The Work Plan for Subtask A of the Task is shown in the Gantt chart below. Joint meetings with standards groups scheduled for every six months will also serve as Task meetings for the overall effort. The schedule for the deliverables under each activity terminates at the point where the deliverable is due.

The schedule and major milestones for this subtask are illustrated immediately after this section. Major activities and milestones are summarized below. Each written deliverable will be developed and reviewed via a Wiki collaboration tool that CENER plans to develop for collaboration on both subtasks. The final documents will be posted on the Wiki and on the official IEA site to encourage future updating and comments to extend their usefulness. Authors will submit materials or elements of the products to industry conferences, publications, and certification and standards bodies to make the output more effective in influencing standards and certification.

• Work Plan Gant Chart

A-1. First Task Experts Meeting

First Task Experts Meeting and conference to develop a roadmap of solar thermal testing and certification issues for collectors, approaches to improve existing systems and harmonize standards and certification. (Target Date: 10/2009)

A-2. Low-to-Medium Temperature Collectors

1. State of the art white papers on testing, measurement and certification issues for flat-plate and evacuated tube collectors, (Target date 12/2009).
2. Reports on the results of round-robin tests for flat-plate and evacuated tube collectors; (Target Date: 8/2010)
3. If deemed appropriate, draft recommendations for revising performance test standards, qualification and safety test standards for flat-plate and evacuated tube collectors; (Target Date: 8/2011)
4. Joint meetings with Solar Keymark, ISO, and other standards groups on flat-plate and evacuated tube collector certification issues/recommendations; (Target Dates: March 2009, semi-annually thereafter)

A-3. Air Heating Collectors

1. State of the art white papers on testing, measurement and certification issues for air heating collectors, target date 12/2009.
2. Reports on the results of round-robin tests for air heating collectors; (Target Date: 8/2010)
3. If deemed appropriate, draft recommendations for revising performance test standards, qualification and safety test standards for air heating collectors; (Target Date: 8/2011)
4. Joint meetings with Solar Keymark, ISO, and other standards groups on air heating collector certification issues/recommendations; (Target Dates: March 2009, semi-annually thereafter)

A-4. Concentrating Collectors

1. State of the art white papers on testing, measurement and certification issues for concentrating collectors, target date 12/2009.
2. Reports on the results of round-robin tests for concentrating collectors; (Target Date: 8/2010)
3. If appropriate, draft recommendations for revising performance test standards, qualification and safety test standards for concentrating collectors; (Target Date: 8/2011)

A-5. Joint Meetings

Joint meetings with Solar Keymark, ISO, and other standards groups on concentrating collector certification issues/recommendations. These will also serve as Experts meetings of the Subtasks, so attendance will be mandatory. (Target Dates: March 2009, semi-annually thereafter)

A-6. Communication Adoption of Results

1. A communication plan for reaching the industry, testing and certification bodies concerned with the activities in this task, means of continuing communication and coordination after the task completion, and active outreach to publicize new developments. (Target Date: 9/2009)
2. A web page with a Wiki tool to connect major organizations involved in testing and certification and provide more forward-looking information on work in progress and new initiatives that impact testing and certification. Participants will be able to pose questions and make suggestions, particularly developers of new collector technologies. (Target Date: 10/2009)