§5509 — Title 42 The Public Health and Welfare | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must use the Director of NIST and other agencies to monitor and collect data on residential solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems installed under this subchapter. The Secretary must study results, report to Congress as needed, and, for the performance criteria and test procedures in sections 5503, 5504, and 5506, work with scientific and industry groups and stay in contact with the building and science communities during and after the programs.

Title 42, §5509

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(a)The Secretary, utilizing the services of the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and in coordination with such other Government agencies as may be appropriate, shall—

(1)monitor the performance and operation of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems installed in residential dwellings under this subchapter;

(2)collect and evaluate data and information on the performance and operation of solar heating and combined solar heating and cooling systems installed in residential dwellings under this subchapter; and

(3)from time to time, carrying out such studies and investigations and take such other actions, including the submission of special reports to the Congress when appropriate, as may be necessary to assure that the programs for which the Secretary is responsible under this subchapter effectively carry out the policy of this subchapter.

(b)In the development of the performance criteria and test procedures required under section 5503, 5504, and 5506 of this title, the Secretary shall work closely with the appropriate scientific, technical, and professional societies and industry representatives to insure the best possible use of available expertise in this area.

(c)The Secretary shall also maintain continuing liaison with the building industry and related industries and interests, and with the scientific and technical community during and after the period of the programs carried out under this subchapter, in order to assure that the projected benefits of such programs are and will continue to be realized.

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Amendments

1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–418 substituted “National Institute of Standards and Technology” for “National Bureau of Standards”.

§5509 Supervision of systems and programs by Secretary

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Title 42, §5509

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