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Solar heating and cooling of buildings (SHACOB) commercialization report: options and strategies. Part A. Volume II. Technical report. Final report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5963636· OSTI ID:5963636

The national and regional perspectives for SHACOB are presented. An overview is given of the participants in SHACOB commercialization. Economic, institutional, legal, and other barriers constraining commercialization are discussed. Various analytical models are examined which project the future extent of SHACOB use or market penetration and future SHACOB to US energy supplies under alternative government policies. The results for the baseline case (no further government action, of several market penetration models are presented. Possible ways to overcome each of the barriers are presented. Qualitative analyses are given for the various incentives. Each incentive is examined to assess its impact on barriers to SHACOB commercialization and its impact on various income and interest groups. Individual incentives are compared and combined into alternative policy strategies and options. (MHR)

Research Organization:
Midwest Research Inst., Kansas City, MO (USA); Federal Energy Administration, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI ID:
5963636
Report Number(s):
DOE/TIC-10385
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English