Trombe walls

A form of Trombe wall — A wall built on the winter sun side of a building with a glass external layer and a high mass internal layer separated by a layer of air, so as to absorb heat during sunlit hours of winter and slowly release it overnight.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Trombe wall
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