NABCEP PVIP Training and Exam Approved for U.S. Army Credentialing Assistance Program HeatSpring has recently been accepted as an approved training provider by the ArmyIgnited Credentialing Assistance Program. Soldiers may apply for funding to complete our 58-Hour NABCEP Advanced PV Certification Training Series as well as for all NABCEP application and exam… Continue reading “NABCEP PVIP Training and Exam Approved for U.S. Army Credentialing Assistance Program”
Help Choose the Solar District Cup 2020 Industry Choice Winner We are excited to invite all HeatSpring students, instructors, and members of our community to participate in the selection of the Industry Choice winner of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar District Cup 2020 Competition Event on Monday April 27th from… Continue reading “Help Choose the Solar District Cup 2020 Industry Choice Winner”
Entrepreneur Hack: Improve your SEO rankings by listing your website in HeatSpring’s member directory Did you know that one of the many benefits of HeatSpring Membership is that you can list your company name, logo, location, services offered and website url in our public member directory? As you might imagine, HeatSpring has a high… Continue reading “Entrepreneur Hack: Improve your SEO rankings by listing your website in HeatSpring’s member directory”
HeatSpring is the Official Training Platform Provider for DOE Solar District Cup 2020 HeatSpring for Groups is proud to announce we are working with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office to provide our industry leading professional training content and educational platform to the participants of the U.S. Department of… Continue reading “HeatSpring is the Official Training Platform Provider for DOE Solar District Cup 2020”
Why HeatSpring? 12th Anniversary Message from Co-Founder Duncan Miller This month HeatSpring turns twelve. On this anniversary we are reflecting back on why we started the company and the core values that have guided us on the journey. Duncan Miller is a man of few words, but he speaks… Continue reading “Why HeatSpring? 12th Anniversary Message from Co-Founder Duncan Miller”
Why HeatSpring Membership? We created HeatSpring membership because it is what today’s top professionals expect. Now you get ongoing access to the freshest content by the top experts in your field. 85% of what you learn in a great training course does not… Continue reading “Why HeatSpring Membership?”
New Course Format – Solar Business Masterclass We are excited to introduce a new course format, developed by veteran HeatSpring instructor Keith Cronin. We are now accepting enrollments in Keith’s Solar Business Masterclass. In 2011 Keith helped us develop what would become our most popular course, the… Continue reading “New Course Format – Solar Business Masterclass”
Pricing Update: Why We are No Longer Using Discount Codes Effective August 1, 2017 we are no longer using our promoted discount code system at HeatSpring. Prior to today there was a system of rotating discounts available on our courses. The discounts changed each week and could be anywhere from… Continue reading “Pricing Update: Why We are No Longer Using Discount Codes”
Are you ready to teach with HeatSpring? Are you a renewables or sustainability expert? Want to grow your network, make money and share your expertise? Teach with HeatSpring today! Who are we? HeatSpring is an online training company offering free and paid courses in residential and commercial… Continue reading “Are you ready to teach with HeatSpring?”
HeatSpring Named Co-Host & Partner for Women in Solar Energy Roundtable In the summer of 2015, HeatSpring set out to profile a few of the absolutely amazing women making waves in the solar industry… After discovering a shocking dearth of women students enrolled in our courses, and researching the far larger industry trend boasting… Continue reading “HeatSpring Named Co-Host & Partner for Women in Solar Energy Roundtable”
My Career Leap Three months ago I sent a resignation letter to my HeatSpring colleagues. That sounds like a seriously negative move, but it was the complete opposite of that. I wrote the letter to celebrate the things we’ve accomplished and share my… Continue reading “My Career Leap”
Gabrielle Rossetti Promoted to “Director of Product Development & Marketing” I’m excited to announce Gabrielle Rossetti’s promotion to ‘Director of Product Development & Marketing’. You’ve gotten to know her as our “Community Builder” over the past eighteen months. Gabby is one of those special people destined for big things, and… Continue reading “Gabrielle Rossetti Promoted to “Director of Product Development & Marketing””
Ready to Teach on HeatSpring? Starting today, anyone can build a course on HeatSpring. Yes, you could do this right now. Check it out by clicking this image: Here’s why you might consider teaching: 40,000 HeatSpring readers will see it. If you’ve got something important… Continue reading “Ready to Teach on HeatSpring?”
HeatSpring Integrates With LinkedIn Want to see where energy and sustainability education is headed? Here’s a cool little innovation that says a lot about the role we’d like to play in the energy and sustainability industry: LinkedIn recently released a feature that allows us to… Continue reading “HeatSpring Integrates With LinkedIn”
Help us Welcome Partner ASES & Show Off YOUR Solar Home! Established in 1954, the nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) is the nation’s leading association of solar professionals & advocates. ASES is the US Section of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). The ASES mission is to inspire an era of energy innovation… Continue reading “Help us Welcome Partner ASES & Show Off YOUR Solar Home!”
Peek at HeatSpring’s New Online Learning Platform Today we released a major update to our classroom environment that will make HeatSpring courses better. After eight years of experimenting with our own software and trying every LMS under the sun, I can confidently say it’s a game changer.… Continue reading “Peek at HeatSpring’s New Online Learning Platform”
How LinkedIn Transformed HeatSpring Emails Here’s an email I got from LinkedIn today: Contrast that with a HeatSpring newsletter from a few weeks ago: For eight years I was proud of our email newsletter. We put a lot of hard work into making it relevant… Continue reading “How LinkedIn Transformed HeatSpring Emails”
Boost Your Webinars: Create Dynamic, Community-Building Online Lectures In this article, I outline why we host online lectures instead of webinars at HeatSpring and share information for ways that we can help you and your business (cleantech, high performance building, geothermal, and more) start hosting dynamic, community-building online lectures,… Continue reading “Boost Your Webinars: Create Dynamic, Community-Building Online Lectures”
How I Failed to Attract Venture Capital and What It Says About HeatSpring I spent the summer of 2014 raising money. More accurately, I spent the summer of 2014 pitching investors to help our company grow more quickly, failed, and cried about it. This is the story of what happened and what it… Continue reading “How I Failed to Attract Venture Capital and What It Says About HeatSpring”
Join Us: HeatSpring Alumni Meetup at AHR in Chicago Online classes are cool, but they’re even better when you can meet in real life. AHR is a great opportunity to do just that. Date: January 27th from 4-6pm Location: AHR – McCormick Place in Chicago Cost: Free (RSVP Here)… Continue reading “Join Us: HeatSpring Alumni Meetup at AHR in Chicago”