Publications
The following materials will help you learn more about USH2O. If you don't find what you are looking for here, please contact us. Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.
Solar Thermal Business Prospectus (104 pages): A detailed sample business plan for bringing profitable solar water heating services to customers in investor-owned or municipal utility environments (PDF 729 KB).
Utility Success Stories In Solar Water Heating (6 pages): A summary of the leading solar water heating programs in the United States, including goals, lessons learned, and key data (PDF 224 KB). This paper was presented at the Solar 2003 Conference of the American Solar Energy Society and is posted with permission from the organization.
Individual Utility Articles: Each utility's program is summarized in a brief article. The articles may be found under individual listings in Utility Members.
Bringing Solar Thermal Energy into Renewable Portfolio Standards and the Green Power Market: A short article summarizing the potential for solar water heating and its value for renewable portfolio standards and green pricing programs. This paper is based on a presentation made at the Solar 2004 Conference of the American Solar Energy Society, and is posted with the permission of Robert M. Reedy. (MS Word 43 KB)