Solar heating systems - status and recent developments (Weiss, 2003)

The paper gives a worldwide overview of the dissemination and major markets for solar heating systems. It also shows the contribution of solar plants to the supply of energy and the CO2 emissions avoided as a result of operating these plants and it gives an overview of recent system developments in the field of solar combisystems for hot water and space heating as well as in the field of large-scale solar heating systems for housing developments.