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Passive solar heating

Scope note

Use for solar heating systems collecting and transferring heat by the natural laws of convection, conduction, and radiation with little or no mechanical assistance; for solar heating systems utilizing mechanical devices to transfer heat, use "active solar heating."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300051520

Broader Terms used

solar heating

Created

13yrs ago

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