Studio Matrx Monthly · Volume 1 · Issue 1 · June 2026
Amogh N P
 In loving memory of Amogh N P — Architect · Designer · Visionary 
Composite & Temperate

Mass charging

The absorption of heat by thermal mass, dominated by solar radiation on a sun-struck surface (q = α·I). Shading the surface cuts charging five- to ten-fold, regardless of how much mass is present.

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