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This working paper was prepared with the support of Imperial Organiza-tion for Social Services, Iran. However, any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author and do not neces-sarily reflect the views of the sponsor. APPLIED SOLAR ENERGY AT THE SHIRAZ TECHNICAL INSTITUTE Factors affecting the application of solar energy and the preliminary de-sign of a solar system to supplement the service hot water system at the Shiraz Technical Institute are described. In addition to the solar energy demonstra-tion, the educational benefits of selected solar projects and laboratory experi-ments are discussed. An effective, yet expandable, initial installation can be made at reasonably low cost because advantage is taken of architectural features of the buildings and the nature of the conventional service hot water heatin