Trombe Wall

Trombe Wall
Also referred to as a “solar wall”, a Trombe wall consists of an 8-to-16-inch-thick masonry wall on the south side of a house. A single or double layer of glass is mounted about 1 inch or less in front of the wall’s surface. Solar heat is absorbed by the wall’s dark-colored outside surface and stored in the wall’s mass, where it radiates into the living space.