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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 an integrally molded unit made of synthetic plastic material and each includes sidewalls and a bottom cooperatively provided with a nesting feature and a stacking feature, so oriented that when two such containers are aligned and vertically juxtaposed in one congruent relationship, the upper one will nest in the lower one without the stacking feature of the lower one supporting the upper one, but when said two such containers are aligned and vertically juxtaposed in an opposite relationship, in which one is turned end-for-end relative to the other, the upper one will stack upon the lower one without substantial nesting.