Development and demonstration of solar heating systems for use in residential dwellings
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(a) Functions of Administrator and Secretary
The Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly initiate and carry out a program, as provided in this section, for the development and demonstration of solar heating systems (including collectors, controls, and thermal storage) for use in residential dwellings.
(b) Time for determination, prescription and publishing of interim performance criteria; selection of designs for suitable dwellings
(1) Within 120 days after September 3, 1974, the Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in consultation with the Administrator and the Secretary of Energy, shall determine, prescribe, and publish—
(A)
interim performance criteria for solar heating components and systems to be used in residential dwellings, and
(B)
interim performance criteria (relating to suitability for solar heating) for such dwellings themselves,
taking into account in each instance climatic variations existing between different geographic areas.