Solar ordinance

The presentation of the Mesa Solar project occurred during the “International Solar Energy Forum on the Development of Solar Technology and Industry under the Financial Crisis” in Lanzhou, China. The goal of the presentation was to attract investors by raising the awareness about Uruguay’s potential in this sector.

This presentation was done during the Montevideo Construction Fair by Mesa Solar, the organization promoting solar thermal energy in Uruguay. It aims at informing the participants about the legal and policy background that Uruguay is offering in order to support investments in the solar thermal sector.

This is a brochure from the ProSTO Project, an EU funded project aimed at supporting European local authorities in planning, developing, introducing and managing efficient solar thermal ordinances (STOs).

This report, produced within the ProSTO project, presents solar thermal energy in the Italian region of Lazio.

The document outlines the Italian legislative framework on energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources and explains how to implement a solar thermal ordinances at local level. It also details how to accompany the implementation of solar thermal ordinances with flanking measures such as financial incentives and communication activities.

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Mandating the installation of solar heating in buildings is not a new idea. Since 1980, the use of this technology for solar heaters has been mandatory in Israel, (the world's first country to adopt such a policy for the use of solar energy). Many other countries and many cities are also adopting this policy, including Brazil.

In Europe much effort has been made for a broad introduction of policies that make a mandatory minimum supply of solar thermal energy in buildings.

There are several benefits attributed to solar energy obligations:

This presentation provides an overview of the Barcelona Solar Thermal Ordinance. This ordinance aims at promoting and regulating through local legislation the installation of low-temperature
systems for collecting and using active solar energy for the production of hot water for
buildings.