IEA SHC programme

November 22, 2017
SHC 2017: Solar Thermal and PV Working Together

The International Solar Energy Society and the Solar Heating and Cooling Programme of the International Energy Agency have joint their conferences. In 2017, in Abu Dhabi almost 500 solar researchers met to exchange ideas. This video was filmed during the Solar Heating and Cooling Conference (...
November 23, 2016
Qatar: Gulf Region’s Sustainability Experts Meet IEA’s Solar Heating and Cooling Specialists

About 400 industry stakeholders met in the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha in early November to attend the first Green Expo Forum organised by the Gulf Organisation for Research and Development (GORD). The three-day conference offered presentations by experts from Gulf countries and the IEA...
June 16, 2015
IEA SHC: Market Report Aggregates 56 Country Statistics

It is the most comprehensive publication on the global solar water heating market: the annual study Solar Heat Worldwide. On behalf of the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (SHC), Austrian research institute AEE INTEC has gathered data on 2013 market development from 56 countries...
March 31, 2015
Germany: Polymer Collector Design for EUR 25 Production

During project ExKoll, scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Fraunhofer ISE, have developed a new low-cost design for solar thermal collectors. The entire production of an 80 cm x 160 cm collector made of polypropylene (PP, drawing on the right) with an...
January 5, 2015
China: First Chinese Solar Cooling Conference to Take Place in Shanghai in March

This spring, a major event for solar cooling is going to take place in Shanghai: From 23 to 27 March 2015, the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme and the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) will jointly organise a Solar Cooling Week in the city. The week is going to start off with...
October 2, 2014
Press Release: Solarthermalworld.org and IEA SHC Partnering to Promote Sustainable Heating, Cooling and Comfort (2 October 2014)

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August 26, 2014
Australia: Ken Guthrie Appointed as New Chairman of IEA SHC Programme

It was the second time an Australian was chosen to head the Solar Heating and Cooling Programme of the International Energy Agency (IEA SHC Programme): In June, Ken Guthrie was elected Chair of the Executive Committee for the next two years. Guthrie founder and Director of Sustainable...