Evaluation of Solar Combisystems – Overview and Methodology
Abstract
Increasing market development of solar combisystems can help to reduce primary energy demand of buildings and hence emission of green house gases. To support this market development it is important to strengthen the consumer confidence in solar combisystems. An important aspect for achieving this goal is to ensure the performance and quality of the systems under real operating conditions. In the three year project “CombiSol – Standardisation & Promotion of Solar Combisystems” which is supported by Intelligent Energy Europe, 45 solar combisystems installed in 4 European countries (Germany, France, Austria and Sweden) are evaluated in terms of qualitative inspection and in-situ monitoring. The objective is to gather information on the installation quality and the thermal performance of solar combisystems under real operating conditions and to compare them to results from laboratory testing. This paper presents an overview of the different evaluation aspects as well as first evaluation results.