June 12, 2006, Market Transformation Technical Exchange Meeting, Washington, D.C. (NAHB Headquarters)

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Program carried out 2 technical exchange meetings in support of the Solar America Initiatives Market Transformation work. The meetings took place in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, CA during June 2006. The objective of the SAI Technical Exchange Meeting (TEM) for market transformation was to solicit input from diverse organization regarding options and strategies for the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider in designing the structure and procurement strategy for the market-pull efforts of the Solar America Initiative (SAI). Market Transformation activities focus on eliminating non-technical barriers to solar market growth.

The focus of the Washington, D.C. meeting was the discussion of critical issues that will have a significant impact on the structure of the initiative and the resulting market transformation funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The key mechanism used to accomplish this objective was a series of breakout sessions held during this one-day event. There were 3 groups hosting simultaneous breakout sessions on each day. Each group was assigned a topic to discuss with the intent of developing potential options for the resolution of issues within that topic. The specific group topics in Washington, D.C. were:

Codes, Regulations, and Standards
Training Installers and Code Officials and National Accreditation of Training Institutions
National PV Rating Systems and System Finance and Insurance

The meeting presentations and summary notes are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Agenda (PDF 43 KB)
Participants List (PDF 71 KB)
SAI Overview Presentation (PDF 297 KB)
SAI Market Transformation Activities Presentation (PDF 202 KB)
Financial Assistance Overview (PDF 202 KB)

Breakout Group Topic Introductory Presentations

Breakout Session A: Codes, Regulations, and Standards (PDF 32 KB)
Breakout Session B1: Training Installers and Code Officials (PDF 514 KB)
Breakout Session B2: National Accreditation of Training Institutions (PDF 327 KB)
Breakout Session C1: National PV Rating Systems (PDF 123 KB)
Breakout Session C2: System Finance and Insurance (PDF 170 KB)

Breakout Session Infrastructure Development Discussion Summaries

Breakout Session A Summary (PDF 32 KB)
Breakout Session B Summary (PDF 25 KB)
Breakout Session C Summary (PDF 67 KB)

Breakout Session Market Expansion Discussion Summaries

Breakout Session A Summary (PDF 46 KB)
Breakout Session B Summary (PDF 42 KB)
Breakout Report-Outs Summary (PDF 43 KB)