Flex-Cool-Store is an interdisciplinary consortium involving 3 research groups with complementary expertise based in the Schools of Engineering and Psychology of Cardiff University (CU), the College of Life and Environmental Science of the University of Exeter (UE), and the University of Bath. The investigators are internationally recognised for their research expertise in integrated energy systems, heating/cooling networks, energy storage, techno-economics, governance, energy policy, social acceptability and public perception.