Thermal Mass of Log Walls
When talking about green building, energy efficiency, and passive solar design, you may hear
the term “thermal mass.” The term refers to the ability of a material to stabilize the temperature
of your home by storing heat from the sun (called solar gain) during the day, then slowly
releasing it at night. Some people add a thermal mass feature to help store solar heat, but luckily
for log home owners, logs themselves have considerable thermal mass naturally. Thermal
mass is difficult to m