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{{Infobox geopolitical organization

|name = International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC)

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== Membership and organization ==

The IEA SHC's members are national governments, and the European Union. Each of the members is represented by one representative in the management body called Executive Committee.<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/about/members/executive.aspx Composition of the IEA SHC Executive Committee]</ref> The IEA SHC Executive Committee meets twice per year and is headed by an elected chairman. The IEA SHC currently has 21 members (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, European Union).<ref>[http://www.iea.org/techno/iaresults.asp?id_ia=36 IEA SHC members according to the IEA website]</ref>

== Fields of work ==

===Research, development and demonstration===

The IEA SHC aims at facilitating international collaboration in the research, development and demonstration of [[solar thermal energy]] and solar buildings. Their multi-year projects (also known as "Tasks") are conducted by researchers from different countries. Funding is provided by IEA SHC members, who usually pay one or more national research institutions to participate in the work.

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===International SHC conference===

In 2011, the IEA SHC Executive Committee announced an annual international conference on solar heating and cooling for buildings and industry. The first edition of this conference took place 9–11 July 2012 in [[San Francisco]],.<ref>[http://www.shc2012.org/ Website of the SHC 2012 conference]</ref> SHC 2013 will take place 23–25 September 2013 in [[Freiburg]], Germany. It will be hosted jointly with the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF), which had previously organized their own conference, ESTEC.{{cn}}

===Publications===

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== External links ==

* [http://www.iea-shc.org/ IEA SHC homepage]

* [http://snowman.com.au/ Snowman homepage]

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