System Components

This Task aims at the purchase price reduction for end-users of installed solar thermal systems by evaluating and developing sustainable means to reduce production and/or installation costs on material, sub-component, system-component and system level.

The objective of this Task is the assessment of the applicability and the cost reduction potential by using polymeric materials and polymer based novel designs of suitable solar thermal systems.

Participants in Task 10 evaluated the energy benefits of a number of new materials for solar applications and their impact on system o component performance.

As the only project devoted solely to information exchange, Task 2 served as a useful adjunct to the joint IEA SHC research activities.