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Nighttime cooling only works if you have a big thermal mass inside the insulation envelope to cool down to store your 'coolth' in. In general the problem with l
by willyt 9y ago
Nighttime cooling only works if you have a big thermal mass inside the insulation envelope to cool down to store your 'coolth' in. In general the problem with lightweight stick frame construction is that it is too quick to respond to temperature changes so it not a good fit for this. Ideally you build off a big concrete slab which is sat on top of non compressible insulation. The houses on page 36 of this magazine use this technique.[0]
[0] https://issuu.com/passivehouseplus/docs/ph_uk_issue_23_digital https://issuu.com/passivehouseplus/docs/ph_uk_issue_23_digit...