ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some potential solutions for the removal of barriers to solar heating and cooling (SHAC) or how they can be countered by incentives from either within or without specific institutions. It discusses some scenarios combining a number of incentives that serve to organize and propel a solar energy market. Institutions in both the public and private sectors can play a significant role in mitigating the barriers to the rapid and successful adoption of SHAC systems. The institution that may present barriers within the public sector is primarily the federal government; it can as well provide the greatest incentives to solar in the public sector. Institutions that present barriers in the private sector include public utilities, the construction industry, construction codes, architects, labor unions, savings and loan associations, and insurance companies. There are real and perceived barriers to the rapid adoption of solar energy into the energy market presented by the institutions that comprise the energy and construction industries.
