(architecture) any mass that can absorb and store heat and can therefore be used to buffer temperature change. Concrete, bricks and tiles need a lot of heat energy to change their temperature and therefore have high thermal mass, timber has low thermal mass.
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In building design, thermal mass is a property of the mass of a building which enables it to store heat, providing `inertia` against temperature fluctuations. It is sometimes known as the thermal flywheel effect. For example, when outside temperatures are fluctuating throughout the day, a large thermal mass within the insulated portion of a hous.....
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The influence of thermal mass on the periodic heat flow. The diurnal variations of the outside temperature (green line) result in heat flows into the building during the day, where part of the heat is stored in the material. During the night, the heat flow is reversed (from the building to the envir...
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Materials that store heat.
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Materials that have a high capacity for absorbing heat, and change temperature slowly. These materials are used to absorb and retain solar energy during the daytime for release at night or during cloudy periods; they include water, rocks, masonry, and earth.
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thermal mass A material used to absorb, store, and later release heat, and so retarding the temperature variation within a building space; for example, concrete, brick, masonry, mortar, rock, water, or any other such materials with high heat capacities.
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Materials that store heat.
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