United Nations Development Programme

The current use of Solar Water Heaters (SWHs) in India's Himalayan region remains rather limited, if not scarce. Including Jharkhand, the region's total installed collector area has been estimated at around 33,000 m² until the end of 2010, which is less than 1% of the total installed SWH capacity in the country. Most of the existing systems are part of commercial and institutional buildings, whereas the domestic sector makes very little use of SWHs. These are some of the results of the study “Market assessment of solar water heating systems in the Himalayan Region” carried out by Greentech Knowledge Solutions on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF).
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This document produced in the framework of the Global Solar Water Heating Market Transformation and Strengthening Initiative, reports the usage of solar water heating technologies in the soccer club Los Plumas de la UNAM in Mexico.

The installations were made in 1996 and have proved to be very efficient and successful. This document includes the technical characteristics of the equipments installed, the advantages, the savings, the maintenance requirements, among other details.

This presentation, prepared by Anwar Ali of the LCECP (Lebanese Centre for Energy Conservation, was presented during the workshop in Syria: “Political & Economic Framework Conditions for EE & RE in Buildings”.