Tag: thermal mass
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Garbage warrior
This week I watched the “Garbage warrior”, a film about american architect, Mike Reynolds. This documentary shows several buildings and subdivisions built by Reynolds, starting with the Thumb House, and the Earthship, of course. This film was highly motivating and inspiring for me. I am wondering if I could add some tires with rammed earth […]
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Passive solar: interior thermal mass
Thermal mass on the interior of the building is able to store heat or cold, and then slowly release it back out to the surrounding air. Heat from a sunny winter day as well as the coolness of a summer night can be retained inside the insulated shell of the exterior walls if the building […]