HeatSpring and Energize US Provide 4-Year Employer-Sponsored Electrical Apprenticeship Training We’re happy to announce a new partnership with Energize US to bring you all of the classroom training you need to run a 4-year electrical apprenticeship program. Energize US is a non-profit workforce organization known for engaging next generation tradespeople… Continue reading “HeatSpring and Energize US Provide 4-Year Employer-Sponsored Electrical Apprenticeship Training”
Let’s Grow Your Electrical Business How are you developing the people in your electrical contracting business? Are you hiring people? Training them? What’s working? What feels hard? A trained, competent electrician never runs out of work. Electricians have cool jobs, make good money, are valued… Continue reading “Let’s Grow Your Electrical Business”
Free BPI Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) Certification Practice Exam We just published a new BPI Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) practice test. It’s 50-questions – just like the real BPI HHE exam – and you can take it for free as many times as you like. This practice test is… Continue reading “Free BPI Healthy Home Evaluator (HHE) Certification Practice Exam”
“Blueprint to Leadership” – A New Course for Leaders in the Skilled Trades I’m really excited to announce a new free course from the Energize US team, “Blueprint to Leadership: In Renewable Energy & Life”. Energize US is a dynamic, mission-driven partner bringing positive energy into skilled trades careers. They have a powerful… Continue reading ““Blueprint to Leadership” – A New Course for Leaders in the Skilled Trades”
Exciting New Partnership: HeatSpring and OSHA Education Center Join Forces to Offer OSHA Training for Clean Energy Professionals We’re pumped about a new partnership between HeatSpring and the OSHA Education Center that brings OSHA training to clean energy professionals. Through this partnership, OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 training courses are available in English and Spanish on HeatSpring. Why… Continue reading “Exciting New Partnership: HeatSpring and OSHA Education Center Join Forces to Offer OSHA Training for Clean Energy Professionals”
You can make money selling heat pump water heaters My gas water heater failed and dumped water all over my basement floor. It was a big mess and a huge pain in the neck. To avenge that waste of time, money, and energy we’re offering a great “Heat Pump… Continue reading “You can make money selling heat pump water heaters”
“Introduction to Heat Pumps” now free for members and their guests We keep installing more and more heat pumps. Everybody should know what heat pumps can (and can’t) do so we find the best applications and avoid the biggest pitfalls. Starting today, for a limited time, we’re offering “Introduction to Heat… Continue reading ““Introduction to Heat Pumps” now free for members and their guests”
Introduction to Utility-Scale Solar O&M – Now free for members We keep installing more and more utility-scale solar. So the need for utility-scale solar operations & maintenance will continue to grow. There’s a shortage of experienced O&M folks who can keep these systems performing, so starting today, for a limited… Continue reading “Introduction to Utility-Scale Solar O&M – Now free for members”
Residential Heat Pump Water Heater Installation Course – now free for members Ever install a heat pump water heater? The DOE expects heat pump water heaters to increase from 3% to 61% of the electric water heater market by 2029. We need a lot more qualified installers, so starting today, for a… Continue reading “Residential Heat Pump Water Heater Installation Course – now free for members”
Be More Than a Solar Company Your electric utility is about to do something really unfair in an attempt to make more money. How do I know? Because they always do. So what can solar companies do to prepare for economic shocks like this? This was… Continue reading “Be More Than a Solar Company”
O&M Training for Commercial Heat Pump Water Heaters (CHPWHs) We just launched “Commercial Heat Pumpe Water Heater Operations and Maintenance”. If you’ve got one of these systems, O&M training is a must. Commercial heat pump water heaters (HPWHs) are generally efficient and reliable, but issues can arise due to… Continue reading “O&M Training for Commercial Heat Pump Water Heaters (CHPWHs)”
Sending up the Bat-Signal for Learning Nerds: AI-Powered Knowledge Checks on HeatSpring We just added a new feature to make HeatSpring courses more dynamic: knowledge checks. You’ve seen knowledge checks; they are also known as ‘formative assessments’. After you watch a video, a knowledge check is a super casual mini-quiz. Unlike graded… Continue reading “Sending up the Bat-Signal for Learning Nerds: AI-Powered Knowledge Checks on HeatSpring”
Who’s Got What Certifications?!? Introducing HeatSpring’s New Certification Tracker We just added a new feature for teams using HeatSpring: now you can track all of your employee certifications on your dashboard. OSHA, FAA, NABCEP, whatever…it’s for any certification you’ve ever had – not limited to things you’ve done through… Continue reading “Who’s Got What Certifications?!? Introducing HeatSpring’s New Certification Tracker”
Residential Solar: Dive Deep into Customer Contracts & Agreements with ReVision Energy I don’t think people appreciate how amazing our “Customer Contracts & Agreements” course is. Every residential solar team should take it. So starting today, for a limited time, we’re offering it free to HeatSpring Members. Membership comes with a ton… Continue reading “Residential Solar: Dive Deep into Customer Contracts & Agreements with ReVision Energy”
What if everybody on your team mastered construction drawings? Construction drawings are the language we use to build and power the world. Engineers and architects get lots of training, but everybody else learns on the fly. Have you been trained in how to read or create construction drawings? If… Continue reading “What if everybody on your team mastered construction drawings?”
We Need More Utility-Scale Solar PV Designers Engineers…we need you. You can spend your whole career working in solar energy and never get bored. Climate change is the biggest problem you could tackle and you’ll never have trouble finding interesting work to do. Let’s zoom out and… Continue reading “We Need More Utility-Scale Solar PV Designers”
Bob Caspe’s new “Entrepreneurial Strategy” course The latest course to drop on HeatSpring is called “Entrepreneurial Strategy”. A chance to meet and learn from Bob Caspe Bob is the best teacher I’ve ever had – he helped me see an approach to business that was both… Continue reading “Bob Caspe’s new “Entrepreneurial Strategy” course”
How can we make heat pump retrofits easier? WARNING: if you’re a climate-minded clean energy professional, this will be hard to listen to. This American Life is my favorite podcast, and David Kestenbaum is among my favorite producers on the show. So I was really excited to see… Continue reading “How can we make heat pump retrofits easier?”
Build your own ACCA Manual J load calculations and energy models Back in the 80’s ACCA created Manual J as a process to do load calcs. It was hundreds of pages of calculations, formulas, factors etc. Then in 1985 the first software was developed following Manual J to speed up the… Continue reading “Build your own ACCA Manual J load calculations and energy models”
Contractors Say Better Training Would Help Them Sell More Brands create structured training programs because they increase loyalty, decrease user error, and improve customer satisfaction. Think IronRidge certification, Carrier’s Authorized Dealer program, or Microsoft certification. Education is a powerful form of marketing and the foundation for all product sales.… Continue reading “Contractors Say Better Training Would Help Them Sell More”