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What is thermal mass?

Winner of Best Masonry Home in the 2017 Build It Awards, the Quest by Strom Architects (www.stromarchitects.co.uk) features a heavyweight construction – including a large concrete chimney that helps to absorb warmth entering through the vast swathes of glazing

Amaterial’s thermal mass is, fundamentally, its ability to absorb and store heat: a trait that we’re gradually learning to put to good use in building design. Perhaps the easiest way to understand it is to think of electric night storage heaters. These radiators have been around since the 1970s, when large, heavy metallic units were mainly used to provide background heating in retrofits – where quick and cheap installation was paramount.

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