3 1 expedited by early commercial demonstration under 2 practical conditions. 3 (b) It is therefore declared to be the policy of the 4 United States and the purpose of this Act to provide for the 5 demonstration within a three-year period of the practical 6 use of solar heating technology, using current technology 7 for this purpose, and to provide for the development and 8 demonstration within a five-year period of the practical use 9 of combined heating and cooling technology. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. For purposes of this Act (1) the term "solar heating", with respect to any building, means the use of solar energy to meet such portion of the total heating needs of such building (in cluding hot water) as may be required under performance criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce acting through the National Bureau of Standards; (2) the terms "solar heating and cooling" and "combined solar heating and cooling", with respect to any building, mean the use of solar energy to provide both such portion of the total heating needs of such 22 building (including hot water) and such portion of the 23 total cooling needs of such building, as may be required 24 under performance criteria so prescribed, and include cooling by means of nocturnal heat radiation or by other 1 4 methods of meeting peakload energy requirements at 2 nonpeakload times; 3 4 5 6 7 (3) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and (4) the term "residential dwellings" includes mobile homes. 8 CONDUCT OF ACTIVITIES IN SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING 9 10 11 TECHNOLOGIES BY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION SEC. 4. Section 203 of the National Aeronautics and 12 Space Act of 1958 (42 U.S.C. 2473) is amended by re13 designating subsection (b) as subsection (c), and by in14 serting immediately after subsection (a) the following new 15 subsection: 16 "(b) The Administration shall initiate, support, and 17 carry out basic and applied research, developmenut, demon18 strations, and other related activities in solar heating and 19 cooling technologies, including (to the extent that funds appropriated therefor) activities as provided for in 21 sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Solar Heating and Cooling Demon22 stration Act of 1973.". 20 are 23 DEVELOPMENT OF SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS TO BE USED IN 24 25 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS SEC. 5. (a) The Administrator shall promptly initiate 26 and carry out a program as provided in this section for the 5 1 development and demonstration of solar heating systems for 2 use in residential dwellings. 3 (b) (1) Within eighty days after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Commerce, acting through 5 the National Bureau of Standards and in consultation with 6 the Administrator, shall determine, prescribe, and publish— (A) performance criteria for solar heating equipment and systems to be used in residential dwellings, 7 8 9 10 11 and (B) performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating) for such dwellings themselves, 12 taking into account in each instance climatic variations exist 13 ing between different geographic areas. 14 (2) As soon as possible after the publication of the 15 performance criteria prescribed under paragraph (1), the 16 Secretary, acting through the National Bureau of Standards, 17 shall determine on the basis of open competitions an appro18 priate number of approved designs for various types or resi19 dential dwellings suitable for and adapted to the installa20 tion of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria 21 prescribed under paragraph (1) (A). Any such design 22 competition shall be open to all professionally recognized 23 architects and engineers (or architectural or engineering 24 firms) who are qualified to assist in the design of houses to 25 demonstrate solar heating. 6 1 (c) The Administrator, in accordance with the appli 2 cable provisions of title II of the National Aeronautics and 3 Space Act of 1958, shall (1) (A) enter into such contracts as may be neces sary or appropriate for the development (for commercial production and residential use) of solar heating systems meeting the performance criteria prescribed under subsection (b) (1) (A) (including any further planning and design which may be required to conform with the specifications set forth in such criteria); and (B) if the Administrator determines that it would expedite the program under this section or otherwise accelerate the achievement of the objectives of this Act, provide by contract or otherwise for the manufacture or production of prototype solar heating systems (by the persons with whom the development contracts under subparagraph (A) were entered into), and for the installation of such prototype systems in residential dwellings meeting the performance criteria prescribed under subsection (b) (1) (B); (2) enter into contracts with at least two different persons or firms for the actual manufacture and produc tion of solar heating systems as developed under contracts described in paragraph (1)(A) (including adequate 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 numbers of spare and replacement parts for such systems); and (3) take such action as may be necessary or appropriate (A) in conjunction with the Secretary of Defense, to secure the installation of such systems, manufactured on a mass production basis, in substantial numbers 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, and (B) in conjunction with and under arrangements made by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to secure the installation of such systems, manufactured on a mass production basis, in substantial numbers of residential dwellings which are privately owned and occupied. The residential dwellings referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall be located in a sufficient number of 22 different geographic areas (not less than three) in the 223 23 24 25 United States to assure a realistic and effective demonstration of the solar heating systems involved, and of the dwellings themselves, under climatic conditions |