Thermal Mass &
Energy Efficient Log Homes
The term “Thermal Mass” refers to the capacity of log walls to hold and transfer heat in winter, cold in summer, when compared to surrounding outside temperatures.
Conventional homes and buildings heat and cool the interior space surrounded by walls. Log Homes actually heat and cool the log walls, the wood. Logs act as a passive energy system.
Turn the thermostat down in the winter at night and the cold outside weather pushes warm air in the logs into the interior. The reverse occurs in the summer outdoor heat when the logs are more cool on the inside.
This means Green Energy Savings with renewable resources => trees => logs.
Our personal experiences in a very cold winter climate are
- - - it takes about 24 hours to heat up the logs in a cold zero to 10 degree unattended cabin in upper Michigan. The logs soak up the heat in the first 24 hours. After that, a comfortable temperature is maintained with a normal heating routine, even in 20 below zero temperatures.
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