way throu...

...thermal mass couch in my new passive solar home. if I have A hyper sealed, plastic wrapped A rated home and a fireplace or even an exhaust fan. Then isn't it th...

...thermal) mass is below the airspace or between the airspace and the tile? Thanks for any advice you may have!

...thermal mass is for maintaining heat during winter months. What about placing a vinyl corked backed flooring over the concrete floor? We are looking to build ...

...thermal is worth it for homes Adding thermal mass – that depends on your lifestyle, there are ups and downs to it but personally I like it. Thermal mass in ho...

...thermal mass. We are planning to utilize a Sanden air-to-water heat pump for domestic hot water and hydronic heat. I'm inclined to have the hydronic heat instal...

...thermal mass into it you can get more production from your solar panel, as it will act as a thermal battery. here you can see how we installed a solar air heate...

...thermal mass passive solar house I'm building on California's Mendocino coast. I'm leaning toward using an oversized PV solar array to run a heat pump to store ...

...thermal mass in the path of the sun to absorb the heat so it can later be released as the temperatures drops. If your house is built and your windows are in pla...

...thermal mass inside the home, so if you invest in a very efficient wall assembly and airtight building envelope, you can often wait out a heat wave (at least on...

...mass radiant heating panel”. While it is obviously true that it is low-mass, I wouldn’t necessarily consider it an advantage. A lack of thermal mass means the...

I am most curious about the effectiveness of the air tube floor heating system. The house is now standing, it is the first house built of our new prefab modula...

...thermal bridging. The chimney would then be benign thermal mass inside the building envelope, and maintain the same temperature as the rest of the conditioned s...

...thermal mass . I would say your first step is to check out our page on building greenhouses – How to build a greenhouse in a cold climate Finding a way to s...

...thermal mass inside the building enclosure. Lowering thermostats at night made a lot of sense 40 + years ago when homes were poorly-insulated and sometimes no...