Task 71 Life Cycle & Cost Assessment for Heating & Cooling Technologies Improve the environmental sustainability of heating and cooling products
Task 70 Low Carbon, High Comfort Integrated Lighting Implementing the potentials of lighting in the decarbonization on a global perspective
Task 69 Solar Hot Water for 2030 Which technologies are the most appropriate now and into 2030 for solar-derived hot water
Task 68 Efficient Solar District Heating Systems 46% of total heat produced is consumed in buildings for space and water heating.
Task 67 Compact Thermal Energy Storage Materials The purpose of the Task is to push forward the compact thermal energy storage technology development
Task 66 Solar Energy Buildings Integrated solar energy supply concepts for climate-neutral buildings and communities for the "City
Task 65 Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt Regions Focuses on innovations for affordable, safe and reliable Solar Cooling systems.
Task 64 Solar Process Heat Converting solar radiation into heat and further the intelligent integration of the produced heat
Task 63 Solar Neighborhood Planning Planning for onsite solar thermal and solar PV in the neighborhood design process
Task 62 | Completed Solar Energy in Industrial Water & Wastewater Applying solar thermal energy to disinfect, decontaminate and separate waste water
Task 61 | Completed Solutions for Daylighting & Electric Lighting Integrating daylight and electric lighting solutions for higher user satisfaction and energy savings
Task 60 | Completed Application of PVT Collectors Applying PVT collectors to assess existing solutions and to develop new system solution principles
Task 59 | Completed Renovating Historic Buildings Towards Zero Energy Historic buildings make up a considerable part of our building stock
Task 58 | Completed Material & Components for Thermal Energy Storage This joint SHC Task 58 / ES Annex 33 worked on advanced materials for latent and chemical thermal energy storage, Phase Change (PCM) and Thermo Chemical (TCM) materials.
Task 57 | Completed Solar Standards and Certification The scope of the task is test procedures, standardization and certification at international level of solar thermal systems and components.
Task 56 | Completed Building Integrated Solar Envelope Systems This Task will focus on the critical analysis, simulation, laboratory test and onsite monitoring of envelope systems entailing elements that use and/or control incident solar energy.
Task 55 | Completed Integrating Large SHC Systems into DHC Networks Developing technical and economic requirements for introducing solar district heating and cooling (DHC) systems.
Task 54 | Completed Price Reduction of Solar Thermal Systems This Task aims at the purchase price reduction for end-users of installed solar thermal systems by evaluating and developing sustainable means to reduce production and/or installation costs on material, sub-component, system-component and system level.
Task 53 | Completed New Generation Solar Cooling & Heating Using Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal as the New Generation of Solar Cooling & Heating Systems
Task 52 | Completed Solar Heat and Energy Economics This Task proposal focused on the analysis of the future role of solar thermal in energy supply systems in urban environments. Based on an energy economic analysis - reflecting future changes in the whole energy system.
Task 51 | Completed Solar Energy in Urban Planning Task 51 is designed to provide support to urban planners, authorities and architects to achieve urban areas and eventually whole cities with architecturally integrated solar energy solutions.
Task 50 | Completed Advanced Lighting for Retrofitting Buildings The overall objective of this activity is to accelerate retrofitting of daylighting and electric lighting solutions in the non-domestic sector using cost-effective, best practice – approaches, which can be used on a wide range of typical existing buildings.
Task 49 | Completed Solar Heat Integration in Industrial Processes This task will look into the feasibility of using solar thermal energy in industrial processes.
Task 48 | Completed QA & Support Measures for Solar Cooling The main objective of this Task is to assist a strong and sustainable market development of solar cooling systems.
Task 47 | Completed Solar Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings The objectives of this new Task are to develop a solid knowledge base on how to renovate non-residential buildings towards the NZEB standards (Net-Zero Energy Buildings) in a sustainable and cost efficient way.
Task 46 | Completed Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting This Task will address ways to improve our understanding of solar resources.
Task 45 | Completed Large Scale Solar Heating and Cooling Systems The main objective of this task is to assist in the development of a strong and sustainable market of large solar heating and cooling systems by focusing on cost effectiveness, high performance and reliability of systems.
