SolarCheck

The aim of the SolarCheck project is to develop and test a unified method which is able to determine the functionality and actual performance of a solar heating system by means of a single indicator and communicates the outcome in a standardized manner. The proposed FSC based method and indicator offers noticeable advantages compared to usual characteristic quantities like the fractional fossil energy savings or the solar efficiency, since it does not depend on location, collector area or heat demand and thus allows for comparisons of different systems.

Duration

10.2016 - 03.2020

Support

Supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, project number 0325870A

Scientific partners

• ITW Stuttgart
• INES - Institut National de l'Energie Solaire (FR)

Participating companies

• Bosch Solarthermie GmbH
• Vaillant Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
• Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG
• RESOL - Elektronische Regelungen GmbH
• SOLVIS GmbH
• WILO SE
• Enertracting GmbH

Associated partners

• BDH
• BSW