Capacity building on the supply side is an important aspect of SOLAIR. This means strengthening and informing manufacturers, installers and planners of the potentials and application possibilities of solar air-conditioning technologies.

The training activities are especially targeted to the supply side such as plant designers, engineers, technicians and installers.

As a first action, a master version for the training material was prepared. From this master version, a partner per country will prepare a version on its own national language. In each participating country two pilot training actions will take place. This will correspond to a total of 16 pilot training actions.

The courses will have in general a duration of one and half day, including a technical visit when possible. The main subjects in each course are:

A) Introduction (focus on present world energy supply and demand situation and the specific situation of each country);

B) Basics (including aspects as thermal comfort and cooling technologies);

C) Predesign (focusing on system sizing);

D) Design (including also aspects as technical planning and operation & maintenance);

E) Economics & Environment;

F) Realised systems and success stories (using the information collected by the project — Best practice examples)

In order to ensure a homogeneous group of participants a registration form (template prepared for all project partners) will allow for the characterisation of the professional activity and former experience of the candidate.

A uniform template for evaluation of the courses by the trainees is also available. A final report on the pilot planning action will result in final adjustments to the training actions structure for future reproducibility.