Trombe wall

From outside to inside, a Trombe wall consists of a layer or more of glass, a narrow air space, and a masonry wall coated with a dark, heat-absorbing material. Energy […]

Diagram of a Trombe wall. Format Diagram Credit Image courtesy of MIT OpenCourseWare. MIT OpenCourseWare Course of Origin 4.401 Introduction to Building Technology Spring 2006 MIT Course Instructor Andersen, Marilyne MIT Department Architecture License http://ocw.mit.edu/terms Publisher MIT OpenCourseWare

trombe wall

Image 2 of 10 from gallery of How Does a Trombe Wall Work?. Jacques Michel's first Trombe Wall house in Odeillo. Image © Wikimedia Commons user OfHouses

So we’re into another week about heat emissions in bodies and buildings and the passive air techniques that can be used to control those functions.The Addington reading addresses the more historica…

Regular readers will know that we tend to favour simple, non-mechanical methods of green design, like passive solar heating instead of, say, thermal solar collectors with evacuated tubes and pumps. One

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While researching The Trombe Wall: Low Tech Solar Design Makes A Comeback I stumbled over the work of DesignBuildBLUFF, the principal mission of which is to "design and build safe, sustainable off-grid homes for needy

A Trombe wall is used to reduce the use of a building's heating and cooling systems through passive solar design.