Description

This fact sheet promotes and provides the information needed to design, build and make proper use of a robust solar space-heating technology that can significantly enhance your home’s indoor comfort year round – Trombe walls.

A Trombe wall is a heavyweight, sun-facing, glazed external wall that absorbs heat from the sun during the day in order to slowly release it to the interior at night. They can greatly benefit indoor comfort by providing a very pleasant radiative heat.

Scope

In this Fact Sheet:

• What is a Trombe wall?
• Why use this technology?
  • User experiences
  • Quantified thermal benefits
  • Financial implications
• Strategies
  • Planning
  • Design and specification
  • Living
• Questions for the homeowner and designer to discuss
• Minimum criteria checklist for designers
  • Externally
  • Internally
  • Other considerations
• Construction details
• Supporting information