SCADA Acronyms Explained: What Beginners Need to Know For those brand new to SCADA, one of the first walls you’ll hit is all the acronyms. Networking, communications, and cybersecurity each come with their own vocabulary, and SCADA sits at the intersection of all three. Here are a handful… Continue reading “SCADA Acronyms Explained: What Beginners Need to Know”
New Free Course: Introduction to Solar Systems with Batteries: Solar + Storage If you have new employees or apprentices joining your team, getting them up to speed on solar plus storage fundamentals just got easier. HeatSpring just released a brand-new, completely free course: Introduction to Solar Systems with Batteries: Solar + Storage,… Continue reading “New Free Course: Introduction to Solar Systems with Batteries: Solar + Storage”
Company Spotlight: How STC is Structured to Solve the Training Problem The team at Solar Tech Collective (STC) has released four courses covering challenging topics over the past 18 months: Ground-fault Troubleshooting, NFPA 70B, 2026 NEC Changes, and Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech. Who are these people and why should… Continue reading “Company Spotlight: How STC is Structured to Solve the Training Problem “
What 30 Years in the Electrical Trade Taught Jason Brozen About Keeping Workers Safe In March 2026, HeatSpring’s Brian Hayden sat down with Jason Brozen at the NABCEP Conference in Milwaukee for a conversation on the Suncast Media stage. Jason is the Safety and Technical Training Manager at Tyndale, a master electrician with 30… Continue reading “What 30 Years in the Electrical Trade Taught Jason Brozen About Keeping Workers Safe “
New Course: 15-Hour PV and the 2026 National Electrical Code (NEC) from Sean White & Bill Brooks If you’ve taken a Sean White course before, you already know the drill: dense technical material, delivered with plenty of humor so you actually remember it. Sean has built a following of repeat learners who come back every code cycle… Continue reading “New Course: 15-Hour PV and the 2026 National Electrical Code (NEC) from Sean White & Bill Brooks”
What It’s Really Like to Write the NEC: Inside Code-Making Panel 4 with Solar Tech Collective Most people who work with the National Electrical Code (NEC) learn what it says. Very few people know why it says it. Rebekah Hren and Brian Mehalic of Solar Tech Collective are in that second group. Both serve as principal… Continue reading “What It’s Really Like to Write the NEC: Inside Code-Making Panel 4 with Solar Tech Collective”
New Course: Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech: PV, ESS, EVs, PCS, and More The team behind the new “Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech: PV, ESS, EVs, PCS, and More” course has spent years helping shape the National Electrical Code, not just applying it (although they do that plenty too). Solar Tech Collective’s… Continue reading “New Course: Comprehensive 2026 NEC Requirements for Electrotech: PV, ESS, EVs, PCS, and More”
Meet Wes Kennedy – Instructor Spotlight Thirty years is a long time to do anything. For Wes Kennedy, three decades in solar hasn’t felt like standing still. It felt like watching history happen from the inside. Wes came up in the industry when solar was still… Continue reading “Meet Wes Kennedy – Instructor Spotlight”
Your Team Training Dashboard Just Got a Lot More Useful If you manage training for a team on HeatSpring, log in and take a look around. We just rolled out a massive redesign to the team dashboard, and it makes a real difference for the people running training programs day… Continue reading “Your Team Training Dashboard Just Got a Lot More Useful”
Why Solar Professionals Should Care About Building Performance & Where to Start Brian Hayden of HeatSpring sat down with Nancy Kaplan, Director of Workforce Development at the Building Performance Institute (BPI), at the 2026 NABCEP Conference in Milwaukee to talk about the intersection of solar and home performance. The conversation covered why… Continue reading “Why Solar Professionals Should Care About Building Performance & Where to Start”
What’s New with NABCEP Credentials in 2026? Sean White Breaks It Down NABCEP credentials have always been the benchmark for solar and storage professionals, but 2026 is shaping up to be an interesting year for their credential landscape. The PV Associate exam has gotten a Job Task Analysis (JTA) update, the newer… Continue reading “What’s New with NABCEP Credentials in 2026? Sean White Breaks It Down”
New Free Course: Ace the Interview, Know Your Value, and Negotiate Like a Pro If you’ve ever accepted a job offer wishing you had pushed back on the salary, or left an interview unsure whether you actually communicated your value, this course is for you. Solar for Women just released a new free on-demand… Continue reading “New Free Course: Ace the Interview, Know Your Value, and Negotiate Like a Pro”
New Courses: Introduction to Hand Tools and Power Tools for Solar HeatSpring is excited to announce two new courses from Jenny Conrardy: Introduction to Hand Tools for Solar and Introduction to Power Tools for Solar. Who These Courses Are For These courses are built for new solar employees, apprentices, and career… Continue reading “New Courses: Introduction to Hand Tools and Power Tools for Solar”
What Does SCADA Connect on a Utility-Scale Solar Project? On a utility-scale solar project, SCADA connects three distinct parts of the system: the PV equipment, the substation, and the utility. Each layer often speaks a different protocol, and understanding how they fit together is foundational to working with these… Continue reading “What Does SCADA Connect on a Utility-Scale Solar Project? “
We Just Redesigned the HeatSpring Classroom When was the last time you took a class on HeatSpring? Last week we rolled out a redesigned classroom and it’s pretty sweet. You should check it out. What’s New? The average HeatSpring learner works at a bigger company than… Continue reading “We Just Redesigned the HeatSpring Classroom”
Student Spotlight: How Amelia Fox Is Helping Mississippi Homeowners Take Control of Their Energy When Amelia Fox signed up for her first BPI course through HeatSpring, she had already done something most building performance professionals never do: she used herself as the test case. Before she ever knocked on a client’s door, she spent… Continue reading “Student Spotlight: How Amelia Fox Is Helping Mississippi Homeowners Take Control of Their Energy”
The Complete Utility-Scale Solar Curriculum: Introducing the Utility-Scale Solar Executive Bundle If you’ve been following Andy Nyce’s courses on HeatSpring, you know the catalog has grown substantially. Andy has spent over a decade working across every phase of utility-scale solar execution, and over the past few years he’s turned that experience… Continue reading “The Complete Utility-Scale Solar Curriculum: Introducing the Utility-Scale Solar Executive Bundle”
The Ultimate Guide to Getting Your NABCEP OMAT Credential The NABCEP Operations & Maintenance Associate Technician (OMAT) credential is the newest entry-level credential from the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), and it officially launched on April 7, 2026. While the PV Associate has long served as… Continue reading “The Ultimate Guide to Getting Your NABCEP OMAT Credential”
Meet Jenny Conrardy – Instructor Spotlight Meet Jenny Conrardy, the new Lead Instructor for HeatSpring CORE. Jenny’s path into the trades grew organically from years of farm work, food systems advocacy, and a deep belief that good work and good values go hand in hand. Six… Continue reading “Meet Jenny Conrardy – Instructor Spotlight”
New Course: Development in Utility-Scale Solar Many people who work in solar have never seen all the work that gets put in before construction begins. If you’re in construction, you inherit a project that someone else spent years putting together. If you’re in finance or asset… Continue reading “New Course: Development in Utility-Scale Solar”