42 U.S.C. § 5504 : US Code - Section 5504: Development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5504 : US Code - Section 5504: Development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling systems for use in residential dwellings

(a) Functions of Administrator and Secretary
The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and
carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the
development and demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling
systems (including collectors, controls, and thermal storage) for
use in residential dwellings.
(b) Time for determination, prescription and publishing of interim
performance criteria; selection of designs for suitable dwellings
(1) As soon as possible after September 3, 1974, the Secretary,
utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of
Standards and Technology and in consultation with the Administrator
and the Secretary of Energy, shall determine, prescribe, and
publish -
(A) interim performance criteria for combined solar heating and
cooling components and systems to be used in residential
dwellings, and
(B) interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for
solar heating and cooling) for such dwellings themselves,
taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing
between different geographic areas.
(2) As soon as possible after the publication of the performance
criteria prescribed under paragraph (1) (and if possible before the
completion of the research and development provided for in
subsection (c) of this section), the Secretary, in consultation
with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology and the Administrator, will select on the basis of open
competition a number of designs for various types of residential
dwellings suitable for and adapted to the installation of combined
solar heating and cooling systems meeting the performance criteria
prescribed under paragraph (1)(A).
(c) Program of research, development and testing to provide
additional technological resources for development and commercial
application of combined systems
During the period immediately following the publication of
performance criteria under subsection (b)(1) of this section, the
Administrator, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, shall
undertake and conduct with respect to solar heating and cooling a
program of research, development, and testing designed to provide
the additional technological resources necessary for the
development and commercial application of combined solar heating
and cooling systems as contemplated by the program under this
section.
(d) Contracts and grants for development of combined systems for
commercial production and residential use; contracts for
procurement of combined systems
The Administrator, in accordance with the applicable provisions
of title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 [42
U.S.C. 2471 et seq.] and under program guidelines established
jointly by the Administrator and the Secretary, and at the earliest
possible time during or immediately after the period specified in
subsection (c) of this section, shall, after consultation with the
Secretary -
(1) enter into such contracts and grants as may be necessary or
appropriate for the development (for commercial production and
residential use) of combined solar heating and cooling systems
meeting the performance criteria prescribed under subsection
(b)(1)(A) of this section (including any further planning and
design which may be required to conform with the specifications
set forth in such criteria or to reflect the results of the
activities conducted under subsection (c) of this section); and
(2) enter into contracts with a number of persons or firms for
the procurement of combined solar heating and cooling systems
meeting such performance criteria (including adequate numbers of
spare and replacement parts for such systems).
(e) Installation of combined systems; operation during
demonstration period; title and ownership of dwellings and
systems; agreement of owner to observe and monitor system;
reports by owner
The Secretary shall (1) arrange for the installation of combined
solar heating and cooling systems procured by the Administrator
under subsection (d)(2) of this section in a substantial number of
residential dwellings and (2) provide for the satisfactory
operation of such installations during the demonstration period.
Title to and ownership of any dwellings constructed hereunder and
of combined solar heating and cooling systems installed hereunder
may be conveyed to purchasers or owners of such dwellings under
terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary, including an
express agreement that any such purchaser or owner shall, in such
manner and form and on such terms and conditions as the Secretary
may prescribe, observe and monitor (or permit the Secretary to
observe and monitor) the performance and operation of such system
for a period of five years, and that such purchaser or owner
(including any subsequent owner and occupant of the property who
also makes such an agreement) shall regularly furnish the Secretary
with such reports thereon as the agreement may require.
(f) Installation of combined systems by Secretary of Defense in
dwellings located on Federal or federally administered property
The Secretary of Defense shall arrange for the installation of
combined solar heating and cooling systems procured by the
Administrator under subsection (d)(2) of this section in a
substantial number of residential dwellings which are located on
Federal or federally administered property where the performance
and operation of such systems can be regularly and effectively
observed and monitored by designated Federal personnel.
(g) Coordination of activities to assure a realistic and effective
demonstration
The Secretary and the Secretary of Defense, and officials
responsible for administering Federal or federally administered
property, shall coordinate their activities under this section to
assure that combined solar heating and cooling systems are
installed in a substantial number of residential dwellings and in a
sufficient number of geographic areas under varying climatic
conditions to constitute a realistic and effective demonstration in
support of the objectives of this subchapter.