Residential

August 17, 2018
Successful solar energy bylaw in Bengaluru, India

Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company, a public utility also known as BESCOM, has been successful in implementing a bylaw to encourage the use of solar energy. Since 2009, 1,234 million m² of collector area had been installed in Bengaluru and had supplied energy equivalent to about 611...
September 4, 2016
Dubai: No Solar Thermal System, No Building Permit

Dubai’s solar thermal obligation has had a positive impact on demand for solar water heating systems across the emirate. Since March 2012, newbuilds with a single owner, such as hotels, workers’ dwellings, private villas, shopping malls and public buildings, have had to cover at least 75 %...
July 14, 2016
California: San Francisco Passes First Mandate with Solar Thermal Option

After Lancaster, Sebastopol and Santa Monica, San Francisco is now the fourth – and the largest – US American city to mandate the use of solar energy in residential and commercial newbuilds. It also has the first mandate in California which can be complied with by using either solar thermal...
May 28, 2015
Lebanon: Municipalities of Tyre Discuss Solar Obligation Pilot Project

The Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC) has organised a consultation meeting with the Union of Tyre Municipalities (UOTM) to discuss the implementation of a solar ordinance in the south of Lebanon. The workshop took place in the Platinum Hotel in the city of Tyre on 9 May...
April 28, 2015
Frontrunner in Solar Obligations in Africa

The government of the East-African country approved the so-called Energy (Solar Water Heating) Regulations 2012, which were gazetted on 25 May that year. The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is implementing a number of measures to support the implementation of the ordinance. ...
April 28, 2015
Kenya: Financial Scheme Attached to Solar Obligation

Kenya is the frontrunner in solar obligations in Africa. The government of the East-African country approved the so-called Energy (Solar Water Heating) Regulations 2012, which were...
April 16, 2015
Solar Water Heater Market Assessment in South-East Asia

This report provides the existing status of the Solar Water Heating (SWH) industry in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The report contains an overview of different aspects of a country’s SWH market, such as the solar energy availability and applicability for...
August 21, 2014
China: No Sales Permit without Solar

In 2007, some provincial and city governments in China began to implement solar installation requirements. Since then, an increasing number of authorities at different administrative levels have made the installation of solar thermal systems mandatory in new-builds in the residential and...
September 3, 2013
Hawaii: Results of Three Years of Solar Obligation

Since Act 204 “mandating” solar water heating systems on all new single-family dwellings came into force in January 2010, the number of new residential houses...
June 25, 2013
Albania: New Energy Law Shows Country’s Strong Commitment to Solar Thermal

The new Albanian law on Renewable Energy Sources No. 138/2013 from 2 May 2013, which was published in the Official Gazette No. 83 on 20 May 2013, requires builders to adhere to a minimum share of solar thermal heat for certain building types. Furthermore, the so-called...
December 19, 2012
France: Influence of New Building Standards in 2013

The solar thermal industry in France looks with mixed feelings to next year. Certain system suppliers are convinced that the French building regulation RT2012 will push solar water heaters in the residential segment in 2013. In contrast, others are afraid that hot water heat pumps will...
September 27, 2012
Residential Solar-based Seasonal Thermal Storage System in Cold Climate: Building Envelope and Thermal Storage (2012)

This document by Hallsall Associates is taken from the proceeedings of the 25th International Conference on efficiency, cost, optimisation, simulation and environmental impact of energy systems. It presents the life cycle energy and cost analysis of a typical one-story detached house...