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The '''International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC)''' is one of currently over 40 multilateral technology initiatives (also known as "implementing agreements") of the [[International Energy Agency]].<ref>[http://www.iea.org/techno/index.asp IEA multilateral technology initiatives]</ref> It was one of the first of such programmes, founded in 1977. Its current mission is to "''advance international collaborative efforts for solar energy to reach the goal set in the vision of contributing 50% of the low temperature heating and cooling demand by 2030.''".<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/about/strategicplan/SHC_Strategic_Plan.pdf IEA SHC mission, see page 4 of the strategic plan]</ref> Its international solar collector statistics ''Solar Heat Worldwide''<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.iea-shc.org/statistics/SolarHeatWorldwide/index.html International collector statistics ''Solar Heat Worldwide'']</ref> serve as an important reference document for governments,<ref>[http://www.usda.gov/oce/reports/energy/Web_SolarEnergy_combined.pdf USDA: ''Solar Energy Use in U.S. Agriculture – Overview and Policy Issues'', April 2011, p.66]</ref> financial institutions,<ref>Bank Sarasin: ''Solar industry: Survival of the fittest in a fiercely competitive market place'', November 2011, p. 41</ref> consulting firms<ref>[http://www.rolandberger.com/media/pdf/Roland_Berger_Clean_Economy_20100120.pdf Roland Berger Strategy Consultants: ''Clean Economy, Living Planet'', November 2009, p.22]</ref> and non-profit organizations.<ref>[http://www.earth-policy.org/datacenter/pdf/book_wote_energy_world_profile.pdf Supporting data sets for Lester R. Brown, ''World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse'', New York 2011, p.34]</ref>

== Membership and organization ==

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===Major publications===

Apart from the reports and other publications of the research projects (Tasks), the Solar Heating and Cooling Programme publishes several cross-cutting documents, the most important one being the annual collector statistics ''Solar Heat Worldwide''.<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/statistics/SolarHeatWorldwide/index.html International collector statistics ''Solar Heatname=autogenerated1 Worldwide'']</ref> The SHC newsletter ''Solar Update''<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/newsletter/ IEA SHC newsletter ''Solar Update'']</ref> is published twice per year.

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