Davoud Amini Moghaddam - Graduate Student of Energy Systems, Islamic Azad University, Mashahad Branch
Vahid Nejati - Assistant Professor of Mechanic Department, Islamic Azad University, Mashahad Branch

The need for heating and cooling in buildings constitutes a considerable part of the total energy use in a country and reducing this need is of outmost importance in order to reach national and international goals for reducing energy use and emissions. one of the problems that can be solved by using thermal energy storage (TES) in order to save the heat or cold from when it is available to when it is needed. This paper is focusing on the combination of TES techniques and buildings to achieve increased energy efficiency for heating and cooling. Various techniques used for TES as well as the combination of TES in buildings have been investigated and summarized through an extensive literature review

Thermal Energy Storage, energy use, energy efficiency