2024 Stor4Build Annual Meeting: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities in Thermal Energy Storage for Buildings

Technical Report · Mon Jan 13 04:00:00 EST 2025

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2499524· OSTI ID:2499524

Gluesenkamp, Kyle ^[1]; Liu, Xiaobing ^[1]; Sreshtha, Som ^[1]; Kumar, Navin ^[1]; Moses-DeBusk, Melanie ^[1]; LaClair, Timothy ^[2]; Woods, Jason ^[2]; Vidal, Judith ^[2]; Pritoni, Marco ^[3]; Kaur, Sumanjeet ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

In late August 2024, Stor4Build brought nearly 80 stakeholders from the thermal energy storage industry to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), including researchers, startups, electric utilities, nonprofits, implementers, state energy efficiency offices, and original equipment manufacturers. . During the two-day Stor4Build Annual Meeting, participants engaged in vital discussions about the current challenges and opportunities for scaling thermal energy storage solutions in buildings. The meeting featured panel discussions led by leading technology experts and industry practitioners, as well as updates on Stor4Build–funded projects from national laboratories, highlighting advancements in the thermal energy storage field crucial to achieving the consortium’s mission. The ORNL team, in collaboration with members of the multi-laboratory consortium and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Building Technologies Office, organized the workshop. Stor4Build aims to accelerate the growth, optimization, and deployment of cost-effective thermal energy storage technologies that benefit all communities.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Building Technologies Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 2499524
• Report Number(s): ORNL/LTR--2024/3681
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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