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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 5501. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
(a) The Congress hereby finds that -
(1) the current imbalance between supply and demand for fuels
and energy is likely to persist for some time;
(2) the early demonstration of the feasibility of using solar
energy for the heating and cooling of buildings could help to
relieve the demand upon present fuel and energy supplies;
(3) the technologies for solar heating are close to the point
of commercial application in the United States;
(4) the technologies for combined solar heating and cooling
still require research, development, testing and demonstration,
but no insoluble technical problem is now foreseen in achieving
commercial use of such technologies;
(5) the early development and export of viable solar heating
equipment and combined solar heating and cooling equipment,
consistent with the established preeminence of the United States
in the field of high technology products, can make a valuable
contribution to our balance of trade;
(6) the widespread use of solar energy in place of conventional
methods for the heating and cooling of buildings would have a
significantly beneficial effect upon the environment;
(7) the mass production and use of solar heating and cooling
equipment will help to eliminate the dependence of the United
States upon foreign energy sources and promote the national
defense;
(8) the widespread introduction of low-cost solar energy will
be beneficial to consumers in a period of rapidly rising fuel
cost;
(9) innovation and creativity in the development of solar
heating and combined solar heating and cooling components and
systems can be fostered through encouraging direct contact
between the manufacturers of such systems and the architects,
engineers, developers, contractors, and other persons interested
in installing such systems in buildings;
(10) evaluation of the performance and reliability of solar
heating and combined solar heating and cooling technologies can
be expedited by testing under carefully controlled conditions;
and
(11) commercial application of solar heating and combined solar
heating and cooling technologies can be expedited by early
commercial demonstration under practical conditions.
(b) It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United
States and the purpose of this subchapter to provide for the
demonstration within a three-year period of the practical use of
solar heating technology, and to provide for the development and
demonstration within a five-year period of the practical use of
combined heating and cooling technology.
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