Rocks, Clays, Water, and Salts: Highly Durable, Infinitely Rechargeable, Eminently Controllable Thermal Batteries for Buildings
Materials that store the energy of warm days, to return that heat during cool nights, have been fundamental to vernacular building since ancient times. Although building with thermally rechargeable materials became a niche pursuit with the advent of fossil fuel-based heating and cooling, energy and...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Geosciences |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/3/1/63 |