Final Report. An Integrated Partnership to Create and Lead the Solar Codes and Standards Working Group

Rosenthal, Andrew¹ 

[1]New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces, NM (United States)

关键词: Solar America Board of Codes and Standards;    Solar ABCs;    codes;    standards;    codes and standards;    photovoltaic;    PV;    installation;    roofing;    fire;    safety;    interconnection;    net metering;    UL;    Sherwood Associates;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1190820
RP-ID  :  DOE-NMSU--GO17034-F
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1190820

学科分类：再生能源与代替技术

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The DOE grant, ???An Integrated Partnership to Create and Lead the Solar Codes and Standards Working Group,??? to New Mexico State University created the Solar America Board for Codes and Standards (Solar ABCs). From 2007 ??? 2013 with funding from this grant, Solar ABCs identified current issues, established a dialogue among key stakeholders, and catalyzed appropriate activities to support the development of codes and standards that facilitated the installation of high quality, safe photovoltaic systems. Solar ABCs brought the following resources to the PV stakeholder community; Formal coordination in the planning or revision of interrelated codes and standards removing ???stove pipes??? that have only roofing experts working on roofing codes, PV experts on PV codes, fire enforcement experts working on fire codes, etc.; A conduit through which all interested stakeholders were able to see the steps being taken in the development or modification of codes and standards and participate directly in the processes; A central clearing house for new documents, standards, proposed standards, analytical studies, and recommendations of best practices available to the PV community; A forum of experts that invites and welcomes all interested parties into the process of performing studies, evaluating results, and building consensus on standards and code-related topics that affect all aspects of the market; and A biennial gap analysis to formally survey the PV community to identify needs that are unmet and inhibiting the market and necessary technical developments.