Thermal storage
Thermal storage, or thermal energy storage: '...is achieved with widely differing technologies. It allows excess thermal energy to be stored and used hours, days, months later. In the context of this document, it is usually refers to hot water stores in buildings.' Ref Climate Emergency Design Guide: How new buildings can meet UK climate change targets, published by the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) in January 2020.
Thermal storage can be low temperature thermal storage or high temperature thermal storage.
See also: Thermal storage for cooling and Thermal mass.
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