MESSIB: Multy-source Energy Storage System Integrated in Buildings [Grant agreement no.: 211624] www.messib.eu

Energy storage

• Energy storage is needed to store electricity, heat and cold, which is produced at times of low demand and low generation cost and from intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar power. It is released at times of high demand and high generation cost or when there is no more generation capacity available.
• Reliable and affordable energy storage is a prerequisite for using renewable energy in remote locations, for integration into the energy system and the development in a future decentralised energy supply system. Energy storage therefore has a pivotal role to play in the effort to combine a future, sustainable energy supply with the standard of technical services and products that we are accustomed to and need.
• Energy storage is the most promising technology currently available to reduce fuel consumption in the transport sector

More about energy storage: http://ec.europa.eu/research/energy/nn/nn_rt/nn_rt_st/article_1154_en.htm

Energy Efficient Building: It is an outcome of a design which focuses on increasing the efficiency of resource use — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building's lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal. http://www.euroace.org/EuroACE%20documents/040617%20Towards%20Energy%20Efficient%20Buildings%20in%20Europe.pdf

Green building: A sustainable building, or green building is an outcome of a design which focuses on increasing the efficiency of resource use — energy, water, and materials — while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment during the building's lifecycle, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_building

EPBD: European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. According to EPBD, all EU countries have to enhance their building regulations and to introduce energy certification schemes for buildings. All countries are also required to have inspections of boilers and air-conditioners. www.buildingsplatform.org/

PCM: Phase Change Material. PCMs are "latent" energy storage materials. They use chemical bonds to store and release heat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase_change_material

Ground Storage: A method of storing thermal energy in a body which is in direct thermal contact with the surrounding earth. The energy is transferred to ground body from heat absorbing devices by circulating a liquid in a circuit incorporating a plurality of channels in the ground body.

Flywheel: It is a rotating disk used as a storage device for kinetic energy;it is used as a dynamic uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system to cover power loses in the grid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flywheel_energy_storage

Vanadium-Redox Flow Battery: The vanadium redox battery energy storage system (VRB) is a flow battery that is capable of storing energy in multi megawatt ranges and for durations of hours or days - from any available input source such as the grid, renewable resources or a diesel generator. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadium_redox_battery

BEMS: Building energy management system is usually a set of sensors for obtaining information about the building and the surrounding of the building, the assessment of this information and a set of actuator that permits the adaptation of the building to its optimal situation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Management_System