Trombe Glass Roof

The fludized trombe wall system is a new concept.

Trombe glass roof.

The present work consist of two main parts. Trombe are specialists in the design and installation of high end glass structurally glazed extensions structures. Trombe walls are a type of technology that can be installed in homes to passively heat the building the inclusion of trombe walls reduces the need to heat the building using traditional methods such as furnaces or other space heaters reducing the amount of energy used to heat the home. Clear architects proposed a sliding glass roof box to provide access to a lofty terrace.

This type of atrium has a centralized glass courtyard which is located in the centre of the building and is surrounded by a glass roof. The second type is the semi enclosed atrium in which the glass space is within the building but one of its sides is on the exterior surface of the building. Like a solar chimney or solar wall trombe walls are a way to achieve energy efficient building design. The larger outer window allows the sun s heat to shine onto the cinder block thermal mass wall while the smaller window that is part of the trombe wall allows natural light into the room.

It is attractively finished and also glass bricks interspersed throughout it that allow more light into the room. The homes are in a conservation area so the height of a roof extension was limited by planning constraints. Trombe examples of glass roof lights which can be fixed or opeanable through manual or automated operation. A trombe wall is a massive equator facing wall that is painted a dark color in order to absorb thermal energy from incident sunlight and covered with a glass on the outside with an insulating air gap between the wall and the glaze.

In this system the gap between the wall and the glass is fludized by using high absorbtance and low density particles. Glass was the only suitable material as the box needed to open for head height and it also makes a striking additional feature.