Assessing solar cooling options requires thorough technical, economic, and financial evaluations at each project stage, utilizing tools that provide key performance indicators (KPIs) considering economic, social, and environmental factors. This assessment is particularly challenging in Sunbelt countries due to varying local conditions, necessitating a comprehensive database for accurate KPIs and a Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis to address crucial financial and operational questions. Additionally, reviewing and adapting existing tools, along with sensitivity analyses on critical parameters, is essential for understanding future prospects of solar cooling technologies.

This document reports about IEA Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Task 65 and Australia’s engagement within the task. Australia has been contributing to Subtask C: Assessment and Tools. The findings from the interviews/questionnaires and interactive questionnaires on solar cooling system design tools and models are presented.

This is the final report on activity C1, “Design tools and models” of the IEA SHC Task 65 “Solar Cooling for the Sunbelt regions”. The work involved reviewing and adapting tools and models for technical and financial assessment and design for solar cooling and the project phases from pre-feasibility to simulation to monitoring. The main focus is the documentation of the tools and their specific application to provide measured data for validating the tools and the adaptation of selected ones for Sunbelt countries.

This brief extended abstract reports about IEA Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Task 65 and Australia’s engagement within the task. Australia has been contributing to Subtask C: Assessment and Tools. The additional findings from the literature on solar cooling system design tools and models are also presented.

This brief extended abstract reports about IEA Solar Heating and Cooling (SHC) Task 65 and Australia’s engagement within the task. Australia has been contributing to Subtask C: Assessment and Tools. The initial findings from the literature on solar cooling system design tools and models are also presented.