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• Price-Competitive Solar Thermal Flat Plate Systems (2011)-

  This presentation was written and produced by Carin Hall and Michael Magno of Business Review USA. It provides an overview of AET Solar and their solar thermal flat plate collector manufacturing business.

• Solar Water Heating Specification, Checklist and Guide (2011)-

  This manual is the Renewable Energy Ready Home (RERH) specifications for solar thermal domestic water heating. They were developed and published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist building in designing and constructing homes that are renewable energy friendly.

• Build a Solar Thermal Direct-Air Heater (2010)-

  This paper is a step-by-step instruction manual on how to make your own direct-air solar thermal collector for any small room or facility.

  Utilizing the basic physics of heat collection and integrating affordable materials, this brief can be used by any do-it-yourselfer who is interested in cutting back on heating costs. Photos are provided to give the reader a visual guide to the process and to explain the physics of how solar thermal works. This can be used as a tool to raise awareness for people who may not be completely convinced of solar thermal’s capabilities.

• Passive Solar Heating and Thermal Mass (2010)-

  This presentation was created by Rob Dumont of the Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology, which promotes sustainable economic development in Alaska. It covers passive solar heating design and thermal mass construction.

• U.S. Solar Market Trends (2011)-

  This report summarizes the economic and installation trends of the US solar energy market in 2010, focusing on solar thermal, concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic. The report is published annually by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.

• Concentrating Solar Power: Utility‐Scale Solutions for Pollution‐Free Electricity (2009)-

  This document is a fact sheet from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). It provides information on Concentrating Solar Power (CSP).

• Solar Construction Manual (2010)-

  This is a manual on how to install solar thermal systems. It was created by the solar heating company Radiantec Company.

  The manual begins with introducing the various applications solar thermal heating can be used for in a domestic, residential setting such as water heating and snow removal. From there, the rest of the manual focuses on the installation of the collectors and how to connect the larger system throughout the application.

  Author: Radiantec Company

  Date: 2010

• Building America Best Practices Series: Chapter 3-

  This is a chapter from a series on best building practices for energy efficiency that was published by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). This chapter in particular focuses on solar thermal water heating for new home construction.

• Design Process and Construction of a Solar Water Heater Operating by Thermosiphon (2006)-

  This article, written by engineers from the Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira in Colombia, presents the design process and construction of a solar water heating collector for domestic consumption, operating by thermosiphon. The processes explained in this article are based on the Colombian technical standards NTC 4368 and the NTC 2461. The article details the mathematical design, selection of materials and process construction.

• Transition to Solar Thermal – Roadmap of Holland Solar (2007)-

  With this 2007 roadmap, the Dutch solar thermal association Holland Solar, sets out a future perspective for solar thermal market development in the Netherlands based on three timeframes i.e. 2015, 2030 and 2050. The document has to be seen in the discussion on the energy transition process and underlines that a change in cultural behaviour is needed to which all stakeholders, especially companies, authorities and research institutes, have to contribute.