42 U.S.C. § 5506 : US Code - Section 5506: Test procedures and definitive performance criteria for solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems and suitable dwellings; determination, consultation and publication in Federal Register

Search 42 U.S.C. § 5506 : US Code - Section 5506: Test procedures and definitive performance criteria for solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and systems and suitable dwellings; determination, consultation and publication in Federal Register

As soon as feasible, and utilizing data available from the
demonstration programs under sections 5503 and 5504 of this title,
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 in the Federal Register in accordance with
the applicable provisions regarding rulemaking prescribed by
section 553 of title 5,
(1) definitive performance criteria for solar heating and
combined solar heating and cooling components and systems to be
used in residential dwellings, taking into account climatic
variations existing between different geographic areas;
(2) definitive performance criteria (relating to suitability
for solar heating and for combined solar heating and cooling) for
such dwellings, taking into account climatic variations existing
between different geographic areas; and
(3) procedures whereby manufacturers of solar heating and
combined solar heating and cooling components and systems shall
have their products tested in order to provide certification that
such products conform to the performance criteria established
under paragraph (1).