Solar Heating and Cooling of Buildings (SHACOB) Commercialization Report. Part B. Analysis of market development. Volume II. Technical report, September 1977

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7067199· OSTI ID:7067199

The SHACOB Commercialization Model is designed to gauge the impacts of selected federal incentive programs to encourage the development of solar energy equipment for hot water heating, space heating, and space cooling in residential and commercial buildings. The model is designed to run with 10 different categories of market/building types; for the 10 FEA regions, and for the 14-year period of 1977 to 1990. At the heart of the model is the cell penetration module, within which the market penetrations for solar energy devices are calculated for each particular year, market and building type and region. The origin of the major economic and technical data base elements used in the model are discussed, and trends of these elements are projected over the time frame of this study. The status of the solar industry is reviewed briefly. The results of the SHACOB Model analysis are discussed in the following areas: a comparison of the four major incentive scenarios, the sensitivity of the SHACOB Model to key data assumptions, the impact of single incentives (versus incentive packages), a comparative view of the National Energy Plan (NEP) projections versus the COMP/NEP approach, and finally, a brief investigation of possible phased incentive programs designed to avoid the disruptive effects resulting from the sudden termination of major incentives. (MHR)

• Research Organization: Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7067199
• Report Number(s): HCP/M70066-01/2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140300 -- Solar Energy-- Economic
Industrial
& Business Aspects
140901* -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Space Heating & Cooling
140907 -- Solar Thermal Utilization-- Water Heating
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
299001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Solar-- (1989-)
AIR CONDITIONING
BUILDINGS
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
COMMERCIALIZATION
COOLING LOAD
DATA
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY POLICY
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HEATING
HEATING LOAD
HEATING SYSTEMS
INDUSTRY
INFORMATION
MARKET
MARKETING RESEARCH
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
SIZE
SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING
SOLAR COLLECTORS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR HEATING
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR INDUSTRY
SOLAR SPACE HEATING
SOLAR WATER HEATING
SPACE HEATING