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What's New About IEA SHC Programme SHC Brochure Countries Involved SHC Members How to Participate Research Tasks SHC Solar Award Strategic Plan Annual Reports Contact Information Solar Heating & Cooling Solar's Untapped Potential Why Use Solar Technology? The Power of the Sun Ensuring a Bright Future Solar Heat Worldwide Country Information Australia Austria Belgium Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Italy Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland United States European Commission Tasks & Working Groups Current Tasks Task 39 - Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications Task 38 - Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Task 37 - Advanced Housing Renovation with Solar & Conservation Task 36 - Solar Resource Knowledge Management Task 35 - PV/Thermal Systems Task 34 - Testing and Validation of Building Energy Simulation Tools Task 33 - Solar Heat for Industrial Process Task 32 - Advanced Storage Concepts for Solar Thermal Systems in Low Energy Buildings Completed Tasks 31-21 Task 31 - Daylighting Buildings in the 21st Century Task 29 - Solar Crop Drying Task 28 - Solar Sustainable Housing Task 27 - Performance of Solar Facade Components Task 26 - Solar Combisystems Task 25 - Solar Assisted Air Conditioning of Buildings Task 24 - Active Solar Procurement Task 23 - Optimization of Solar Energy Use in Large Buildings Task 22 - Building Energy Analysis Tools Task 21 - Daylight in Buildings Completed Tasks 20-11 Task 20 - Solar Energy in Building Renovation Task 19 - Solar Air Systems Task 18 - Advanced Glazing Materials for Solar Applications Task 17 - Measuring and Modeling Spectral Radiation Task 16 - Photovoltaics in Buildings Task 15 - Advanced Central Solar Heating Plants - Not initiated Task 14 - Advance Active Solar Energy Systems Task 13 - Advance Solar Low Energy Buildings Task 12 - Building Energy Analysis and Design Tools for Solar Applications Task 11 - Passive and Hybrid Solar Commercial Buildings Completed Tasks 10-1 Task 10 - Solar Materials R&D Task 9 - Solar Radiation and Pyranometry Studies Task 8 - Passive and Hybrid Solar Low Energy Buildings Task 7 - Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage Task 6 - Performance of Solar Systems Using Evacuated Collectors Task 5 - Use of Existing Meteorological Information for Solar Energy Application Task 4 - Development of an Insolation Handbook and Instrument Package Task 3 - Performance Testing of Solar Collectors Task 2 - Coordination of Solar Heating and Cooling R&D Task 1 - Investigation of the Performance of Solar Heating and Cooling Systems Working Groups Central Solar Heating Plant with Seasonal Storage Daylighting Working Group Materials in Solar Thermal Collectors Evaluation of Task 13 Houses Publications Newsletter Calendar of Events Other Related Sites ExCo Corner Search Home		Home What's New The following are recent additions to the IEA-SHC web site: Annual Report 2007 SHC Annual Report Added March 6, 2008 Upcoming Events Task Definition Meeting Compact Thermal Energy Storage -- Material Development and System Integration April 10-11, 2008 - Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands The IEA implementing agreements Solar Heating and Cooling and Energy Conservation through Energy Storage have supported the initiative to start a new task on Compact Thermal Energy Storage -- Material Development and System Integration. The joint Task/Annex will work on researching and developing more compact thermal energy storage materials and systems, to be applied for solar thermal energy primarily, but as well for other applications, such as (micro) cogeneration and district heating. If you are working as a materials expert or an applications expert for thermal energy storage and interested in collaborating in this task, you are cordially invited to join this Task Definition Meeting. EUROSUN 2008: 1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings October 7-10, 2008 - Lisbon, Portugal The Joint ISES/SHC Conference Renewable Energies are now clearly an important part of the Global Political Agenda, as a result of the abundant scientific evidence on the state of Earth’s fragile ecosystem, underlining the urgency needed by decision makers to create clear targets for the implementation of more Renewable Energies as part of an overall energy strategy. To respond to these challenges, the Board of Directors of ISES Europe has decided to join forces with IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme to create EuroSun 2008 - 1st International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Buildings, hosted by SPES – Solar Energy Society of Portugal. Latest Newsletters Solar Update No.48 - January 2008 PDF 0.2MB Task Definition Phase Activities Zero Energy Buildings Contact: Karsten Voss, University Wuppertal, Germany, e-mail: kvoss@uni-wuppertal.de Solar Energy and Architecture Contact: Maria Wall, Lund University, Sweden, e-mail: maria.wall@ebd.lth.se Advanced Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Click to learn more on the developments of this work , www.ecn.nl/ieamaterials Contact: Wim van Helden, ECN Energy research Centre of the Netherlands, e-mail: vanhelden@ecn.nl Publications To view the latest list of publications added to this site, click here.

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