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IEA Solar Heating & Cooling Technology Collaboration Programme

The Solar Heating and Cooling Technology Collaboration Programme (SHC TCP) was established in 1977, one of the first programmes of the International Energy Agency, to promote the use of all aspects of solar thermal energy. The SHC TCP's work is unique in that it is accomplished through the international collaborative effort of experts from member countries and the European Union.

The benefits of this approach are:

accelerates the pace of technology development
promotes standardization
enhances national R&D programmes
permits national specialization
saves time and money

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What's New

Reducing energy consumption in historic buildings - A meeting in mid-April, Copenhagen, Denmark, gave members of IEA SHC research platform Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy (Task 59) the opportunity to meet researchers working on the EU Horizon 2020 project Robust Internal Thermal Insulation of Historic Buildings, or RIBuild, and prompted a fruitful exchange between experts in historic building refurbishment. (Posted: 2019-07-12)
New Solar Keymark Network Rules Allow On-Site Testing - The Solar Keymark Network has expanded its range of options by including in situ testing. At a meeting in March 2019, a revised version of the Solar Keymark (SK) Scheme Rules was approved to allow collector efficiency tests in a real-life environment. (Posted: 2019-07-12)
Regional Sustainable Energy Centres join IEA SHC - The UNIDO-coordinated Regional Sustainable Energy Centres will become sponsor members of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling programme, a decision made by the IEA SHC Executive Committee at a meeting in Austria in early June. Seven Regional Centres for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency have already started operations, two of them - ECREEE and RCREEE (see table below) – were already sponsors of IEA SHC. (Posted: 2019-06-28)
PV-Thermal collector area tops 1 million - PV-Thermal systems, which generate heat and electricity from the same collector, are gaining ever more traction: For the first time, they have now been included in the Solar Heat Worldwide report. Data supplied by 26 manufacturers from 11 countries indicates that more than 1 million m2 of PVT collector area has been sold globally so far. (Posted: 2019-06-24)
Read the Latest Edition - Solar Heat Worldwide 2019 - The solar heating and cooling markets show a reversing trend. The majority of the largest markets outside of China saw demand increase for the first time since 2015. This trend change is due to several factors – improved cost-competitiveness of solar thermal systems, rising interest among commercial and industrial clients, and clean air policies. (Posted: 2019-06-17)

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Solar Update - July 2019 - July 6, 2019
Solar Neighborhood Planning - Annex Plan - June 25, 2019
Visualization of energy flows in PVT systems - June 20, 2019
Solar Heat Worldwide 2019 - June 12, 2019
Technical report on simulations results and systems intercomparison - June 3, 2019
Monitoring data analysis on technical issues & on performances - June 3, 2019
Adapted Monitoring Procedure for the thermal side of New Generation Solar Heating & Cooling Systems - June 3, 2019
Monitoring Procedure for Field Test & Demo Systems with Compression Heat Pumps Driven by Photovoltaic Solar Energy - June 3, 2019
Technical report on system sizing and optimised control strategies - June 3, 2019
LCA and techno-eco comparison between reference and new systems - June 3, 2019

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7th IEA SHC Task55 Expert Meeting
UPCOMING: Konferenz: Die Sonnenhülle zwischen Veränderung und Koexistenz im Gleichgewicht der Orte - With the support of the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) / Bundesam fuer Energie (BFE) and EnergieSchweiz, as well is cooperation with the magazine Hochparterre, SUPSI is organising an event on solar energy on 5 July 2019 in Lugano-Canobbio. The conference will feature presenations on the integration of solar energy into historic buildings, energy-efficient renovation and building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) into architecture. Furthermore, the magazine Solaris 03 will be presented together with the platform solarchitecture.ch. Task59's Daniel Herrera will be presenting the Task and other related projects dealing with the integratino of photovoltaics in historic buildings. Please find more information on the programme and how to sign up via the link.
Cost of PVT: how to calculate ? - A LCOH method to calcule the cost of energy from PVT systems
2nd Expert Meeting of IEA SHC Task 62 in Almería - The 2nd expert meeting of our IEA SHC Task 62 took place from 2nd to 3rd of April in Almería, Spain. Almost 30 experts from all over Europe jonit the meeting that took place at CIEMTA PSA.
International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Webinar March 21st 2019

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Solar Heat Worldwide

NEW EDITION!

Solar Heat Worldwide

The solar heating and cooling markets show a reversing trend. The majority of the largest markets outside of China saw demand increase for the first time since 2015. -- Read More

Publication Highlight

Solar Update

The July 2019 edition of the IEA SHC Newsletter, Solar Update is now available. The Newsletter contains information on Solar Heat Worldwide 2019 - SHC 2019 Conference - PVT Systems in Europe - Reducing System Price - Solar Academy - Advanced Solar Storage - Lighting Industry Needs - Country Highlight: Austria - New Task: Neighborhoods - New Members - Member News: Germany - New SHC Publications - SHC Members ,and more. -- View PDF - View Flip Book

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