关于太阳能供暖装置的文章很多。不幸的是，很多东西都指向了“自己动手”和“研究型”安装。在公开市场的情况下，为个体业主工作的机械承包商提供的信息很少。本文旨在讨论五种实用的太阳能系统，它们由现成的设备和材料组装而成，并由机械承包商在正常施工条件下安装。 所有设备均在其正常设计限制范围内运行，无需修改。这些系统的设计和安装都考虑到了简单性、使用寿命（20年以上）和最少的维护。它们绝不是实验性的。除一家（O-JR）外，其他所有公司都由私人资本提供资金。建筑0-3R系统是在ERDA（现为OOE）管理的第一轮示范项目下安装的，但其施工环境与其他项目基本相同。 系统的性能总体上好于预期。已尝试将我安装的各种尺寸系统的成本与流行参数关联起来。此外，还公开讨论了遇到的几个问题。引文:宾夕法尼亚州费城ASHRAE学报第85卷第1部分研讨会

There has been a great deal written about solar heating installations. Unfortunately, much has been directed to the do-it yourselfer, and to research type installations. Very little has been available from mechanical contractors performing work for the individual owner - in the open market situation.This paper is intended to discuss five practical solar systems assembled from readily available equipment and material and installed under normal construction conditions by a mechanical contractor. All equipment is operated within its normal design limitations and without modifications. The systems were designed and installed with simplicity, longevity (20 years plus), and minimum maintenance in mind. They were in no way intended to be experimental. All but one (O-JR) was financed by private capital. The system of building 0-3R was installed under the first round of demonstration projects managed by ERDA (now OOE), but it still was conducted in very much the same construction climate as the others. Performance of the systems was generally better than expected.An attempt has been made to correlate various size systems I installed costs with popular parameters. Further, several problems encountered are openly discussed.