Abstract
The transient thermal model of a winter house has been discussed in this chapter for a cold climatic region of Srinagar in India. Climatic parameters and system parameters are the two factors that are important in designing a “winter house” from thermal comfort point of view. In climatic parameters, solar insolation and ambient temperature are the two main things. Roof area, glazed area, wall area, inclination of roof, and isothermal mass are the main features of system parameters. The concept of water drums walls and transwall for heating the house has been incorporated in the design. The particular combination of these parameters helps to design a winter house with thermal comfort for that particular harsh cold climate region. The condition of steady state with required thermal load leveling is achieved after 3–4 days by considering the effect of higher isothermal mass or water and transwall. The transwall gives better performance than that of the effect of either isothermal mass or water walls. There is significant effect in living room temperature due to additional heat provided to living room from roof air collector, and the fluctuation in living room temperature increases with decrease of isothermal mass.
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