New HeatSpring Art, Inspired by the Work of Richard Scarry You’re going to start noticing new artwork on HeatSpring – a caterpillar in a hard hat tightening a bolt, an owl troubleshooting a BESS, a lamb and a possum building solar racking. The artwork is new, but the idea behind… Continue reading “New HeatSpring Art, Inspired by the Work of Richard Scarry”
Meet Chloe Weise – Instructor Spotlight HeatSpring courses are only as strong as the instructors who create them, and we’re excited to introduce a new one to the platform. Chloe Weise brings a background that spans Evolutionary Biology, Bioinformatics, software engineering, and commercial real estate operations… Continue reading “Meet Chloe Weise – Instructor Spotlight”
Meet Jason Brozen – Instructor Spotlight Decades in the electrical industry will teach you things no classroom can. Jason Brozen has spent years in the field, working his way from the audio/video side of construction to Master Electrician, and eventually to his current role as Safety… Continue reading “Meet Jason Brozen – Instructor Spotlight”
Win a Free Ticket to the Mayfield Renewables Education Summit 2026 We’re giving away one ticket to the Mayfield Renewables Education Summit 2026 (valued at up to $675), and all it takes to enter is an active HeatSpring PRO subscription. How to Enter If you’re already a HeatSpring PRO subscriber, you’re… Continue reading “Win a Free Ticket to the Mayfield Renewables Education Summit 2026”
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Cam Services Finding qualified solar workers has become one of the more persistent challenges in the industry. Cam Services, a Colorado-based company, has spent the last several years building one of the more thoughtful approaches to solving it: a Department of Labor… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Cam Services”
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 “
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”
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”
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”
Meet Tripper Gawan – Instructor Spotlight The best clean energy education comes from people who’ve done the work. Not only studied it, but shown up on job sites, solved the hard problems, and grown through the process. Those are the instructors HeatSpring is built around. The… Continue reading “Meet Tripper Gawan – Instructor Spotlight”
Meet Vaughan Woodruff – Instructor Spotlight Behind every HeatSpring course is an exceptional instructor. Industry veterans who bring hands-on experience, real enthusiasm, and a genuine investment in student success. Online learning has a way of keeping those educators at arm’s length, even when their impact is… Continue reading “Meet Vaughan Woodruff – Instructor Spotlight”
Solar Job Spotlight: Head of Growth at a Solar Field Operations Software Company For folks just starting out in solar, it can be easy to feel like you need to take the most direct path from Point A to Point B. The truth is, that’s not always how it goes. Tori Clifford’s story… Continue reading “Solar Job Spotlight: Head of Growth at a Solar Field Operations Software Company”
Nonprofit Spotlight: Browning the Green Space For many community college students in Massachusetts, clean energy is a field they’ve heard of but can’t quite describe. They might know they’re interested in solar, or that someone mentioned battery storage, but the breadth of the industry is largely… Continue reading “Nonprofit Spotlight: Browning the Green Space”
Have Certification Questions? Bring Them to Our Monthly Live Q&A Unless you’re working with certifications every single day, it’s easy to lose track of the details. We happen to be, and we’re happy to answer your questions. Our monthly Let’s Talk Certifications: Live Q&A sessions are here to help you… Continue reading “Have Certification Questions? Bring Them to Our Monthly Live Q&A”
Stop Losing Paid Seats When Team Members Move On If you’re a team training leader, you’ve probably run into this: someone leaves the company or changes roles before they’ve barely started a course, and a paid enrollment just sits there unused and forgotten. We care about helping you maximize… Continue reading “Stop Losing Paid Seats When Team Members Move On”
Meet Tim Montague – Instructor Spotlight HeatSpring instructors aren’t always academics – they’re practitioners who also happen to teach. Most of them came to education after years (sometimes decades) in the industry, and that experience is baked into every course they create. The Instructor Spotlight series… Continue reading “Meet Tim Montague – Instructor Spotlight”
Meet John Siegenthaler – Instructor Spotlight Behind every transformative learning experience at HeatSpring is a dedicated instructor – someone who brings not just knowledge, but passion, real-world experience, and a commitment to helping others grow. Though our online courses connect with students across the globe, there’s… Continue reading “Meet John Siegenthaler – Instructor Spotlight”
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Sunpath Solar Georgia ranks seventh in the country for total solar installed capacity, yet it consistently lands near the bottom for behind-the-meter solar, with most of those installations concentrated in wealthier communities. That gap is exactly what Sunpath Solar was built to… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Sunpath Solar”