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[CITE: 42USC5504]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                        CHAPTER 71--SOLAR ENERGY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--HEATING AND COOLING
 
Sec. 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.

(Pub. L. 93-409, Sec. 6, Sept. 3, 1974, 88 Stat. 1072; Pub. L. 93-438, 
title I, Sec. 104(f), title III, Sec. 301(h), Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 
1238, 1250; Pub. L. 95-91, title III, Sec. 301(a), title VII, Secs. 703, 
707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577, 606, 607; Pub. L. 100-418, title V, 
Sec. 5115(c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1433.)

                       References in Text

    The National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, referred to in 
subsec. (d), is Pub. L. 85-568, July 29, 1958, 72 Stat. 426, as amended. 
Title II of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 is classified 
generally to subchapter II (Sec. 2471 et seq.) of chapter 26 of this 
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 2451 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 100-418 substituted ``National 
Institute of Standards and Technology'' for ``National Bureau of 
Standards''.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Secretary of Energy'' substituted for ``Director'', meaning 
Director of National Science Foundation, in subsecs. (b)(1) and (c) 
pursuant to sections 104(f) and 301(h) of Pub. L. 93-438, which are 
classified to sections 5814(f) and 5871(h) of this title and which 
transferred functions of National Science Foundation relating to or 
utilized in connection with solar heating and cooling development to 
Administrator of Energy Research and Development Administration, and 
pursuant to sections 301(a), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95-91, which are 
classified to sections 7151(a), 7293, and 7297 of this title and which 
terminated Energy Research and Development Administration and 
transferred its functions and functions of Administrator thereof (with 
certain exceptions) to Secretary of Energy.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2473, 5506, 5507, 5509, 
5511, 5513 of this title.
