Quantitative form of the divergence theorem: the integral of the Laplacian of $u$ over a ball of radius $R$ is controlled by an $R^{n-1}$-weighted supremum of the gradient on the sphere of radius $R$. Used as an abstract hypothesis to derive conservation of thermal energy.
Under the decay assumption $\lim_{|x| \to \infty} |x|^{n-1} |\nabla_x u(t, x)| = 0$ together with integrability of the Laplacian and the divergence-theorem bound, the global integral of the Laplacian over $\mathbb{R}^n$ vanishes: $\int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \Delta u(t, x) \, d^n x = 0$.
For a solution $u$ to the heat equation $\partial_t u = \Delta u$ on $\mathbb{R}^n$ with suitable decay and integrability hypotheses, the derivative of the total thermal energy with respect to time vanishes: $\mathcal{T}'(t) = 0$. This is the differential form of conservation of thermal energy (Lemma 2.0.3).
Conservation of thermal energy (Lemma 2.0.3): for a solution $u$ to the heat equation $-\partial_t u + \Delta u = 0$ on $[0, \infty) \times \mathbb{R}^n$ satisfying the decay and integrability hypotheses, the total thermal energy is constant in time: $\mathcal{T}(t) = \mathcal{T}(0)$.