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”
Meet Fred Brooks – Instructor Spotlight Behind every HeatSpring course is an expert instructor – a seasoned professional who brings not just knowledge, but passion, real-world experience, and a commitment to helping others grow. While thousands of students benefit from their expertise through our online courses,… Continue reading “Meet Fred Brooks – Instructor Spotlight”
Nonprofit Spotlight: Solar for Women Solar for Women, a newly established nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women and nonbinary individuals in the solar energy field, is working to make strides in addressing workforce equity in the clean energy sector. Officially recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization… Continue reading “Nonprofit Spotlight: Solar for Women “
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Mayfield Renewables In the solar industry, technical expertise and education often live in separate worlds. Engineering firms focus on design, while training organizations handle workforce development. Mayfield Renewables has grown and evolved into something different: a company where engineering excellence and education… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Mayfield Renewables”
Join This Month’s Free PRO Circle: Learn Interconnection Strategy with Vaughan Woodruff Here’s something we don’t do often: This February’s PRO Circle is open to everyone – not just PRO subscribers. We’re sitting down with Vaughan Woodruff, principal of EquinoxDG and one of the nation’s leading voices on distributed energy resource interconnection.… Continue reading “Join This Month’s Free PRO Circle: Learn Interconnection Strategy with Vaughan Woodruff”
We’re Hiring! – Course Developer & Lead Instructor We’re building HeatSpring CORE and we need the right educator to lead it. HeatSpring has spent years creating best-in-class training for solar professionals, building performance experts, and clean energy specialists. Now we’re expanding that mission to welcome people at the… Continue reading “We’re Hiring! – Course Developer & Lead Instructor”
Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Solar States Solar States has a clear mission: to become the on-ramp to the green collar economy for inner city Philadelphians. Founder Micah Gold-Markel grew up in West Philadelphia, where he saw skilled neighbors doing skilled work – replacing doors, windows, even… Continue reading “Celebrating Top Solar Companies: Solar States”
Meet Spencer Rosen – Instructor Spotlight Behind every HeatSpring course is an expert instructor – a seasoned professional who brings not just knowledge, but passion, real-world experience, and a commitment to helping others grow. While thousands of students benefit from their expertise through our online courses,… Continue reading “Meet Spencer Rosen – Instructor Spotlight”
Your Guide to Making the Most of HeatSpring Assessments You’ve enrolled in a HeatSpring course to build your expertise – in solar, building science, energy storage systems, or another area. It’s important to remember that the video lessons are just a part of your learning journey. HeatSpring courses now… Continue reading “Your Guide to Making the Most of HeatSpring Assessments”
2026 Could Be the Best Year of Your Life Take out a clean sheet of paper and get ready for a pep talk. 2026 will be the best year ever. We live on an incredible planet alongside other smart people who love us. We’ve never had more information or… Continue reading “2026 Could Be the Best Year of Your Life”
Solar Workforce Program Spotlight: Passaic County Community College When Passaic County Community College received a federal grant to launch a solar and renewable energy training program, they faced a challenge familiar to many workforce development initiatives: how do you build an effective program from scratch? Three years later,… Continue reading “Solar Workforce Program Spotlight: Passaic County Community College”
Got Skills People Keep Asking You About? Maybe It’s Time to Teach. If you’ve been in the trades or clean energy industry for a while, you may be one of those people who get asked the same questions over and over. How do you approach this tricky install? What’s your process for… Continue reading “Got Skills People Keep Asking You About? Maybe It’s Time to Teach.”
Stop Juggling Certification Renewal Dates: Track All Your Credentials in One Place If you’re maintaining professional certifications in solar, energy storage, or building performance, you’re probably tracking renewal dates across multiple organizations. NABCEP has one timeline. BPI credentials follow another. Some certifications like OSHA 10 and 30 don’t expire at all, but… Continue reading “Stop Juggling Certification Renewal Dates: Track All Your Credentials in One Place”
Celebrating Workforce Development: Go Solar Academy Despite market ups and downs, the solar industry continues to need skilled workers ready to meet demand when opportunities arise. Go Solar Academy, based in Minneapolis, is working to build that pipeline by reaching students early – starting as early… Continue reading “Celebrating Workforce Development: Go Solar Academy”