ASU太阳能热水器工作室通过亚利桑那州国家大学建筑学院的研究和服务基金会提供，由一个硬件包和一个专门为房主设计的车间课程组成。该工具包是由研究和服务基金会开发和评估的，并由当地太阳能行业的一个成员提供给与会者。研讨会共包括12小时的讲座和实验室指导。该计划的一个组成部分是一个系统化的程序，旨在方便房主获得必要的当地建筑许可证。对参与者来说，这个项目的一个重要优势是资金投入少。 在执行自由州和联邦税收抵免后，参与者的实际成本通常不到200美元。这导致目前拥有电热水器的参与者的投资回收期不到两年。在1978年7月至1979年7月期间，超过1000名参与者成功完成了该项目，他们代表着越来越多的太阳能用户。因此，通过该项目，凤凰城都会区增加了36000多平方英尺的太阳能集热器。引文:研讨会，ASHRAE交易，第86卷，第一部分，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶

The ASU Solar Water Heater Workshops offered through the Research and Service Foundation, College of Architecture, Arizona State University, consist of a hardware package and a workshop curriculum specifically designed for the homeowner. The kit was developed and evaluated by the Research and Service Foundation and is made available to the class participants by a member of the local solar industry. The workshop consists of a total of twelve hours of lecture and laboratory instruction.An integral part of this program is a systematic procedure designed to easily enable the homeowner to obtain the necessary local building permits. An important advantage of this program to the participant is the small outlay of money. After the liberal state and federal tax credits have been exercised, the actual cost to the participant is generally less than $200. This results in a payback period of less than two years for those participants who presently own electric water heaters. During the period from July 1978 through July 1979 over 1,000 participants have successfully completed this program, and they represent a growing number of committed solar users. As a result, over 36,000 square feet of solar collectors have been added to the Phoenix metropolitan area through this program.