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Question	Where can I find information on solar energy and solar heating equipment?
Quick Answer	From the 2007 ASHRAE Application Handbook, Chapter 33 The 2004 ASHRAE Systems and Equipment Handbook, Chapter 33 ASHRAE "Active Solar Heating Systems Installation Manual" ASHRAE Manual "Passive Solar Heating Analysis" Solar Energy Industries Association (122 C Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20001-2109) National Renewable Energy Laboratory, (1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 8040) Solar Rating and Certification Corporation c/o FSEC, 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922-5703, (www.solar-rating.org) American Solar Energy Society 2400 Central Avenue, Suite A, Boulder, CO 80301, 303-443-3130, (www.ases.org) The handbook and the other ASHRAE publications may be purchased and/or individual chapters of the handbook may be purchased and downloaded on-line at our website, www.ashrae.org or by calling 1-800-527-4723 in the USA and Canada or 1-404-636-8400 worldwide.
Long Answer	2007 ASHRAE Application Handbook, Chapter 33 2004 ASHRAE HVAC Systems and Equipment Handbook, Chapter 33 ASHRAE "Active Solar Heating Systems Installation Manual" ASHRAE Manual "Passive Solar Heating Analysis" Solar Energy Industries Association, 122 C Street, NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20001-2109, (www.seia.org) National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd, Golden, CO 8040, (www.nrel.gov) Solar Rating and Certification Corporation c/o FSEC, 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922-5703, (www.solar-rating.org) American Solar Energy Society 2400 Central Avenue, Suite A, Boulder, CO 80301, 303-443-3130, (www.ases.org) The handbook and the other ASHRAE publications may be purchased and/or individual chapters of the handbook may be purchased and downloaded on-line at our website, www.ashrae.org or by calling 1-800-527-4723 in the USA and Canada or 1-404-636-8400 worldwide.
ASHRAE Pubs	2007 ASHRAE Application Handbook, Chapter 33 2004 ASHRAE Systems and Equipment Handbook, Chapter 33 ASHRAE "Active Solar Heating Systems Installation Manual" ASHRAE Manual "Passive Solar Heating Analysis"
Topic References	Solar energy, heating
Cognizant Committee1	TC 6.7
Cognizant Committee2
Cognizant Committee3
Cognizant Committee4
Cognizant Committee5
Refer to Organization1	SEIA
Refer to Organization2	NREL
Refer to Organization3	ASES
Refer to Organization4	SRCC
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