Today, more than 30,000 solar heating and cooling systems (SHC) are being installed annually in the United States, employing more than 5,000 American workers from coast to coast. These numbers are good – but they can be a lot better. Installing more SHC systems would provide a huge boost to the economy and help the environment, too. This first-of-its-kind SHC roadmap, developed by a task force made up of SEIA-member companies and BEAM Engineering, lays the groundwork – as well as makes a compelling case – for driving installed SHC capacity from 9 GW thermal to 300 GW thermal by 2050.
| Date | May 2014 |
| Topic | Facilities & Buildings; Solar Basics & Educating Consumers; Financing, Incentives and Market Analysis |
| Subprogram | Soft Costs |
| Author | Solar Energy Industries Association and BEAM Engineering |