[EnergyPlus_Support] Measure of thermal mass for a construction?

["jchester2011@xxxxxxxxx [EnergyPlus_Support]" <EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What is the best measure of the thermal mass of a construction (not just of individual materials in a construction) and is it possible to calculate this as an EnergyPlus output? The materials and constructions reports give useful information, but I'm interested in something along the lines of an effective heat capacity for all of the combined layers in a wall, for example (or is this just the sum of the heat capacities of the layers?) 

Thanks,
Josh

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