Integrating solar thermal collectors into building envelopes (e.g. walls or roofs) is very promising due to no need of additional site to place solar collectors. When a solar collector is integrated with a building, the working conditions for both the solar collector and the building envelope are changed. This paper proposed a new dynamic thermal model based on the response factor method. The new model combines the conventional analysis method for solar collectors with building envelopes, therefore it is easy to be understood and is more convenient to be realized by programming in a computer than state space model. The calculated results by the dynamic model agreed well with those calculated by the state space model and the measured experimental data, suggesting a satisfying validity of the model proposed. The seasonal performance of a solar wall (integrating of solar collectors and walls) in Beijing was studied by the new model. The results showed that: (1) In winter, the useful heat gain by the solar wall was always a little higher than the separate wall by about 6.7–8.8%, and the heat loss through solar wall is reduced by 90% or more, this is very favorable to reduce space heating load. (2) In summer, the useful heat gain of solar wall was higher than the separate collector by about 2.1–10.2%, the heat transferred through walls was less or higher than the separate wall depending on the inlet water temperature.