This work has its origin in the growing demands of energy regulations to meet future local targets and to propose a global implementation framework. A literature review related to conventional electrical energy storage systems has been carried out, presenting different cases analyzed at building scale to deepen in nature-inspired processes that propose reductions in environmental impact and present improvements in these storage devices. The use of batteries, especially lithium-ion batteries, is the most prominent among the electrical storage applications; however, improvements have been proposed through hydrogen batteries or the implementation of more environmentally friendly materials to manufacture the electrodes. In this sense, oriented to creating systems designed to protect the environment, important advances have been made in the development of storage systems based on biomimetic strategies. The latter range from the generation of energy through the respiratory processes of microorganisms to the recreation of the generation, storage, and release of energy using the thermoelectric and thermoregulatory characteristics of some insects. These facts show that the trend in research towards improving existing systems continues but reinforces the idea that new solutions must be environmentally friendly, so there is still a long way to improving the processes established thus far.
Due to the constant growth in energy demand worldwide, renewable systems require more maintenance and electrical energy generation, which also involves an increase in storage capacity. Solar energy is one of the renewable sources with the greatest opportunity to cover this increasing demand as it promises in areas of power generation for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. Currently, there are several conventional electricity energy storage systems whose contributions have been presented at a building scale; batteries being the last the most used in the market for their ability to react instantly to changes in energy demand, but they are not totally eco-friendly. Nowadays, alternatives are being searched to reduce the ecological footprint that continues affecting the environment. To decrease carbon emissions and propose a “green” storage system, this research implements biomimetic strategies following the steps of the problem-based approach with the operating principle of lithium-ion batteries as a basis. As a result, a preliminary design of an equivalent circuit is presented that simulates the behavior of a natural cell based on the energy admission and storage processes of an oriental hornet, as well as the discharge mechanism of an electric eel.
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