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Thermal mass for energy efficiency
Higher density materials like bricks provide better heat storage and gradual heat release, maintaining more even temperatures and improving energy efficiency.
Thermal mass: achieving a high thermal mass provides greater energy efficiency. Materials with a greater density, like bricks, are better heat storing materials. Higher density materials heat up slowly and provide a gradual release of heat when temperatures cools so that a more even temperature is maintained.
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