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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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SHC Solar Award Nominations Open until May 1

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What's New

Solar Award Nominations are Open - The Solar Heating and Cooling Award of the IEA SHC Programme celebrates the success of those working to increase the market impact of this renewable energy source. (Posted: 2019-02-15)
SHC 2019: Call for papers open until February 28 - In 2019, the International Conference on Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and Industry (SHC) will again take place together with the ISES Solar World Congress (SWC). (Posted: 2019-01-06)
Solar air-conditioning training for energy professionals - Around 40 attendees from Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe benefitted from a three-day training course on Solar Cooling and Air Conditioning at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, late last November. (Posted: 2019-01-04)
Quality and certification can push solar markets - That a wider use of quality standards in the solar thermal sector would be increased internationalisation and cost saving for manufacturers was the conclusion of those listening to a webinar on Solar Standards and Certification on 12 December. (Posted: 2018-12-31)
IEA SHC supports historic buildings expert network - The 3rd International Conference on Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings (EEHB 2018), which took place in Sweden in September, proved to be the perfect location to show the work of IEA SHC Task, Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy. Task Coordinator Alexandra Troi, of Italian-based Eurac Research, presented the group’s current research activities in a keynote speech at the final plenary session. (Posted: 2018-12-20)

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Task 60 Highlights 2018 - February 14, 2019
Task 56 Highlights 2018 - February 14, 2019
T53E4 Tool – To Assess a System’s Technical and Economic Potential - February 13, 2019
ELISA Tool : Life Cycle Analysis for Solar Cooling Systems - February 13, 2019
Task 53 Highlights 2018 - February 10, 2019
Definition of the existing cooling reference systems - February 10, 2019
Daylighting of Non–Residential Buildings - February 5, 2019
Task 54 Highlights 2018 - February 5, 2019
Task 62 Highlights 2018 - January 27, 2019
Task 57 Highlights 2018 - January 27, 2019

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A top scientific paper from Maria Herrando and al. on PVT collector optimal design - The paper is published in Science Direct: Herrando M, Ramos A, Zabalza I, Markides CN. A comprehensive assessment of alternative absorber-exchanger designs for hybrid PVT-water collectors. Appl Energy 2019;235:1583–1602. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.024 The paper deals with the design and optimisation of a PVT collector, and addreses: A 3-D FEM and CFD model to simulate a hybrid PV-Thermal collector (PVT) is developed. Several flat-box designs and materials for the absorber-exchanger are studied. Flow-channel size or material seem not critical within the range of investigation. Polymeric flat-box designs are expected to suffer lower strains than sheet and tube units. Weight and investment cost reductions are achieved with polymeric PVT designs.
PVT in South Africa
IEA SHC Task 62 presented at 84th ExCo Meeting in Lisbon - On November 13-15, the 84th ExCo Meeting was held at LNEG in Lisbon, Portugal. Christoph Brunner, Operating Agent of Task 62, presented the ongoing activities within the Task.
Abora on solarthermalworld.org - ABORA systems are making market insights
Future Meetings & Events - Check here for a list of upcoming Task Meetings & Other events yet to be scheduled.

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Solar Heat Worldwide

The cumulated solar thermal capacity in operation by end of 2017 was 472 GWth (675 million square meters). Compared to the year 2000 the installed capacity grew by the factor 7.6. -- Read More

Publication Highlight

Solar Update

The December 2018 edition of the IEA SHC Newsletter, Solar Update is now available. The Newsletter contains information on SHC 2019 Conference, Next Generation Cooling, Interview: Daniel Mugnier, EuroSun 2018, Standards and Certification, Interview: Jan Erik Nielsen, Solar Academy, Advanced Solar Storage, Horizon 2020, Country Highlight: Portugal, New SHC Publications, SHC Members,and more. -- Read More

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