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Heat is transferred to and from a building having a stack or other group of containers for thermal storage mass, arranged to be illuminated directly or indirectly by sunlight, via a frontally spaced sun swept glazing system. A connection path is established through the glazing to module space and a

Heat is transferred to and from a building having a stack or other group of containers for thermal storage mass, arranged to be illuminated directly or indirectly by sunlight, via a frontally spaced sun swept glazing system. A connection path is established through the glazing to module space and a shade system is provided for modulating heat transfer. For cooling, warmest water may be removed from the modules, spray cooled and circulated back to coolest modules. Designs for field-erectable modules are disclosed.

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In an environmentally driven heating and cooling system, which includes: wall means defining at least two containers each for a quantum of thermal storage mass, each including surface means for collecting and radiating heat; each said container in a use condition having a filling of said quantum of

In an environmentally driven heating and cooling system, which includes: wall means defining at least two containers each for a quantum of thermal storage mass, each including surface means for collecting and radiating heat; each said container in a use condition having a filling of said quantum of thermal storage mass; a building structure for a situs, and including a glazed portion sited for sunlight to fall along a path directly or indirectly thereon; said containers being deployed in a group in said building structure when in said use condition, behind said glazed portion, relative to the path of sunlight falling on said glazed portion; the improvement wherein: the at least two containers further have a shipping condition wherein the at least two containers lack said filling and are more condensed relative to one another than when grouped, so that while being shipped to said situs in said shipping condition, said at least two containers occupy less space than when grouped and in said use condition; each container being formed of sheet material having two sidewall panels integrally joined to a bottom panel along two corresponding end panels; a plurality of heat radiating fin means each having a joining flange and a fin portion; each joining flange being secured to one of a sidewall and a bottom of a said container and lying generally flatwise against the respective sidewall or bottom while that container is in said shipping condition thereof, and said respective fin portion being bendable outwards during field erection of said wall means to constitute a respective useful fin for heat radiation.