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:2552950

Gluesenkamp, Kyle ^[1]; Liu, Xiaobing ^[1]; Sreshtha, Som ^[1]; Kumar, Navin ^[2]; Moses-DeBusk, Melanie ^[3]; LaClair, Timothy ^[3]; Woods, Jason ^[4]; Vidal, Judith ^[5]; Pritoni, Marco ^[3]; Kaur, Sumanjeet ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (United States)
3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
4. Case Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland, OH (United States)
5. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (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 event 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.

• Research Organization: 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: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 2552950
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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