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Task 63: Planning for Enhanced Solar Access and Utilization in Neighborhoods
Task 63: Planning for Enhanced Solar Access and Utilization in Neighborhoods
July 2024 - PDF 0.3MB

IEA SHC Task 63: Solar Neighborhood Planning completes the work after more than four years, working on solar strategies, planning aspects, business models, stakeholder and citizen engagement, solar planning tools, including examples of real case studies from the 10 participating countries. This article highlights the main topics and some of the results.

Task 63: 10 Questions on Solar Neighborhood Planning and Design Strategies
Task 63: 10 Questions on Solar Neighborhood Planning and Design Strategies
December 2023 - PDF 0.49MB

10 key questions, 12 authors, and 2 years of drafting time led to a comprehensive paper on planning and design strategies for solar neighborhoods published in the journal Building and Environment. Maria Wall, the Task Manager of IEA SHC Task 63 on Solar Neighborhood Planning, spearheaded this initiative. "We worked hard to choose questions that have
relevance not only for researchers but also for policymakers, practitioners, and urban planners," notes Wall. The idea for publishing a "Ten  Questions" series was initiated in 2016 by the editors of Building and Environment.

Fall School 2022 – Solar Neighborhood Strategies & Concepts
Fall School 2022 – Solar Neighborhood Strategies & Concepts
July 2022 - PDF 0.05MB
Editor: Pamela Murphy

Preparations for the second Fall School of SHC Task 63 on Solar Neighborhood Planning are underway. The main objective of the course is to introduce and discuss various strategies and methods to assess and evaluate solar neighborhood strategies and concepts from different perspectives and standpoints.

Taking Solar Neighborhood Tools to the Classroom
Taking Solar Neighborhood Tools to the Classroom
Task 63
December 2021 - PDF 1.06MB

Solar neighborhoods are a piece in the puzzle in achieving net-zero energy districts and low-carbon cities. This is why the IEA SHC Task 63: Solar Neighborhood Planning participants are working on solar planning and economic strategies, simulation methods and tools, and case studies. One unique aspect of this project’s work is holding “Fall School” for Ph.D. and Advanced Masters students.