Description In future UK low-carbon housing, it could be advantageous to be able to store solar heat seasonally, making use of surplus solar energy from the summer through the colder and darker winter months. However, this requires that heat is stored over long periods of time.  In this project you will first investiagte the demand for heat and the availability of solar energy and then go on to investigate the requirements for domestic seasonal heat storage; you will look at the thermodynamics and heat transfer associated with high and low temperature systems and the materials that could be employed in practical systems. Ultimately, the aim is to assess the practicality of the seasonal heat storage concepts.  Key Objectives review domestic heat demands and solar energy availability calculate requirements for seasonal stores review high and low temperature storage options build a mathematical model of a seasonal store assess technical, economic and environmental performance of several seasonal storage concepts