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”
Save Now, Enroll Later: Meet the HeatSpring Wishlist We’re excited to announce a new feature that makes it easier than ever to keep track of courses you’re interested in: the HeatSpring Wishlist. How It Works Found a course that catches your eye but you’re not quite ready to… Continue reading “Save Now, Enroll Later: Meet the HeatSpring Wishlist”
Nonprofit Spotlight: Western Maine Community Action Expands Impact Through Healthy Home Evaluations In rural Franklin County, Maine, where lung cancer rates exceed state averages, one nonprofit is taking an innovative approach to protecting community health. Western Maine Community Action (WMCA), a 60-year-old Community Action Agency, is integrating healthy home evaluations with their… Continue reading “Nonprofit Spotlight: Western Maine Community Action Expands Impact Through Healthy Home Evaluations”
Essential Safety Training Now Available in Spanish We’re excited to announce that HeatSpring now offers comprehensive OSHA-compliant safety training courses in Spanish, making it easier than ever for your Spanish-speaking teammates to access critical safety education in their preferred language. The Importance of Language-Accessible Safety Training In… Continue reading “Essential Safety Training Now Available in Spanish”
Using Data to Manage Your Company’s Greenhouse Gas Impact We recently shared that HeatSpring measured our greenhouse gas (GHG) impact. Then, we shared a step-by-step Guide to do your own baseline GHG measurement. Now, we will wrap things up by taking a look at what this all means and… Continue reading “Using Data to Manage Your Company’s Greenhouse Gas Impact”
Measuring Your Greenhouse Gas Impact: A “How to Guide” for Small Business Recently, we shared that HeatSpring measured our greenhouse gas (GHG) impact, which is part of our environmental commitment as a Certified B Corp. If you want to learn more about how we measured up, you can check out last week’s… Continue reading “Measuring Your Greenhouse Gas Impact: A “How to Guide” for Small Business”