Task 44 | Completed Solar and Heat Pump Systems The objective of this Task is the assessment of performances and relevance of combined systems using solar thermal and heat pumps, to provide common definition of performances of such systems and to contribute to successful market penetration of these new systems.
Task 43 | Completed Solar Rating & Certification The task shall focus on research activities and not interfere with standardization bodies. Standardization bodies need the results of research and, under participation of the market actors work out the way the research results shall be applied to products.
Task 42 | Completed Compact Thermal Energy Storage The overall objective of this task is to develop advanced materials and systems for the compact storage of thermal energy.
Task 41 | Completed Solar Energy and Architecture The main goals of the Task are to help achieving high quality architecture for buildings integrating solar energy systems, as well as improving the qualifications of the architects, their communications and interactions with engineers, manufactures and clients.
Task 40 | Completed Net Zero Energy Solar Buildings The objective of the Task is to study current net-zero, near net-zero and very low energy buildings and to develop a common understanding, a harmonized international definitions framework, tools, innovative solutions and industry guidelines.
Task 39 | Completed Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications The objective of this Task is the assessment of the applicability and the cost reduction potential by using polymeric materials and polymer based novel designs of suitable solar thermal systems.
Task 38 | Completed Solar Air Conditioning and Refrigeration The main objective of the Task is the implementation of measures for an accelerated market introduction of solar air conditioning and refrigeration with focus on improved components and system concepts.
Task 37 | Completed Advanced Housing Renovation The objective of this Task is to develop a solid knowledge base how to renovate housing to a very high energy standard while providing superior comfort and sustainability.
Task 36 | Completed Solar Resource Knowledge Management The goal of IEA/SHC Task36 "Solar Resource Knowledge Management" is to provide the solar energy industry, the electricity sector, governments, and renewable energy organizations and institutions with the most suitable and accurate information of the solar radiation resources at the Earth's surface in easily-accessible formats.
Task 35 | Completed PV/Thermal Systems The objectives of Task 35 "PV/Thermal Solar Systems" are to catalyse the development and market introduction of high quality and commercial competitive PV/Thermal Solar Systems.
Task 34 | Completed Testing of Building Energy Simulation Tools The goal of this Task is to undertake pre-normative research to develop a comprehensive and integrated suite of building energy analysis tool tests involving analytical, comparative, and empirical methods.
Task 33 | Completed Solar Heat for Industrial Processes The objective of this task is to find ways to make use of the huge potential for solar heat in industry and to open a new market sector for the solar thermal industry.
Task 32 | Completed Advanced Storage Concepts in Low Energy Buildings The main goal of this Task is to investigate new or advanced solutions for storing heat in systems providing heating or cooling for low energy buildings.
Task 31 | Completed Daylighting Buildings in the 21st Century This Task seeks to make daylighting the typical and preferred design solution for lighting buildings in the 21st century by integrating human response with the application of daylighting systems and shading and electric light control strategies.
Task 29 | Completed Solar Crop Drying One of the most promising applications for active solar heating worldwide is the drying of agricultural products.
Task 28 | Completed Solar Sustainable Housing There is a growing movement to build ecological housing with extremely low purchased energy consumption for heating and cooling, and minimal CO2 emissions.
Task 27 | Completed Performance of Solar Facade Components The objectives of this Task are to determine the solar visual and thermal performance of materials and components, such as advanced glazing, for use in more energy efficient, comfortable, sustainable buildings.
Task 26 | Completed Solar Combisystems System survey, simulation tools and a standardised test procedure are the necessary infrastructure for understanding and supporting the growing market of solar combisystems.
Task 25 | Completed Solar Assisted Air Conditioning of Buildings The main objective of Task 25 was to improve the conditions for the market entry of solar assisted cooling systems in order to promote a reduction of primary energy consumption and electricity peak loads due to cooling.
Task 24 | Completed Active Solar Procurement A sustainable and much larger market for active solar water heating systems is necessary if the sun is to be an important source of energy for water heating in the future.
Task 23 | Completed Solar Energy Use in Large Buildings The main objective of the task is: to ensure the most appropriate use of solar energy in each specific building.
