MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - The first STRATEGIES IN SOLAR-ELECTRIC BUILDING Conference held on September 20-21 2001, San Mateo, California attracted an excellent mix of builders, solar electric product manufacturers, and distributors as well as participants from the financial and utility communities. The goal of this initiative by Strategies Unlimited was to increase awareness and stimulate the deployment of solar electric systems in residential and commercial construction b y bringing together the builders and equipment providers.

Proceedings from the conference, including presentations by 22 speakers are now available at $295 per copy, which includes both a hard copy and a CD-ROM. Extensive color photographs of residential and commercial solar electric building installations from around the world are included.

Topics discussed during the one and one-half day conference and contained in the proceedings include:

• The growth surges in U.S., German and Japanese Residential PV markets
• The NAHB Research Center experiences in developing residential solar power.
• Leading U.S. homebuilder descriptions of their growth in PV powered projects
• Commercial rooftop and facade installations in Europe and the United States.
• Growth in capacity and product devel opment by leading U.S. PV manufacturers.
• Design and aesthetic issues addressed by a pioneer in residential PV architecture
• Site management challenges in the retrofit installation market
• Testing and certification issues, providing confidence in PV system reliability
• PV module design for building integration
• U.S. national programs - net metering and state incentives
• Program support by the California Energy Commission
• Customer choice and support by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• The municipal perspective by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District.
• The road to investment in photovoltaics, the initial public offering.
• The investment perspective from Wall Street.

Plans are already underway for an expanded conference, including exhibits, in September 2002.

Proceedings may be ordered by contacting Strategies Unlimited at 650 941 3438, info@strategies-u.com or visiting www.strategies-u.com

Founded in 1979, Strategies Unlimited specializes in market research and strategic consulting directed at the photovoltaics component industries, optoelectronics, optical networking, RF/wireless, and compound semiconductor materials. The company is based in Mountain View, California.