Chile: Solar Thermal Market Moves at Half Throttle
One year after the relaunch of the tax credit scheme for solar thermal systems in February 2016 (Law 20.897), some preliminary figures show a small increase of Chile’s solar market. But although...
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April 11, 2017
November 7, 2013 Brazil: Two Different Types of Social Housing Projects and Their Approach to Quality
The social housing segment is one of the market drivers in Brazil. In 2013, state programme Minha Casa Minha Vida (My Home My Life) is said to account for 17 % of the more than 1.2 million m2 of newly installed glazed and unglazed collector area. These are the latest market...
January 24, 2012 Argentina: NGO Promotes Solar Water Heaters in Social Housing
One organisation to promote solar water heaters in Argentina is the NGO Forum for Social Housing and Energy Efficiency (Foro de Vivienda Social y Eficiencia Energética, FOVISEE). The first 33 solar systems have already been installed in a social housing project in Moreno, a district of the...
December 23, 2011 Brazil: New Requirements for Solar Installations on Social Housing
The Brazilian social housing programme 'My Home My Life' has now entered its second phase (2011/2014). Despite new rules, installing a solar water heater remains mandatory for all single-family houses whose owners have a wage lower than Brazilian Real (BRL) 1,600. The sector had to wait...
May 23, 2011 Turkey: Solar Hot Water Systems supply 20,000 low-income Family Flats
Solar water heaters are gaining importance in Turkey's social housing projects: Over the last years, the country's Housing Development Administration (TOKI) has provided a total of 20,000 flats for low-income families with solar hot water. According to Munik Durak, these projects have, for...
March 1, 2010 Brazil: Housing Projects Including More than 15,000 Solar Water Heaters in 2010
Minas Gerais is the leading state for solar thermal technology in Brazil: The state housing company COHAB plays a major role and started solar housing projects already in the late nineties. The photo shows a housing area in the city of Betim. Photo: COHAB
December 22, 2009 Chile: Tax Rebate for Construction Companies
Sunny Chile: On 19 November 2009, the National Energy Commission held a presentation on the “regulatory framework for solar thermal in Chile” that led to the introduction of a new tax rebate programme for solar water heaters (SWH) in August this year and will last until 2013....
December 17, 2009 Brazil: Lessons learned in Social Housing Projects with Solar Systems (2005)
It was a highlight for the press in those days: In the year 2000, 100 out of the 800 families participating in the social housing project in Contagem, Brazil, received a solar water heater for their home. The tank of the thermosiphon systems was installed below the roof top.
December 15, 2009 Brazil: How the “My Home my Life” Programme Can Help the Solar Water Heater Sector
Minha Casa Minha Vida: This spring, the Brazilian Government launched the “My Home My Life” programme, which plans to set up 1 million homes for low-income families over the next two years and may also benefit the solar sector.
Photo: www.minhacasaminhavida.gov.br