Completed Projects (Tasks)

The following tasks have been completed by operating agents of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Technology Collaboration Programme:

• Task 58 - Material and Component Development for Thermal Energy Storage
• Task 57 - Solar Standards and Certification
• Task 56 - Building Integrated Solar Envelope Systems for HVAC and Lighting
• Task 54 - Price Reduction of Solar Thermal Systems
• Task 53 - New Generation Solar Cooling and Heating Systems (PV or Solar Thermally Driven Systems)
• Task 52 - Solar Energy and Energy Economics in Urban Environment
• Task 51 - Solar Energy in Urban Planning
• Task 50 - Advanced Lighting Solutions for Retrofitting Buildings
• Task 49 - Solar Heat Integration in Industrial Processes
• Task 48 - Quality Assurance and Support Measures for Solar Cooling Systems
• Task 47 - Solar Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings
• Task 46 - Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting
• Task 45 - Large Scale Solar Heating and Cooling Systems
• Task 44 - Solar and Heat Pump Systems
• Task 43 - Solar Rating & Certification
• Task 42 - Compact Thermal Energy Storage
• Task 41 - Solar Energy and Architecture
• Task 40 - Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings NZEB
• 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
• Task 31 - Daylighting Buildings in the 21st Century
• Task 30 - Solar Cities (not initiated)
• 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
• 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
• 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