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Some PassivHaus designs incorporate such systems. There is also district thermal storage which services multiple homes with a thermal storage reservoir.

Thorstein Chlupp, of Rienna LLC, built several net-zero homes in the Fairbanks, AK, area. He hasn't been active for a number of years now, but released several videos in the mid-2010s detailing his design, construction, thought, and results.

He's apparently been with NREL since 2023: <https://research-hub.nrel.gov/en/persons/thorsten-chlupp/>.

There's a nearly-decade-later review of one of Chlupp's Alaskan homes, the Sunrise House, written in 2020 (the house was constructed in 2011): <https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/the-sunrise-hou...> (paywall).

And the original video series and channel:

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtHkvpRI6fc>

<https://www.youtube.com/@REINALLC/videos>

At the core of Chlupp's homes was a thermally-stratified 5,000 gallon storage tank. This was ideally aligned vertically (to improve thermal stratification), though at least one home had a horizontal alignment. The tank was inside the core of the home, which means it occupies significant internal space. I don't know if there have been any mechanical / technical issues with the design over time, though at least initial results were strongly positive.



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