Task 22 | Completed Building Energy Analysis Tools The overall goal of Task 22 is to establish a sound technical basis for analyzing solar, low-energy buildings with available and emerging building energy analysis tools.
Task 21 | Completed Daylight in Buildings The main objectives of Task 21 were to advance daylighting technologies and to promote daylight conscious building design.
Task 20 | Completed Solar Energy in Building Renovation The IEA researchers will then create designs for new solar renovation projects which incorporate the most promising concepts investigated. They will also develop common performance monitoring procedures and reporting formats.
Task 19 | Completed Solar Air Systems The potential for widespread application of solar air systems is great but experience is lacking in conceiving and engineering such systems and there are too few buildings which can serve as examples to architects and clients.
Task 18 | Completed Advanced Glazing Materials for Solar Applications This Task aims to develop the scientific, engineering and architectural basis to support the appropriate use of advanced glazings in buildings in order to achieve significant energy and environmental benefits.
Task 17 | Completed Measuring and Modeling Spectral Radiation Radiation data are needed for solar resource assessment, design and evaluation of solar systems and buildings, and solar collector testing.
Task 16 | Completed Photovoltaics in Buildings The objectives are to maximize the overall solar contribution to the building, to understand how to effectively integrate PV with the building structure, to understand the relationship with other elements of the building's energy system, and to optimize the economics.
Task 14 | Completed Advance Active Solar Energy Systems The objective of Task 14 is to analyze, construct and monitor a number of different systems incorporating one or more of these features.
Task 13 | Completed Advance Solar Low Energy Buildings Task 13 is working on identifying, developing, and testing new and innovative concepts which have the potential for eliminating or minimizing the use of purchased energy in residential buildings.
Task 12 | Completed Building Energy Analysis and Design Tools The Task is concerned with both detailed analysis tools and simplified design tools, although greater research emphasis is placed on the detailed analysis tools.
Task 11 | Completed Passive and Hybrid Solar Commercial Buildings Task 11 assessed the potential of passive solar concepts in non-residential buildings through a variety of activities.
Task 10 | Completed Solar Materials R&D Participants in Task 10 evaluated the energy benefits of a number of new materials for solar applications and their impact on system o component performance.
Task 9 | Completed Solar Radiation and Pyranometry Studies Task 9 researchers evaluated a large number of techniques for estimating solar radiation for locations between network sites or where the existing measurements are not adequate.
Task 8 | Completed Passive and Hybrid Solar Low Energy Buildings The participants in Task 8 studied the design integration issues associated with using passive solar and energy conservation techniques in residential buildings.
Task 7 | Completed Central Solar Heating Plants with Seasonal Storage Through the use of central solar heating plants with large, seasonal storage systems, solar energy can be collected during the summer and stored until needed in the heating season when solar radiation is often insufficient.
Task 6 | Completed Solar Systems Using Evacuated Collectors Each Task 6 participating country was responsible for the design, construction, and monitoring of at least one solar energy system utilizing evacuated tubular collectors (ETC), a high performance collector.
Task 5 | Completed Use of Meteorological Information for Solar Application The purpose of this second meteorological support task was to improve access to solar radiation data, facilitate the estimation of key solar radiation parameters by solar engineers and designers, and to develop a uniform format for the presentation of data.
Task 4 | Completed Development of an Insolation Handbook As the first of the meteorological support projects, Task 4 focused on producing two practical aids for solar system designers, low-cost portable instrumentation and a handbook.
Task 3 | Completed Performance Testing of Solar Collectors In this task, priority was given to the development of reliable and practical methods for assessing the performance of collectors and complete systems and for evaluating their reliability and durability.
Task 2 | Completed Coordination of Solar Heating and Cooling R&D As the only project devoted solely to information exchange, Task 2 served as a useful adjunct to the joint IEA SHC research activities.
Task 1 | Completed Performance of Solar Heating & Cooling Systems Since accurate simulation models are important tools for solar system designers, IEA SHC researchers devoted most of their efforts to the assessment and improvement of computer models used to predict the performance of active solar heating systems.