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The '''International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme (IEA SHC)''' is one of over 40 multilateral technologyTechnology initiativesCollaboration Programmes (also known as "implementing agreements"TCPs) 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 a 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 ==

The IEA SHC's members are national governments, and the European UnionCommission and international organizations. Each of the members is represented by one representative in the management body called the 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 2126 members (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United StatesKingdom, European UnionCommission, ECREEE, European Copper Institute, Gulf Organization for Research and Development, ISES, RCREEE ).<ref>[http://www.iea.org/techno/iaresults.asp?id_ia=36 IEA SHC members according to the IEA website]</ref>

== Fields of work ==

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* [[Solar combisystem|solar space heating]], e.g. Solar and Heat Pump Systems (Task 44),<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task44/ Solar and Heat Pump Systems (Task 44)]</ref> Solar Combisystems (Task 26)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task26/ Solar Combisystems (Task 26)]</ref>

* [[Solar_energy#Process_heat|solar industrial process heat]], e.g. Solar Process Heat for Production and Advanced Applications (Task 49),<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task49/ Solar Process Heat for Production and Advanced Applications (Task 49)]</ref> Solar Heat for Industrial Process (Task 33)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task33/ Solar Heat for Industrial Process (Task 33)]</ref>

* [[Central solar heating|solar district heating]], e.g. Towards the Integration of Large Systems into District Heating and Cooling Network (Task 55), Large Systems: Large Solar Heating/Cooling Systems, Seasonal Storage, Heat Pumps (Task 45)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task45/ Large Systems: Large Solar Heating/Cooling Systems, Seasonal Storage, Heat Pumps (Task 45)]</ref>

* [[solar cooling]], e.g. New Generation Solar Cooling and Heating Systems (PV or Solar Thermally Driven Systems (Task 53), Quality Assurance and Support Measures for Solar Cooling (Task 48),<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task48/ Quality Assurance and Support Measures for Solar Cooling (Task 48)]</ref> Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (Task 38)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task38/ Solar Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration (Task 38)]</ref>

* [[Solar architecture|solar buildings/architecture]], e.g. Building Integrated Solar Envelope Systems for HVAC and Lighting (Task 56), Solar Energy and Energy Economics in Urban Environmnets (Task 52), Solar Energy in Urban Planning (Task 51), Solar Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings (Task 47),<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task47/ Solar Renovation of Non-Residential Buildings (Task 47)]</ref> Solar Energy and Architecture (Task 41)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task41/ Solar Energy and Architecture (Task 41)]</ref>

As well as work on:

* materials/components for solar heating and cooling, e.g. Price Reduction for Solar Thermal Systems (Task 54), Compact Thermal Energy Storage (Task 42),<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task42/ Compact Thermal Energy Storage (Task 42)]</ref> Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications (Task 39)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task39/ Polymeric Materials for Solar Thermal Applications (Task 39)]</ref>

* standards & certification, e.g. Solar Standards and Certification (Task 57), Solar Rating & Certification Procedure (Task 43)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task43/ Solar Rating & Certification Procedure (Task 43)]</ref>

* resource assessment, e.g. Solar Resource Assessment and Forecasting (Task 46), Solar Resource Knowledge Management (Task 36)<ref>[http://www.iea-shc.org/task36/ Solar Resource Knowledge Management (Task 36)]</ref>

===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 editionconference, ofSHC this conference2012 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 placeon 23–25 September 2013 in [[Freiburg]], Germany., ItSHC will2014 on 13-15 October in Beijing, China, SHC 2015 on 2-4 December in Istanbul, Turkey. SHC 2013 and SHC be2015 hostedwere jointly with the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF), which had previously organized their own conference, ESTEC.

===Publications===