From Design to Inspection: Mastering Solar PV for Today's Professionals
Harness the renewable energy revolution with our comprehensive course. Gain practical insights into photovoltaics, understand intricate designs, and emerge as a pioneer in solar energy implementation.
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INTRODUCING ONLINE COURSE
Solar Energy for Engineers, Architects and Code Inspectors
- Recognize the elements of a well-designed PV system
- Describe types of PV systems
- Analyze PV system and project requirements
- Identify national, state, and local requirements for solar PV systems
COURSE STRUCTURE
You will apply theory to projects embedded at the end of each module. They include System Analysis (module 1), System Design (module 2), and System Compliance (module 3). Projects assist you with understanding solar PV system layouts and costs, calculating PV system size, and identifying appropriate system design and labeling requirements.
MODULE 1
Solar Energy System Overview
Learners are empowered to recognize and describe elements of a PV system, enabling them to: compare the most common types of solar cells, sketch a solar PV system, and analyze differences between rooftop and ground mounting configurations. The course explores economic considerations, touching on solar PV costs for residential and commercial use, incentives, and contrasts solar power with fossil fuel and nuclear plants.
- Differentiate the value of solar energy versus alternatives
- Explain how PV works in technical and economic terms, and identify its components
- Estimate solar system costs
MODULE 2
Solar Energy & Electrical System Design
Learners experiment with calculations needed to design a PV system, exercising newly gained knowledge about site selection, layout, code compliance, system components, and wire sizing.
- Analyze advantages and disadvantages of various PV systems
- Evaluate PV system requirements
- Identify key PV design considerations and planning tools
MODULE 3
Solar Energy Codes & Permitting and Zoning
This course equips learners to identify national code and zoning rules specific to photovoltaic (PV) systems, as well as key design elements and points for inspection.
- Articulate PV system building code essentials
- Describe the site inspection process
- Identify code and zoning rule considerations
- Explain key design elements and points for inspection
This Course Is For You If...
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Engineers looking to expand their knowledge in renewable energy sources.
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HVAC installers aiming to integrate solar photovoltaics into their offerings.
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Architects designing energy-efficient buildings or integrating solar panels into their designs.
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Building code inspectors ensuring compliance with local, state, and national solar PV requirements.
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Professionals considering a shift into the growing renewable energy sector.
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Individuals with a foundational knowledge in electrical engineering, physics, or mathematical concepts wanting to understand the intricacies of solar energy systems.
LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS
Gay E Canough, Direct Gain Consulting
Gay Canough (PhD, particle physics, U of Notre Dame, 1988) has been working in the solar energy field since 1993, installing mostly photovoltaic systems. She founded Extraterrestrial Materials, Inc. (ETM Solar Works) in 1988, doing design work on small spacecraft such as the Lunar Prospector (which went to the Moon in 1998). Since 1993, ETM has installed over 3 megawatts of solar electric systems. ETM also installs small wind, air-source heat pumps and battery backups. In 2000, she began instructing electricians and other interested people in how to install photovoltaic (PV) systems. Since then, she has run the PV Installer’s course over 250 times. The course has been offered in NJ, PA and NY. In the fall of 2003, she received certification as a PV installer from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (www.NABCEP.org). Gay is a founding member of the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA).
Many thanks to Ms. Gay E Canough as a course tutor!
This is an interesting course with some calculational share in order to assess and design the system properly as well as there is proposed a wide range of useful tools and material to be used in your assessments. Some lifehack recommendations are also given. However, there is not really much information from the architectural point of view - which will also be interesting to hear and take into consideration.
- Stoyanov A, August 2023
A very nice and educative course it really help me in understanding more about solar PV systems designs. Excellent Course for the solar professionals. Instructor having vast experience in the solar and SME (Subject Matter Expert). one the better things im doing with my job since the first course i have learned so much. ty to the professor and the school for these classes. Material is very good and so simple from engineering point of view also gives the basic s and base line to establish solid back from nd about solar energy.
- FENDY Y P, May 2021
Excellent Course for the Solar professionals. Instructor having vast experience in the solar and SME (Subject Matter Expert). A very nice and educative course it really help me in understanding more about solar PV systems designs.
- Fazla Z A, August 2020
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Solar Energy for Engineers, Architects and Code Inspectors
Learning format
The courses are offered in a flexible, online environment and conclude with a certificate of completion that speaks to your competencies in a contemporary and evolving marketplace.
The total volume of training: 36 hours (48 academic hours) of independent work (including homework).
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