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Figure 59: Mrs Marta Weeks in 2003
• Under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the historic Kyoto
Protocol was signed.
• The first ISES Summer Academy for Solar Architecture was held in Freiburg.

1998
• ISES President became co-chair of the DOE-sponsored International Performance Measurement and
Verification Protocol (IPMVP) project.
• ISES project themes intended to provide a framework for extensive solar technology usage included Solar
Cities, Islands in the Sun and Solar Oasis.
• ISREE, the educational symposium, and ISES became coordinated.
• Solar Cities became a new task within the IEA.
• ISES grew relationships with IPMVP, European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), IEA SolarPACES,
IEA Solar Heating and Cooling, and the European Commission: Directorate General for Energy.
• Dr Joachim Luther (Fraunhofer Institute, Germany) became editor of the Solar Energy Journal.
• The new WIRE Managing Board included Larry Sherwood, Burkhard Holder and Bernard McNelis.
• Karl Böer and David Mills agreed that ISES and ASES should co-sponsor the publication Advances
in Solar Energy.
• The Australia and New Zealand Section committed US$1,700 for three years to create the Wal Read
Memorial Award for the support of new sections.
• ISES HQ, in cooperation with the South African Regional Office, launched a new Utility Initiative for Africa.

1999

Figure 60: After Dr Mary Archer’s presntation on solar energy at the Royal Instite London, following the
conference presntations.
L to R: Lady Dr Mary Archer, Koti Jesch, Leslie Jesh and Adolf Goetzberger

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